Open Access: Music, Images and Film
This guide brings together key resources to help you to discover open access academic publications that can be read online and used for learning, teaching and research.
Music and Sound
- BBC Sound Effects
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16,000 sound effects available for download for "personal, educational, or research purposes.
- British Library Sounds This link opens in a new window
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Sound recordings from the British Library's archives on wide ranging topics including accents and dialects, the arts, the environment, history, music, radio and theatre.
- Mobygratis
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This resource is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
Images
- VADS
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Over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections in the UK, free for use in education - Wellcome images
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Free, downloadable images taken from Wellcome library and museum collections, including paintings, illustrations, photos and more.
Films
- EU Screen
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The EUscreen portal offers free online access to thousands of items of audiovisual heritage. - Open-Culture movies
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1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc. - Public Information films
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From UK National Archive; a collection of 20th Century UK government films
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