Evangel University Libraries: Open Access: Free Media

Media - Definition and Evolution

TechDictionary: The Evolution of Media
A free encyclopedic dictionary for technology and communication terms.

Free Images / Editor

NEW: Creative Commons (CC) Search
Find open content you can share, use, and remix.
NEW: Photopea: Free Image Editor
"A web-based photo and graphics editor. It is used for image editing, making illustrations, web design or converting between different image formats."
Pixabay
Pixabay hosts over 1.8 million high quality images and videos with public domain licenses. No creators' attributions are required for images taken from this site.
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Simplified Pixabay License - https://pixabay.com/service/license/

"Our license empowers creators and protects our community. We want to keep it as simple as possible. Here is an overview of what Pixabay content can and can't be used for."

What is allowed?
✓ All content on Pixabay can be used for free for commercial and noncommercial use across print and digital, except in the cases mentioned in "What is not allowed".
- Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the contributor or Pixabay is not necessary but is always appreciated by our community.
- You can make modifications to content from Pixabay.
Pexels
The best free stock photos, royalty free images & Video Clips shared by creators.
BING: Images
Filter Images by License (creative commons, public domain, and more) to find out which of the material is open access.
Wikimedia Commons
"Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language. Wikimedia Commons is free."
Smithsonian Image Gallery
2.8 million images "from all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives and the National Zoo," all released into the public domain.
Flickr
Flickr has millions of CC images that you can use (with attribution). Simply filter your search results by license type. Use the 'Share' option to embed images with proper CC attribution.
Unsplash
"Over 1 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers." Searchable by topics.
Red Stag
Red Stag has created a list of 85 Free Stock Photo Websites.
Openverse
Browse through over 600 million items (images and audio) to reuse.

Free Streaming Videos & Media

NEW: National Archives: Moving Image & Sound Holdings
Popular YouTube playlists, blog posts and related links on topics such as World War I, World War II, National Parks, America Abroad, Space Exploration, UFOs, and more.
Top Documentary Films
Free documentaries from leading producers such as BBC, Deutsche Welle (DW), and more. Subject categories include: Art, Biography, Nature, Healthy, History, Philosophy, Religion, Technology, and many more. Films can be browsed or searched.
PBS - FRONTLINE
Documentaries about American and international politics.
BING: Videos & News
Filter Videos by Source (Vimeo, YouTube, CBS, CNN, MTV, and more) and Price (free, paid) to find out which of the material is open access.
DocumentaryStorm
Free access to documentary films in various categories: art, biography, culture, health, history, religion, science, and more.
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."
Smithsonian - OA Media
Browse by topic, resource type, place, date.
NEW: Just Watch
Aggregator website that monitors which shows are playing on the different online platforms. Useful when you try to find a film online, but most of the films are not free.
NEW: IMDb
Find information about fee-based films and TV shows, including where to watch them: on TV, in theater, or streaming.