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Help Finding Media on the Web (in the Public Domain)

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Search the sites under the categories below to find media to use in your treehouse page:

Before you search for media on this page please see:

Finding Media on the Web: Important Information About Following Copyright Rules

Most of the media you find on the web will have a copyright holder and you will need to ask for permission to use the media (image, sound or movie). It is not ok to just refer to where you found the media file in your treehouse. This page lists some links to sites that contain materials that are in the public domain that you can use without obtaining permission, and also goes over what to do if you find copyrighted media on the web that you want to ask for permission to use in your page.

Information you need to upload media files you find to the ToL Database

Before you can use a media file in your treehouse page you must first upload (add) it to the ToL database. When you upload a media file to the ToL database you must fill out information about copyright, terms of use, media type and more.

See Help Filling Out the Image and Media Data Entry Form for assistance with compiling all the information you need to upload a media file to the ToL database.

Tips for Finding Media on This Page

At the present time the majority of the sites listed on this page will help you find images in the public domain. There is only one site listed for audio files, and no site listed for movies.

Image Collections with Media in the Public Domain

Collection: Agricultural Research Service, Image Gallery
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/

Collection Size: Large
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
Organism Type: General, including animals, insects, and plants.
Image Type: Photos

Collection: Bureau of Land Management, Digital Photo Library http://www.photos.blm.gov/

Collection Size: Unknown
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.photos.blm.gov/copy.asp
Organism Type: General, plants and animals searchable by state.
Image Type: Photos

Collection: Celebrating Wildflowers Northwest Coloring Book
http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/northwest/index.htm

Collection Size: Medium
Type of Collection: Nature Enthusiast Site
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/northwest/index.htm
Organism Type: Wildflowers
Image Type: Illustrations

Collection: Curtis Botanical http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/

Collection Size: Large
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/
Organism Type: Botanical
Image Type: Prints

Collection: Forest Service St. Paul Field Office
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/for_images/imagegall.htm

Collection Size: Small
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/for_images/imagegall.htm
Other Credits References, Organism Type: fungi, trees, flowers and other plants.
Image Type: Photos

Collection: NOAA Photo Library
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/

Collection Size: Large
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/aboutimages.html
Organism Type: Ocean life, including marine mammals, fish, and shellfish.
Image Type: Photosr

Collection: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Digital Library System, Gateway to Digital Media
http://images.fws.gov

Collection Size: Unknown
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: See http://images.fws.gov/ and individual libraries for their policies.
Organism Type: General.
Image Type: Photos and line art, see individual libraries for types of images.

Collection: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/

Collection Size: Unknown
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/Using.htm
Organism Type: General, including plants, trees, and wildlife.
Image Type: Photos

Collection: Yellowstone National Park http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/images/

Collection Size: Large
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/images/
Organism Type: Wildlife
Image Type: Photos

Audio Collections with Media in the Public Domain

Collection: U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Sound Clips
http://video.fws.gov/sounds.html
and http://video.fws.gov/sounds.html

Collection Size: Medium
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://video.fws.gov/video/sound.htm
Other Credits References, Creator, Organism Type: General, including birds, mammals, and amphibians/reptiles.
Audio Type: .wav and mp3 files

Video Collections with Media in the Public Domain

Collection: U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Video Clips
http://video.fws.gov/video/sound.htm

Collection Size: Medium
Type of Collection: Government
Link to Site's Use Policy: http://video.fws.gov/video/sound.htm
Other Credits References, Creator, Organism Type: General, including birds, mammals, and amphibians/reptiles.
Video Type: mp3 files

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