Subject & Study Guides: Creative Commons (CC): Finding CC Material

Where to find CC Images:

Openverse (was CC Search)
Creative Commons images
Flickr
After doing an initial search, you can then filter by CC licence
DigitalNZ
NZ digital content, including images. See box on the right for a video on how to search DigitalNZ.
Google Image Search
Use the drop down menu box near the bottom of the search options to filter your search by usage rights.
Wikimedia Commons
A database of mostly freely reuseable images. Read their Reuse statements here.
TinEye
Search by colour - searches CC images from Flickr

Where to find CC Audio, Video and Music:

DigitalNZ
NZ Digital content - includes images, video and audio.
After entering your search, use 'filter' to find Creative Commons material.
Legal music for videos
A list of sites which offer CC-licensed music
ccMixter
For Creative Commons music
SoundBible.com
Sound effects from the Creative Commons

How to use DigitalNZ

The Spinoff presents: DigitalNZ, the easiest way to discover NZ digital goods
This is an excellent short (3.28m) video that shows how to use DigitalNZ - really useful for those who are content creators/blog writers etc.