Copyright & Visual Resources
Copyright is important when considering what visual resources to use in your project. Please remember that citation and attribution rules still apply. For more information about copyright and where to find images for your projects, check out the Copyright: Visual and Digital Resources Guide listed above.
For quick reference of visual resources, check out some popular links and databases below. Not all of them are copyright free, so please remember to check the rights statements on each image.
- Artstor via JSTOR This link opens in a new windowDigital library of over one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities and social sciences. From the linked JSTOR homepage, click the "Images" tab to search the visual materials collection.
- Openverse Creative Commons (images, video, music)Search millions of items licensed under Creative Commons and available to share, use, and remix.
- Wikimedia CommonsA database of millions of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute or download.
Political Science Media
Streaming VIdeo Sources
- Films on Demand via NC LIVE This link opens in a new window
Boasting a comprehensive collection of over 33,000 full-length videos, Films on Demand remains a reliable source for educational content spanning a wide array of subject areas. Our curated selection includes content sourced from reputable outlets such as British Pathé, Library of Congress, The Smithsonian, and the Associated Press.
- Video Collection at NCLiveNCLive is an online library, with a video collection that offers access to programs such as American Experience;American Masters; Art21; Cycerchase; Empires; Eyes on the Prize; Frontline; Masterpiece; NOVA; Wilkes County oral history documentaries; Scientific American Frontiers; and the State Archives of North Carolina.
Other Multimedia Guides
Brief Selection of DVD's and Streaming Videos
- Political PhilosophyThis program focuses successively on the pivotal ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, Mill, John Rawls, and Robert Nozick to elucidate the thinking that underpins the West's conceptions of good and bad government.
- Fahrenheit 11/9Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements. -- From IMDb.