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Research/services support for instructors: Creative Commons

Selected library databases, library instruction for your classes, NYT account ; websites with copyright information

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons (CC) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to helping build and sustain a thriving commons of shared knowledge and culture. Together with an extensive member network and multiple partners, we build capacity, we develop practical solutions, and we advocate for better open sharing of knowledge and culture that serves the public interest. As part of this work, we help overcome legal obstacles to the sharing of knowledge and creativity to address the world’s most pressing challenges.

(Creative Commons website: https://creativecommons.org/about)

Basic definition

CC Licenses

Online Resources for Educators

CC Licensed Images

Free stock photography featuring plus size people.

Free stock images celebrating disabled Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).

Stock photo library featuring trans and non-binary models.

Free photo library of Black and Brown people.

Over 800 million photos, images, and audio that are public domain or CC licensed.

CC Licensed Music

This is a community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses.

Instant access to independent artists and original music. Free to play, download and share.

Royalty free music for commercial use

This collection hosts complete, freely downloadable/stream-able, often Creative Commons-licensed catalogs of 'virtual record labels'.