The Government Publication Office (GPO) is a resource that can be used to view works that are created by agencies in the United States Government. Their terms of service are the following. The site houses publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. The site focuses on public access, content management and the digital preservation of government documents. They have collections of Bills and Statutes, Budget and Presidential materials, Congressional Committe materials, Executive Agency publications, Judicial Publications, Proceedings of Congress and General Congressional Publications and so on.
Category Archives: Public Domain Sources
Unsplash Resource
Unsplash is a great site to use for public domain images. Their terms of service are as follows. Accordingly, Unsplash advertises itself as a location that houses freely usable images. It first began as a Tumblr blog and it has now evolved into a site that houses over 3 million images. Unsplash’s license also states that all photos can be downloaded and used for free. They can be utilized for commercial and non-commercial purposes and no permission is needed but they would appreciate attribution. Additionally, Unsplash has many images curated for educational purposes.
The Prelinger Archives Resource
The Prelinger Archives is another great resource for those in pursuit of the Digital Humanities. The Prelinger Archives are situated within the Internet Archive. Their terms of service are as follows.
The site itself is dedicated to archiving films. These films from being educational, industrial, amateur and commercial. The mission of the archive is to “collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven’t been collected elsewhere.” The archive has a vast collection of digitized and videotaped files. The collection includes public domain material based on the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain license. Items in the archive are free for download and reuse.
J Paul Getty Museum Resource
I recently came across the J. Paul Getty Museum, as an online source for public domain materials. The site is available here. As per rule of thumb, I made sure to check their site’s rights statement. The site provides access to the collections of the Getty Research Institute. The collections include digital images of photographs and oral histories. These are mostly related to art history. Getty also grants access to its virtual libraries for books , publications and research collections. The J. Paul Getty Museum also provides teaching resources such as lesson plans, curriculum resources and activities for students.