Library: HIS325: African American History: Finding Videos & Images

Video Resources

Films On Demand: Master Academic Package Why search here? These full length films cover a wide range of topics including the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, and more.
Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ Why search here? Provides access to thousands of educational videos, documentaries, and interviews across disciplines.
Skillsoft Why search here? This STEM database includes eBooks and videos. Topics include engineering, business, and IT among others. Note: It's down every Sunday from 1-3 p.m. E.T. so please plan ahead. 
Common Craft Video Library Why search here? Offers concise, animated explainer videos that simplify complex topics like technology, internet safety, and study skills, making them ideal for educators and students seeking clear, engaging content.

Credo Reference (Videos) Includes over 1,000 short reference videos. Note: Click on the name of a book to browse those videos or use the basic search box at the top and then click "media" on the left to narrow down your results to videos only.

Annenberg Media - Video on Demand Click on the subject you are interested in, then select free videos that are marked VoD.
Google Video
Khan Academy Over 3,000 educational videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and more than 300 practice exercises.
MIT OpenCourseWare Audio/Video Lectures Includes videos on selected course lectures at MIT.
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing Carefully crated educational videos, representing collaborations between talented educators and animators.
Vimeo Check out the "Creative Commons" section on Vimeo to use rights-cleared works.
YouTube

ImageQuest (Britannica) Why search here? This is a collection of free to use images from a wide range of organizations.

Credo Reference (Images) Credo Reference contains images that are reputable, citable, embeddable, and free to use. To search for images, simply run a search and then click the “image” filter on the results page. From there, you can browse, export, cite, or embed any image.

Britannica Academic Why search here? Offers reliable, up-to-date encyclopedia articles, images, maps, and videos across subjects, helping students start research, understand key topics, and find trusted information for assignments and projects.

Open Artstor More than 200,000 Creative Commons-licensed images in the arts, sciences, and literature aggregated from museums, libraries, and archives around the world.
Flickr: The Commons Find hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives.
The Gender Spectrum Collection Gender-inclusive stock photo library. Images licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Iwaria Free African high quality photos for your projects.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Images from the Library of Congress, now in the public domain.
Nappy Beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people. For free.
New York Public Library Digital Collections Enter your search terms and check the box to "Search only public domain materials" to find materials with no restrictions on use (no permission required).
Open Clip Art Library Public domain graphics contributed by users.
Openverse Openly licensed images, audio, and more from Wordpress. All Openverse content is under a Creative Commons license or is in the public domain.
Pexels Free stock photos & videos
Pixabay Over 1.6 million royalty free stock photos and videos.
Rawpixel Free images. In addition, all images with recognizable people have signed model releases so you can use the images for both personal and commercial projects.
Unsplash A collection of free-to-use images.
Wikimedia Commons A database of freely usable media files.