LibGuides: How to Search for Sources and Manage Them: Multimedia

Tips & Tricks

Use copyrighted multimedia material in a fairly way and cite it correctly.

Where to search?

Images:

openverse
Images, audio resources and videos under Creative Commons licenses.
FreeImages
Images that you can use freely, by asking the artist permission.
Freerange Stock
Collection of free stock photos.
Google Images
Click "Tools" - "Usage Rights" - "Creative Commons Licenses".
Pexels
Photos and videos free to download, copy, modify, and adapt.
Pixabay
Community of creatives, sharing copyright-free images, videos and music.
stockvault
Free images for non-commercial use.
Unsplash
Collection of free photographs.

Where to search?

Open Web
swisscovery
The Library has a collection of 3500 DVDs on international relations and development.
Register with your SWITCH Edu-ID to access the Library's licensed materials and collect references on your profile.

On the results page:
Under "Resource Type", select "Films".

Videos:

openverse
Images, audio resources and videos under Creative Commons licenses.
Internet Archive
A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Pexels
Photos and videos free to download, copy, modify, and adapt.
Pixabay
Community of creatives, sharing copyright free images, videos and music.
Reelgood
A streaming hub.
TED
Nonprofit, short and gripping talks (18 minutes or less).
Videvo
Thousands of free stock videos, motion graphics, music tracks and sound effects.
Vimeo
You can browse all the videos on Vimeo that have a Creative Commons license applied to them.
YouTube
On the results page, under "Features", select "Creative Commons".

Where to search?

Music and audio resources:

openverse
Images, audio resources and videos under Creative Commons licenses.
Internet Archive
A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
MusOpen
Music resources that are free to use.
Pixabay
Community of creatives, sharing copyright free images, videos and music.
Videvo
Thousands of free stock videos, motion graphics, music tracks and sound effects.