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- Europeana<\/a> (photos)<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Flickr<\/a> (photos and short videos)<\/li>\n \t
- Google Images<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Jamendo<\/a> (music)<\/li>\n \t
- Open Clip Art Library<\/a> (clip art)<\/li>\n \t
- Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (photos, images, charts, graphs)<\/li>\n \t
- YouTube<\/a> (video)\n
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- Alternatively, you can search for a video on YouTube<\/a> and include \"CC-BY\" in the search field. Youtube videos can be licensed with either a \"Standard YouTube License\" (covered in their Terms of Service<\/a>) or a Creative Commons license. Use videos with a CC license.<\/li>\n \t
- Also see YouT<\/a>ube's article on how to add a CC license to a video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Pixabay<\/a> (<\/span>photos and clip art<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n \t
- Soundcloud<\/a> and CCMixter<\/a> (audio)<\/li>\n \t
- To use the Creative Commons search engine<\/strong>:\n
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- Select website you want to search. It will highlight in blue when selected. Only one site can be chosen at a time.<\/li>\n \t
- Enter key term in Search field<\/li>\n \t
- Click \"Enter\".<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Search open academic journals for CC licensed material such as:\n
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- PLOS<\/a> (Public Library of Science)<\/li>\n \t
- BioMedCentral<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Other science<\/a> journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Art and History resources:\n
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- British Library<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> (Read the Met's Open Access Policy<\/a>.)<\/li>\n \t
- Museum of New Zealand<\/a> (images available for reuse under a <\/span>CC BY-NC-ND licence<\/a>)<\/li>\n \t
- New Old Stock<\/a> (vintage images)<\/li>\n \t
- Smithsonian<\/a> - Free Sackler Gallery (images)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Music:\n
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- ccMixter<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Free Music Archive<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Free Sound<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Jamendo<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Juke Deck<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- MusOpen<\/a> (royalty free music; sheet music; resources for teachers and students)<\/li>\n \t
- Open Music Library<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Other sites suggested by Creative Commons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Science resources:\n
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- BioMed Central<\/a> (open access biology and medical journals; figures and graphs in articles are CC licensed and available for reuse)<\/span><\/li>\n \t
- Canadian Museum of Nature<\/a> (collection data are under a CC BY license; images are under a Cc BY-NC license<\/a>)<\/li>\n \t
- Morphbank<\/a> (biology images)<\/li>\n \t
- NASA Images<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Science Image<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Other websites:\n
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- Bing<\/a> (photos, videos)<\/li>\n \t
- Wikipedia<\/a> (photos within articles)<\/li>\n \t
- Foodies Feed<\/a> (free food photos). Photos are licensed under <\/span>CC License Zero<\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n \t
- Gratisography<\/a> (photos). Photos are licensed under <\/span>CC License Zero<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
- IM Free<\/a> (photos, vector images, videos)<\/li>\n \t
- ISO Republic<\/a> (photos, vector images, videos)<\/span><\/li>\n \t
- Noun Project, The<\/a> (icons and symbols)<\/li>\n \t
- Open Culture<\/a> (cultural and educational media)<\/li>\n \t
- Open Street Map<\/a> (maps)<\/li>\n \t
- Picjumbo<\/a> (photos)<\/li>\n \t
- Picography<\/a> (photos)<\/li>\n \t
- Pixabay<\/a> (photos and clip art)<\/li>\n \t
- Startup Stock Photos<\/a> (photos)<\/li>\n \t
- Stokpic<\/a> (photos)<\/li>\n \t
- Superfamous Studios<\/a> (images)<\/li>\n \t
- Travel Coffee Book<\/a> (travel photos)<\/li>\n \t
- Unsplash<\/a> (photos)<\/li>\n \t
- Wellcome Images<\/a> (images of human culture: current and historic)<\/li>\n \t
- Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (photos, images, charts, graphs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Search open educational repositories like:\n
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- SOL*R<\/a> (B.C. higher education and government material released under CC licenses)<\/li>\n \t
- Connexions<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Merlot<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- OERCommons<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Internet Archive<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- National Science Digital Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThere are many more places to find open resources. A comprehensive list<\/a> of openly licensed repositories is located in the OER Handbook for Educators<\/a>, including some subject area specifics.\n","rendered":"
If you are adapting an existing open textbook or creating a new one, you may want to find additional resources to use. Ideally, content licensed with a CC-BY license provides the most flexibility for reuse, so we recommend trying to find content for reuse with that specific CC-BY licenses. If you are planning to make adaptations to the resource, you will want to avoid any CC material that has the -ND (No Derivative) attribution as this content can be reused, but not adapted.<\/p>\n
If you are looking for Creative Commons licensed content, you can try the following services and search engines.<\/p>\n
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- Creative Commons’ Content Directorie<\/a>s: a list of organizations and projects powered with Creative Commons (CC) licenses.<\/li>\n
- Search Google using the Advanced search<\/a> and limit the search to only return CC licensed material<\/li>\n
- Search in The Commons<\/a> on Flickr launched January 16 2008 in partnership with The Library of Congress<\/a>. Participants are cultural heritage institutions who share publicly held photography collections. There are “no none copyright restrictions” on the photographs in this collection. See their Rights Statement<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n
- Use the Flickr Advanced Search<\/a> to more easily find images with a Creative Commons license<\/li>\n
- Flickr: Internet Archive Book Images<\/a><\/li>\n
- Use CC search (in beta) <\/a>to find images across several open archives<\/li>\n
- Use the Creative Commons search engine<\/a> to search for images & photos on the following websites:\n
- \n
- Europeana<\/a> (photos)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Flickr<\/a> (photos and short videos)<\/li>\n
- Google Images<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jamendo<\/a> (music)<\/li>\n
- Open Clip Art Library<\/a> (clip art)<\/li>\n
- Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (photos, images, charts, graphs)<\/li>\n
- YouTube<\/a> (video)\n
- \n
- Alternatively, you can search for a video on YouTube<\/a> and include “CC-BY” in the search field. Youtube videos can be licensed with either a “Standard YouTube License” (covered in their Terms of Service<\/a>) or a Creative Commons license. Use videos with a CC license.<\/li>\n
- Also see YouT<\/a>ube’s article on how to add a CC license to a video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Pixabay<\/a> (photos and clip art)<\/li>\n
- Soundcloud<\/a> and CCMixter<\/a> (audio)<\/li>\n
- To use the Creative Commons search engine<\/strong>:\n
- \n
- Select website you want to search. It will highlight in blue when selected. Only one site can be chosen at a time.<\/li>\n
- Enter key term in Search field<\/li>\n
- Click “Enter”.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
- \n
- Search open academic journals for CC licensed material such as:\n
- \n
- PLOS<\/a> (Public Library of Science)<\/li>\n
- BioMedCentral<\/a><\/li>\n
- Other science<\/a> journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Art and History resources:\n
- \n
- British Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> (Read the Met’s Open Access Policy<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
- Museum of New Zealand<\/a> (images available for reuse under a CC BY-NC-ND licence<\/a>)<\/li>\n
- New Old Stock<\/a> (vintage images)<\/li>\n
- Smithsonian<\/a> – Free Sackler Gallery (images)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Music:\n
- \n
- ccMixter<\/a><\/li>\n
- Free Music Archive<\/a><\/li>\n
- Free Sound<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jamendo<\/a><\/li>\n
- Juke Deck<\/a><\/li>\n
- MusOpen<\/a> (royalty free music; sheet music; resources for teachers and students)<\/li>\n
- Open Music Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- Other sites suggested by Creative Commons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Science resources:\n
- \n
- Free Music Archive<\/a><\/li>\n
- Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> (Read the Met’s Open Access Policy<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
- BioMedCentral<\/a><\/li>\n
- PLOS<\/a> (Public Library of Science)<\/li>\n
- Search open academic journals for CC licensed material such as:\n
- Also see YouT<\/a>ube’s article on how to add a CC license to a video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Flickr<\/a> (photos and short videos)<\/li>\n
- Search Google using the Advanced search<\/a> and limit the search to only return CC licensed material<\/li>\n
- Connexions<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Wikipedia<\/a> (photos within articles)<\/li>\n \t
- Canadian Museum of Nature<\/a> (collection data are under a CC BY license; images are under a Cc BY-NC license<\/a>)<\/li>\n \t
- Free Music Archive<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> (Read the Met's Open Access Policy<\/a>.)<\/li>\n \t
- BioMedCentral<\/a><\/li>\n \t
- PLOS<\/a> (Public Library of Science)<\/li>\n \t
- Search open academic journals for CC licensed material such as:\n
- Also see YouT<\/a>ube's article on how to add a CC license to a video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
- Flickr<\/a> (photos and short videos)<\/li>\n \t