(Most of the images in these collections are in the public domain. Though you may not need to ask permission to use them when publishing on the Web for educational purposes, you still must cite these images unless otherwise notified! If you see any copyright notices on these pages, read them for further instructions.)

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Image*After

http://www.imageafter.com

Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.

FreeFoto.com

 www.freefoto.com FreeFoto.com is the largest collection of free photographs for private non-commercial use on the Internet. (link back and attribution required).

NYPL Digital Gallery

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

New Your Public Library Digital Gallery: NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 550,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

 

http://images.fws.gov/  Welcome to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library.
ArtServe http://rubens.anu.edu.au   (art and architecture from the Mediterrean and Japan)
PBase World Gallery http://www.pbase.com/world    (amateur photos organized by country)
US Government Graphics and Photos http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/find/
Open Photo Project http://openphoto.net/
Yotophoto http://yotophoto.com
Free Pixels http://www.freepixels.com
Pics4Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Free Photos Bank http://www.freefoto.com
PD Photo http://pdphoto.org
America From the Great Depression to World War II: FSA/OWI 1935-1945 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

American Memory Collection: Library of Congress (click on "Photos and Prints" and check the "Copyright and Restrictions" section for each collection)

http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html

American Memory Maps Collection

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Centre for Bioscience ImageBank http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/imagebank/
Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839-1864 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.html
Department of Agriculture Image Gallery http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
FreeFoto.com http://www.freefoto.com/
Free Photo 1 http://www.freephoto1.com/
Graphic Maps http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm
Great Images in NASA (GRIN) http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/
Hamilton Museum of Art http://www.hamiltonelectronicsics.com/html
Images of American Political History http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
Internet Moving Images Archive (read Conditions of Use) http://www.archive.org/movies/
Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp
Please read copyright info on http://www.metmuseum.org/copyright.htm)

NARA's (National Archives and Records Administration) NAIL Search

http://www.nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=images.txt&id=demo&pass=&OK=OK
NASA Image Exchange http://nix.nasa.gov/ 
NASA Multimedia Gallery http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html
NASA Photo Archive http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html

NASA's Planetary Photojournal

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
National Health Museum (AccessExcellence) http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/
National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
Picture Collection Online (New York Public Library http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration) http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
Open Clip Art Library http://www.openclipart.org/cgi-bin/navigate
Public Health Image Gallery http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp
Pics4Learning http://pics4learning.com/
Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography http://www.nara.gov/exhall/picturing_the_century/home.html
Science Images http://www.ase.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Science
Science Images (Earth Zone) http://www.ase.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Earth_Zone
Selected Civil War Photographs http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.htmlcwphome
Training Reference: Images for Learning Materials http://www.trainingreference.co.uk/free_pictures/index.html
US Air Force Link: Photos and Art http://www.af.mil/photos/
US Fish and Wildlife Services Images http://pictures.fws.gov/
US Geological Service Photographic Library http://www.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/photographic-library/photographic-library.html
US Navy Images http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm
USDA Historical Photos http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/histfeat.htm
UTOPIA (UT Austin) Portrait Gallery http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/ (historical figures)
Wikipedia Public Domain Image Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

Clip Art/Image Generators

Action Links Clip Art http://www.action-links.com/clip/misc/index.htm
Animation Factory http://www.animfactory.com/dailygif/today.html
Barry's ClipArt Server http://www.barrysclipart.com/
ClipArt Connection http://www.clipartconnection.com/
Cool Text http://cooltext.com
*Discovery School Clip Art Gallery (great for teachers!) http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
EduPics (personal and nonprofit use) http://www.edupics.com/
Free Science Clip Art http://users.ids.net/~jkinnie/clip/cliparch.htm
GoGraphics http://www.gograph.com/ 
(Site states "For personal purposes, you may use the images found on GOgraph’s website and include a limited number of those image(s) on a personal, non-commercial website.)
Science-Related Clip Art http://www.clipartguide.com/
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  Fair Use Guidelines and Permission Template

Royalty-Free and -Friendly Music and Sound  (always check licensing notices!)

Shambles: Sound Effects and Music http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/SoundE
Educational CyberPlayGround: Get Music http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/FREE.html
Open Source Audio http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio
Incompetech Royalty Free Music http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Mutopia (public domain sheet music http://www.ibiblio.org/mutopia/
Opsound http://www.opsound.org/index.php Copyright friendly sound
Find Sounds http://www.findsounds.com/
Partners in Rhyme: Free Sound Effects http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml
Partners in Rhyme: Free Midi Files http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/midi/index.shtml
Partners in Rhyme: Free Weather Sound Effects http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/Weather.shtm
Soundzabound Music Library: For purchase  This site has good FAQ about music and copyright. http://www.soundzabound.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
ccMixter http://ccmixter.org/
Classic Cat (classical music) http://www.classiccat.net/#black
WavList.com http://new.wavlist.com/