Images & Media: images and talks for papers
Add images to your content by using these resources, use the Digital Image Rights Computator to help guide how and when you can use images for your work.
- Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC) [via the Visual Resources Association]“The DIRC is an interactive decision tree program to help you determine what you need to do to legally use a specific image for a specific purpose. At each stage it has a brief description of the issue at hand as well as links for more detailed discussions of those issues.“
- Open Image CollectionsThis is a pathfinder page providing information about over 100 free online image collections across many disciplines. It is produced and maintained by the Nanyang Technological University Library in Singapore.
- USDA Image Gallery - Natural ResourcesSelected natural resources photos provided by the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) ARS (Agricultural Research Service).
- National Digital Library [US Fish & Wildlife Service]Free online digital media library from US F&WS. Wide assortment of selected images, publications (including historic documents, oral histories and more), video and audio clips, and maps that are in the public domain.
- NOAA Photo LibraryCaptures the work, observations and studies of NASA scientists, engineers, and other personnel.
You may also wish to explore collaborative image/photo websites which do not have copyright/royalty restrictions such as Pixabay.
Videos of lectures and documentaries can be informative and entertaining.
- Kanopy Films Streaming Service This link opens in a new windowOn-demand streaming video service, works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies, offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases. Covers diverse subjects and disciplines. Collections include titles from the DEFA Film Library, ArtMattan Films, HBO, Frameline, Ruscico, Pragda, BBC, Flicker Alley, National Film Board of Canada, First Run Features, Cinema Libre Studio, New Day Films, and the Criterion Collection/Janus Films.
[Coverage: 2000-present] - DocuSeek2 (3rd ed.) This link opens in a new window
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Documentaries from leading film producers and distributors, including Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, the BBC, the National Film Board of Canada, CBC, Television Trust for the Environment, MediaStorm, Terra Nova Films, KimStim, and Scorpion TV, and other independent filmmakers from around the world. Full collection of 2400 titles is anticipated to be completed in 2023.
