Books that can be read online – http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
Aesop’s Fables – http://aesopfables.com/
Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org
List of books known to be in public domain –
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/public-domain
http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/find-public-domain-books.html
Variety of books in the public domain – www.bartleby.com/
Harvard Classics: http://www.bartleby.com/hc/
U-M Library Digital Collections: Delve into over 260 collections of images, texts, and more from University of Michigan
Deep Blue: Discover the output of U-M’s rich intellectual community in the institutional repository or make contributions of your own.
HathiTrust: Search the full text of over 11 million digitized items including more than 4.5 million books scanned at U-M.
Public Domain Sherpa http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/index.html
Copyright Renewal Database: http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home Stanford’s database of books who have had their copyright renewed. Specifically, This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963.
“Jargon File” hacker slang and tradition- http://www.lysator.liu.se/hackdict/split/main_index.html
Archive of text to classical art songs – http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Christian classics – www.ccel.org/
Complete works of Shakespeare – http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
Historical documents (Western Europe)* http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Lutheran Church works(“Project Wittenberg”) – www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/
wittenberg-home.html
Latin Vulgate Bible- http://www.latinvulgate.com/
G.K. Chesterton works and biography*– http://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/
A beginner’s guide to effective email – www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html
Catholic parish registries of Ireland- http://registers.nli.ie/
“Inexpensive” and free samples – http://www.pdimages.com/
Miscellaneous art clips (free) – www.clippix.com/
Web graphics (icons and backgrounds) – www.specialweb.com/original/
Government photos (animals, scenery, miscellaneous nature) – www.photolib.noaa.gov/index.html
Background samples – http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/browse-category.php?s=13
Photo archive – http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
Clip art universe – http://clipartuniverse.com/
Celtic clip art – http://www.ireland-information.com/celticclipart/celticclipart.htm
Inki’s Clipart – www.inki.com/clipart/
Tornado images – http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/torscans.htm
Images of American political history – http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/research/americanhistory/ap_resources.php
Maps1 – www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Images in the public domain – http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
Public domain oil paintings – http://all-free-download.com/free-photos/public-domain-painting-oil.html
Free clipart and animations – www.barrysclipart.com/
Free Christmas art – www.christmasgifts.com/freeart.htm
Clipart for children – http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsclipart/
Archive of art2– www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Pictures catalogue—National Library of Australia3– https://www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/pictures
Christian clipart – www.watton.org/clipart/index.htm
Clipart, photos and fonts4 – www.clip-art-center.com/
British Library released over a million items from 17th, 18th, 19th centuries: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary
http://www.pdinfo.com/public-domain-music-list.php (CDs for sale)
Gospel music via MP3 - http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/111/jeanne_gere.html
Free choral sheet music - http://www.cpdl.org/
Free sheet music - www.sheetmusic1.com/NEW.GREAT.MUSIC.HTML
Links to public domain software
http://www.sunhelp.org/unix-sysadmin-resources/
Open Flix- http://www.openflix.com/
Public domain films - http://desertislandfilms.com/
Notes
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Commercial use of any copies prohibited.
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