Open Educational Resources: Open Multimedia

Search for creative commons images.

This library contains over 4 million images, many available for free download and open use.

Over 2 million free, high-resolution images.

When you search using Google Images, you may sort your results by usage rights. Click on the "tool" drop down menu and select "Usage Rights" then "Creative Commons Licenses" to find images available for use.

Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.

Inspiring, educational talks. Users may freely view and download as a public service, not licensed.

Historical, educational and documentary videos managed by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Over 1.5 million digitized videos and clips, including cartoons, commercials and classic films, many public domain or available via Creative Commons license.

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library provides access to scores and recordings of music in the public domain.

This library contains over two hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download

The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by WFMU.

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.

An archive of free sounds -- not just music, but also general sounds.