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The Library of Congress Resource

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The Library of Congress has always been a great research tool. Terms of use for the site are as follows.

The Library’s mission is “to engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.” The United States’ Library of Congress has a vast digital collection that includes various formats of media. These formats include audio and video recordings, books/printed materials, film, video, legislation, manuscripts, maps, notated music, newspapers, personal narratives, photos, drawings, software, web archives, and 3D objects. The site also includes plenty of educational resources that can be used to engage students. These materials include classroom materials like lesson plans that utilize primary sources.

Creative Commons Sources, Public Domain Sources

J Paul Getty Museum Resource

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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.