Copyright: Open Access material
Open Access Contents
Introduction
Creative Commons
Open textbooks
Image collections
Videos
Open journal directories
Public domain
Introduction
Open Access resources are published with few or no copyright restrictions.
See the BC Campus OpenEd Resources guide to learn more about Open Access in post-secondary environments.
See below for links to open access resources, and tools to find more.
Creative Commons
Openverse (Creative Commons) Search - images & audio
Creative Commons materials are available for use without copyright permission. Attribution is required.
Outlines the different types of CC licenses: Attribution, Atrribution-Share Alike, Attribution-NoDerivs, etc.
Open Textbook Collections
BCcampus Open Textbook Collection A list of open textbooks from BCcampus.
OpenStax – High quality open textbook publisher based out of Rice University.
OER Commons – Textbooks OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum
Image Collections
Flickr: Creative Commons
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the New York Public Library's vast collections.
Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources
"The presence of a resource on this list does not guarantee that all or any of the images in it are in the public domain. You are still responsible for checking the copyright status of images"
VIdeos
TED: Ideas worth Spreading
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
YouTube Education
YouTube channel of educational videos from educational institutions
Open Journals
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journals
Searches PLOS ONE (life and health sciences), PLOS Medicine, and PLOS Biology; PLOS Genetics, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Pathogens, and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
SAGE Open
Browse or search for individual journal articles.
Public Domain
Public domain resources are available for use because the copyright has expired.
Project Gutenberg
"over 42,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online"
Wikipedia list of public domain resources
Links to resources on a variety of topics.
Attribution
This Selkirk College Copyright guide was developed with help from the Vancouver Community College Copyright guide
