SELECTED SOURCES OF ELECTRONIC PUBLIC DOMAIN MATERIAL
There are many sources online for public-domain e-books and shorter works, both fiction and non-fiction. Providing a link to publicly available material is not a violation of copyright law, so if you are preparing a web site, link away!
- Bartleby.comReference, verse, fiction, nonfiction.
- CCMixterFree music samples; you can mix, mash-up, and share these items under a Creative Commons license.
- Creative CommonsFind items in many categories available under Creative Commons licenses: audio, images, video, text, and educational materials like lesson plans and textbooks.
- Dover BooksDover publishes many books full of permission-free illustrations. You can also sign up for a weekly email of permission-free clip art.
- FreeSoundFree sound samples (not music – think sound effects) available under Creative Commons licenses.
- Open Clip ArtTons of stuff you can use for free.
- Perseus Digital LibraryPrimarily classical and English renaissance texts, but also some American and other history.
- Project GutenbergOver 6000 free e-texts.
- The Government Documents collection at University of Oklahoma LibrariesFederal “gov docs” are copyright-free! Many state and international documents are as well.
- The Online Book PageUniversity of Pennsylvania’s listing of over 25,000 free books on the web, English-language only.