Easy Image
This site is meant to be a database of websites that teachers and students can use to find images for their projects. Each site is copyright friendly which means for most of the images you find, you can freely use so long as you credit the creator of the the image and follow rules, called attributions, they may have required.
Many of the attributions are described in icons. Please note, each icon’s “rule” applies to each time you see it. For example, in the second line with the person and slashed dollar sign, giving credit to the author is still implied though it is not stated specifically. Here is a growing list:
Other Images from Creative Commons
And there are still other icons that I’m trying to gather:
An example from a flickr.com photo
Here are some sites you can use that will help you find free to use:
Images
http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php: finds photos/images from flickr that are usually freely usable.
http://flickr.com/creativecommons/by-2.0/: these are usable so long as you credit the creator.
http://www.burningwell.org/: BurningWell is a repository for public domain (free for any use) images. You are free to download, copy and use the photos you find here for any purpose. These free images were donated by photographers from around the world. Just give credit.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page: Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to all.
http://openphoto.net: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on search in the top bar.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/ : Art and architecture.
http://www.dotgovwatch.com/?/archives/8-The-Best-Copyright-Free-Photo-Libraries.html: U.S. Government works are free of copyright (public domain). This includes all photos or images produced by Federal employees as part of their official duty. This is good news for designers, because it means a wealth of quality work is available free of charge.
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/: PublicDomainPictures.net is a repository for free public domain photos. You can upload your own pictures and share your work with others.
Music:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/: copyright free music.
http://ccmixter.org/: ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
http://www.jamendo.com/en/: On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It’s free, legal and unlimited.
http://www.podsafeaudio.com/: just as the title says, safe music.
Sounds:
http://www.freesound.org/ : The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs.
When citing, you can cite all your URLs at the end of the project, it doesn’t have to be on each image. For images, cite the creator’s name and the URL, usually both are present where you found the image.
For songs, list the artist and the title of the song.
