Copyright free and Creative Commons resources: Searching for resources

You can search for material under the Creative commons search engine. You can add the CC Search Browser Extension, to your Firefox, Chrome or Opera browser, which allows you to search for CC-licensed images, download them, and attribute the owner/creator with fewer clicks. See Introducing the CC Search browser.

You can modify the Google and other search engines to look for creative commons material only. In advanced search you can set a filter for reuse. Go to Google Advanced Search. Then at the bottom of the page to 'usage rights' and change it to the type of use you want. For example ''Free to use, share or modify" would be appropriate if you are changing the work, 'free to use, even commercially' would be appropriate if you want to use the material for promotion or short courses

See also where to find CC licensed material.

• Unpaywall and Core Discovery are browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome, which add a green tab beside research articles that you can read for free.

• The Open Access Button will search across the web for a freely accessible full-text version of an article and if not found will send an email to the author asking them to provide a copy

• DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

• For a list of Open Access Journals with an Australian publisher view here 

• The OAPEN Library is a central repository for hosting and disseminating OA books, and the Directory of Open Access Books is a discovery service for OA books. 

• OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.