Get Help
-
Text Message us! (509) 383-8677
Videos
For TED Talks, documentaries, news clips, movies, music videos, television commercials, YouTube clips, video interviews, clips from video games, etc.
-
YouTubeI would start here for videos, especially music videos, commercials, interviews.
-
Google VideoSearches YouTube, Vimeo and some other free video sources all at once. Click Search Tools to choose the length of time of video you’re looking for, when posted, quality, whether close-captioned, or specific source.
-
Wikimedia CommonsSearch for free to use (sometimes with restrictions) media files: images, sounds and videos.
-
footage.netSearch across hundreds of video sites: tv news, archival, etc. Site then sends you to the original site to view the video (or buy it).
-
Moving Image ArchiveOver 2 million videos from a variety of sources.
-
CNN.comAll the television news channels have websites with video content. CNN's appears to go back to the early 2000s.
-
Kanopy Streaming VideosOn-demand streaming video service. Due to high usage, new videos in Kanopy are being activated, subject to approval, for in-class use only.
-
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)Along with magazine articles, offers photos and videos, maps, flags, primary source historical documents.
-
Alexander Street Videos & DocumentsStreaming video and documents collections: Academic Video Online (trial), Counseling & Therapy in Video; Education in Video, and The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy.
Photographs/Stills
For documentary photos, stock images, gifs, advertisements, newspaper headlines/articles (images of them), posters, fliers, screenshots, magazine advertisements, social media “examples,” screenshots, memes, maps, comic strips, political/editorial cartoons, etc.
-
ArtstorImages of art, architecture, photographs and videos from art museums from around the world. Keyword search or browse by collection, type, or geography. Create an individual account to download the images. Downloaded images can be used in the classroom and non-commercial educational use.
-
Google Advanced Image SearchLimit by type of image (photo, clip art, animated, etc.), file type (.gif, .jpg, etc.) and usage rights
-
Cagle Post: Cartoons & CommentaryBrowse for political cartoons by topic
-
GoComics.comBrowse newspaper comic strips and editorial cartoons. But they don't have a search function for a comic on a particular topic.
Music/Audio
For music lyrics, audio clips of songs (to play in the background or as a specific representation of an element of your project), audio interviews, radio recordings, podcasts.
-
GoogleA Google search of "name of song" artist may give you the lyrics listed in Google Play, along with the video of the song.
-
AZLyricsAnnoying ads and rather bland looking, but the content is quite large. Keyword search by artist, album or song.
-
NPR: National Public RadioSearch through 35 different radio programs, 13 of which are devoted to music. Offers audio version of the story, and usually a text version.
-
Transom: A Showcase and Workshop for New Public RadioSearch through their audio content of diverse stories. "Transom channels new work, voices, and ideas into public media through the Internet and workshops. Our goal is to be useful and inspiring. Transom is a performance space, an open editorial session, an audition stage, a library, and a hangout. Our purpose is to pass the baton of mission and good practice in public media through tools, philosophy, and technique." (from website's description)
-
Directory of Websites for Free Music for VideosRather than listing a bunch, this site describes 32 different sites, roughly how many songs, whether it's searchable, etc.
-
Naxos Music LibraryOnline music streaming service, with a growing collection of over 130,000 albums. Primarily focuses on Western art music, and also includes jazz, popular, folk, and art music traditions from around the world. Updated with new recordings monthly. Access restricted to 6 users at a time. Try again later if you cannot access this resource.
-
Naxos Music Library JazzOnline streaming service for jazz music, with a growing collection of over 9,000 albums from prominent recording labels. Browse by composer, performing artist, label, or genre. Updated with new recordings weekly. Access restricted to 2 users at a time. Try again later if you cannot access this resource.