ILS 204: Western Culture: Literature and the Arts II (Spring 2025) : Find Images and Video
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Copyright Guide for Students
- Copyright Guide for StudentsThis guide is intended to help you consider issues and implications of incorporating materials created by others into your work. It contains information about copyright and fair use, getting permission to make use of others' work, finding resources already licensed for your re-use, and citations
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This page contains some resources for images and videos. Some are library databases, and others are websites and search engines. These are intended to help get you started and are not exhaustive.
There is also a link to "Copyright Guidde for Students." Copyright is something that is necessary to consider, and sometimes it is necessary to get permissions for reuse of images and videos. See giode fpr more information.
Find Images in Library Databases
- ARTstorLarge collection of digital images in the areas of arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences from the world's museums, archives, libraries, scholars, and artists.
Find Images in Museums
Sources for Images to Reuse
- Creative CommonsDatabase of digital media works available for others to build upon legally and to share.
- Advanced Google ImagesFilter Google Images in Advanced search for results that have usage rights.
- Wikimedia CommonsMaterial that is posted to Wikimedia commons by users. MInformation is posted below each item about how it can be used.
Find Videos in Library Databases
- Academic Video OnlineCollection of almost 70,000 streaming videos spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
- Art and Architecture in VideoIllustrates the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and provides the context necessary for critical analysis. Spans period and region with coverage of Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Modern, and Contemporary art.
- Drama OnlineMultimedia collection designed to support literature and drama courses; contains playtexts, audio plays, streaming video, and ebooks from theatre publishers and companies.
- Films on Demand: Master Academic CollectionEducational videos on a variety of academic areas of study provided by many producers.
- Kanopy (Films)Documentaries and films across diverse subjects and disciplines.
Sources for Videos
- YouTubeFind videos by typing in search terms, click on filters in the upper righthand corner of your search results, and choose "Creative Commons" under the Features column.