Research Guides: Access Granted Video Shorts 2014 Contest: Tips & Tricks

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Free Music Archive
Favorite site for Creative Commons and Public Domain music.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons Licenses explained
5 minute youtube video
Legal music for videos
What is Open Access?
Understanding Copyright
digCCmixter
Search site for music with reuse licenses
30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media
2009 blog post so some links do not work but many still useful
Public Domain Project
Over 9715 pieces of footage, 473 audio files, 64,535 images, and 121 3D models.

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Attribution Best Practices from UCI Libraries
Use these guidelines if your presentation/paper does not require a specific publication style.
Open Attribute
Use this tool to copy and paste the correct attribution for any Creative Commons licensed object.
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The Firefox or Chrome add on produces a properly formatted attribution that users can copy and paste wherever they need to.
Cornell University Library Images Guide - Citing Images
Includes an example in APA style.
ARTstor's Help Page on Citing Images
Examples for:
A museum object
An internet resource (Electronic Database)
An internet resource (World Wide Web Site)
Citing and attribution
from Finding Images research guide
How to attribute Creative Commons licensed materials