Midtown International School Library/Media Center Tools
Audio
Free Music links to copyright free music. Most of the sites offer free music to download but check the
individual sites for citation information.
Freesound Creative Commons licensed sounds archive perfect for media projects.
Internet Tip: Royalty Free music offers links to Creative Commons music and advice on how to get
permission from professional artists to use their music
Liveplasma music recommendation service: type in an artist and find others you might like.
Books
Baen Free Library mostly sci-fi and fantasy titles from the Baen catalog
Books Should Be Free public domain audiobooks and ebooks
Bookyards external web links, news & blogs links, videos and access to hundreds of online libraries
CHM E-books computer and programming books
Free Science a collection of science e-books
Great Books and Classics a collection of classic literature, much written in Latin
LibriVox public domain audio books
ManyBooks.net contains about 17,000 books
Metropolitan Museum Publications nearly 400 books about fine art
MobiPocket children's books, English, American and Germanic Literature (associated with Amazon)
Next Reads Bookseer get book suggestions based on what you've already read
Penn Digital Library University of Pennsylvania
Perseus Digital Library huge collection of classic (Greek, Roman, etc.) texts
Poetry Foundation vast collection of poetry (not all public domain!) on the web
Project Gutenberg vast collection of ebooks operated on voluntary donations
Rare Book Room photographs and scans of great and rare books from libraries around the world
Sacred Texts religion and spirituality
Tech Books computer and technology books
Yale Avalon Project e-books and documents on law and history
Education
60 Second Recap get the gist of major literary works in 60 seconds
Academic Earth online courses from various leading universities
Owl and Mouse educational quizzes and games
Sheppard Software activities, games and quizzes
Headlines and Periodicals
Context 10x10 words and pictures that define the times
Library Of Congress Newspaper Collection easy to search collection of historical U. S. newspapers
Politifact Truth-o-Meter How honest are politicians, really? fun tool for government students
Vintage Ad Browser find old advertisements
Worldcat online catalog connecting to most libraries in the world
History: http://kids.usa.gov/index.shtml
American History (http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/)
Georgia History
Civil Rights Digital Library : educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public
broadcasters, and others on a national scale
Digital library of Georgia (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome) digitized books, manuscripts,
photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other
resources.
GALILEO, the state's virtual library.
GeorgiaInfo, an online Georgia Almanac, built in partnership with the DLG and GALILEO
New Georgia Encyclopedia, delivering engaging online articles and multimedia.
South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive
(http://sgnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers/search)
University of Georgia Libraries,
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Prehistoric Era & Early History
English Colony
Revolution and Early Republic
Antebellum Era
Civil War & Reconstruction
Late Nineteenth Century
Progressive Era-World War II
Civil Rights & Sunbelt Georgia
Modern Georgia
World History:
http://www.historyworld.net/
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/
Images
Clker royalty-free images including clip art and photos
ClipArt ETC gorgeous Victorian-style line drawings
DK Clip Art Browse by A-Z or school subjects. DK holds copyright but allows personal, home and school
use.
EveryStockPhoto search engine for photos that are public domain or licensed for free use
Flickr Commons mostly historical pictures that are public domain or Creative Commons licensed
Morguefile pictures can be used and remixed, even in commercial applications, with no attribution
requirement
Noun Project universal icons
Pics4Learning.com copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students
Pixabay deep collection of high quality images
Wikimedia Commons copy, use and modify these files as long as the source and the authors are credited
Media (Copyright Friendly, Public Domain or Creative Commons Licensed)
Copyright Friendly Portal collection of links to free, public domain, creative commons material
The Public Domain Review focuses on strange and surprising, yet beautiful, materials that fall into public
domain
Science Fair (http://www.sciencebuddies.org/)
Science: http://kids.usa.gov/index.shtml
Utilities and Tools
Audacity free software for recording and editing sounds
Creately diagramming software that allows online collaboration
Creaza online mindmapping, video editing, cartooning and audio editing
Desmos Graphing Calculator
EZVid video editor, screen capture, speech synthesis, slideshow maker and more
FotoFlexer online photo editor
GIMP Gnu Image Manipulation Program free photo editing software
Glogster make shareable online posters that can incorporate photos, music and video
Google Cultural Institute hosts the world's best art galleries, highly detailed special exhibits and 3-D views
of historic locations
HelloSign a Chrome extension that allows you to sign documents in your browser
IFakeTxt create faux screenshots of smartphone text conversations
JumperCut app-based collaborative online video sequencer
Khan Academy world-class educational videos and tutorials on nearly any subject
Loopster online video editing tool
Meograph create interactive multimedia stories using maps, timelines, pictures and video
Our Timelines create timelines from a 5 to 140 year span
Pixlr free online image editor that is very similar to an old version of Photoshop
Quizlet make flashcards, spelling drills, pre-tests and other study prep, or search the database for other
users' materials
Scribblar online collaborative whiteboard
Skype free voice and video calling through the Internet
Survey Monkey free survey generator
Tackk super-simple web page creator that doesn't even require a login
Tagxedo a word cloud generator (similar to Wordle) that allows customization of fonts and cloud shapes
Time Toast create timelines (has ads on free version)
TodaysMeet backchannel discussion (like Twitter) for your classroom
Youtube Slideshow tutorial on creating slideshows with audio and annotations in Youtube