Searching openly licensed resources
The following guide uses the following keywords to refer to websites, repositories and content platforms:
- Multimedia: this means that you can find any type of media (images, sounds, video, documents and many more);
- Vector graphics: high quality graphics that don’t diminish their quality in comparison with raster images, mainly composed by icons and drawings;
- Images: websites that only offer images;
- Sounds: websites that only offer sounds and are better suited for searching this type of content.
General tips for your search
Search for the CC license or tool There are many, many, many repositories out there that have op...
Repositories of openly licensed content
Multimedia: Wikimedia Commons Multimedia: Cultural Heritage Institutions Multimedia: Internet A...
Multimedia: Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons is the multimedia repository of the Wikimedia Foundation. It’s also the central...
Multimedia: Cultural Heritage Institutions
Another source of great quality content are cultural heritage institutions. There are many benefi...
Multimedia: Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a project that offers multiple services. To begin with, as it has been mentio...
Multimedia: Flickr
Flickr is a very popular website to upload all types of images and videos. Flickr was also an ear...
Multimedia continued, Vector Graphics and Images
Multimedia: Other government or public institutions More databases governments are starting to ...
Sounds
Sounds: Bandcamp Bandcamp is an online music store and also a platform for independent music and...