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Copyright-friendly Multimedia Images and Audio

Multimedia Links for Images, Graphics, and Audio

When you use images and audio files for your presentations, you need to respect the intellectual property rights of the original creators of those works. This means using copyright-free images, and royalty-free audio. The links below can help locate them.

Don't forget the BEST place to look for images, photos, charts, maps, video, audio clips, etc. is in our databases (on our research page)! You will find many curricular-related ones that compliment your research, and each one has the complete MLA citation already formatted! Our subscription gives you license to use them for school projects.

Using Google Images

Many (but not all) of the photos found in Google Images are copyrighted. Be sure to click on the Search Tools menu and select Usage Rights to search for images labeled for reuse.

​How to cite an online image in MLA format...Remember, websites won't have a citation done for you like the databases do.

MLA 8 format for digital image found online--handout from EasyBib.

See the Citation Tools and Help page for links to other citation creators. Just be sure to choose  digital image and fill in each box.

Resources--Where to Find the Good Stuff!

The links below will take you to other great resources, but you will need to create your own citation for each image or audio clip you use. These citation tools help make it quick and easy.

 

Copyright-free Images or Creative Commons Images for Educational Use

  • Pics4Learning  a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. Contains citation.

  • PhotosForClass​ a safe image search using Flickr that creates a citation (not MLA)  for the image when you download it.

  • CC Search  a meta-search tool from Creative Commons

  • FreeMediaGoo.com  The images may be used for commercial or personal use in print, film, TV, Internet or other media. 

  • MorgueFile Free photo archive.

  • Public Domain Images royalty free stock photos and copyright friendly free images. Not copyrighted, no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use.

  • FreeDigitalPhotos

Creative Commons Images

Royalty FREE Audio Files (Music, Sounds)