• Use the links below to help prepare for oral & visual presentation projects.

     
    SEARCH FOR COPYRIGHT-FRIENDLY (mostly) MULTIMEDIA (images, videos, audio clips)

    AP Images (POWER Library) - search for historical and modern photographs, charts & maps, audio clips
     
    Internet Archive - search for images, videos, audio, & documents
     
    Creative Commons Search - search for copyright-friendly images across several platforms
     
    Flickr Commons - searchable image database with no known copyright restrictions
     
    Google Images - use Advanced Search to set the filter license to "free to use, share, or modify, even commercially."
     
    National Archives Digital Photography Collection - search for photos on myriad issues
     
    NY Public Library Digital Gallery - over 800K digital images, posters, maps & more
     
    Wikimedia Commons - search millions of freely usable media files
     
    Freepik.com - search pictures, advertisements, & graphic art.  Double-check copyright!
     
    CB West Library databases - any image found in one of our databases can be used in your projects
      
    Getty Images - use embed code to freely embed images into websites & social media for noncommercial uses.
     
     
     
    SEARCH FOR MUSIC & AUDIO CLIPS
     
    Internet Archive - search for images, videos, audio, & documents
     
    Sound Jay - browse sound effects & music tracks
     
    Public Domain Music - browse genres on left side of page
     
     
     
    SEARCH FOR VIDEOS
     
    Internet Archive - search for images, videos, audio, & documents
     
    Teacher Tube - check copyright!!
     
    EduTube - check copyright on these educational videos
     
    Videezy - free downloadable videos
     
     
     
    CONVERTING AUDIO & VIDEO FILES

    Zamzar - use this site to convert one type of file to another; i.e.:  .mov to wmv, .wmv to .mp3, etc.
     
    KeepVid.com - use this site to download YouTube videos by using the URL.
     
    Vid2mp3 - use this site to strip music off YouTube videos into mp3 format.
     
    WinFF - free downloadable software that converts any file type to another (requires download - for home use only)
     
    Search Google for YouTube to mp3 converter for new options available to get music file from a video.
     
    Screencast-o-Matic - screen capture allows you to capture videos for download.