Website: Data Science: Find Images & Sounds

Royalty-free Image resources

Wikimedia Commons

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed for college students, this scholarly resource contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,780 journals, with full-text for more than 9,000 of those titles.

To find images using Academic Search Complete, type in your search term and then scroll down to Image Quick View Types. Check B/W Photo, Color Photo and Illustration.

ARTstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

Google Images
To find specifically royalty-free images using Google, search for your subject. Then click on: Tools => Usage Rights => Creative Commons Licenses
Smithsonian Open Access
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
List of Image Repositories
Provides information for researchers who need to find images for use in their papers or other projects. Please consult the terms of use for each site listed.
National Palace Museum (Taiwan)
National Palace Museum has released images in the "Collection Database" and "Selected Image Downloads" sections for free and unlimited use; users are welcome to download and use the data directly as long as the material is attributed to the National Palace Museum.
Unsplash
Over 2 million free, high-resolution images.

Where to Find Music & Sound Effects

"The vast majority of music that you're familiar with is subject to copyright. Artists want to protect their music and be sure that they're getting paid whenever it gets used. And rightfully so! They put in a lot of hard work to create some of your favorite songs."

- Free Music for Podcasts

909 Music
Mostly electronic music.
ccMixter
Creative Commons music from around the world, uploaded by the creators.
Free Music Archive
Variety of music with variable use restrictions.
Set Music Free
Mostly classical music.
SoundBible
Offers sound effects.
YouTube Audio Library
Free music and sound effects offered by YouTube. You must be signed in and in the YouTube Studio to access the sound clips.