Find Multimedia Resources
Find great videos, audio files, and still images to punch up multimedia projects and presentations. Remember that any file you find online needs to be cited, and some material is copyrighted, specifically prohibiting your using it for a multimedia project.
If you are looking for online courseware, instructional videos or textbooks, check out the Online Educational Resources section.
On this page we tried to choose the best sites where you can find copyright-free materials.
Images
- Creative Commons Search -- Search different websites (like Google Images, Flickr, and Wikimedia Commons) for Creative Commons works. Enter your search query up top, then click on the database you wish to search.
- Wylio -- This image search site only displays Creative-Commons licensed images, and automatically creates citation information.
- Flickr Creative Commons -- Search the commons for great images that have been given special permission to be used in a variety of settings.
- Morgue File -- This site allows you to easily search for free images to use in a presentation. Use the search filter to find photos based on keyword, categories, size, color, and more.
- World Images Kiosk -- Search for images for academics projects, grouped by subject. With this database, make sure you include citations for any images you use.
- Pics 4 Learning -- A source for copyright-friendly images selected specifically for teachers and students, arranged by topic.
- Photos 8 -- A source for copyright-friendly photos and desktop wallpapers.
- Office.com Images -- Microsoft Office has collected a series of royalty-free clip art and photos for use in presentations.
Video
Want to find open-source video to use in a project
- Creative Commons Search -- Search different websites (like Google Images, Flickr, and Wikimedia Commons) for Creative Commons works. Enter your search query up top, then click on the database you wish to search.
- Kick Youtube -- Add the word "kick" to a Youtube video URL to download the video.
- Keep Vid -- Copy URLs of videos to this website and download them to your desktop.
Want to find an easy way to create video?
- Animoto -- A great way to create video slideshows.
- Skype -- A simple, free service for video conferences.
- Viddler -- The NCS Library and NCS Communications department use Vimeo to upload video, but Viddler is another alternative you might consider using in the classroom, because it allows you to record video directly to the Internet from your webcam.
Need to convert video files to use in an editing program?
- Media Converter -- Upload files, or link to sources that you would like to convert to another file format. Choose your file, choose your format, and download the results.
- Zamzar -- Convert your files online, and download the results in your email.
Sound
Need music?
- Creative Commons Search -- Search different websites (like Google Images, Flickr, and Wikimedia Commons) for Creative Commons works. Enter your search query up top, then click on the database you wish to search.
- Free Music Archive -- Choose from high-quality music files, searchable by genre to use in multimedia projects.
- Creative Commons -- Publish and download copyright-free music.
- Incompetech - Royalty Free Music -- Another site to search for royalty-free music in video projects.
- Rumblefish -- A website where you can search for and purchase licenses for audio files for use in published videos.
Need sound effects?
- A1 Free Sound Effects -- Download sound effect files for free.
- The Freesound Project -- A website where you can find free Creative Commons licensed sound effects files.
- Soundbible -- A great place to find quick sound effect clips. Use the search bar at the right of the screen to quickly see if the site has the sound you are looking for..
Need to record audio?
- Skype -- A simple, free service for video conferences as well as audio chat as well.
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