OER and Open Access Resources for Faculty

Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.

Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips)

internationally recognized image database that provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. Creative Commons Licensing (see site for specific conditions of use; large/high quality images for clasroom use may require licensing)

A freely accessible art image resource for educators, arranged by art historical period Images are licensed for non-commercial educational use or are public domain. See site for more details.

Many images on FreeDigitalPhotos.net are available free of charge, for business, personal, charitable or educational use. (Select "editorial use only" license type) Attribution is usually required but that's it. These free images are small sized, but perfect for websites or draft printed work. If you need a larger sized version then they are available to buy.

When searching, select the “Search only public domain items” option (check box that appears when you click on the search box) to filter your results to items the NYPL has classified as having no known U.S. copyright restrictions. In the Browse page, you can easily turn this filter on with the “Show Only Public Domain” button in the upper left corner of the page.

Selected OA jimages, ebooks,and articles are available \s via this link

Download, remix and share Smithsonian Open Access content, from portraits of historic Americans to 3D scans of dinosaur fossils.