tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193090722011-12-21T13:35:47.308-08:00Stephen Fishmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528946221283352755noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19309072.post-26225969635361931792008-01-11T19:32:00.000-08:002008-01-14T12:14:14.408-08:00<strong>General Public Domain Resources</strong><br />Center for the Study of the Public Domain (<a href="http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd">www.law.duke.edu/cspd</a>).<br />The Creative Commons (<a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/">http://www.creativecommons.org/</a>)<br />The Internet Archive (<a href="http://www.archive.org/">http://www.archive.org/</a>)<br />The Electronic Freedom Foundation (<a href="http://www.eff.org/">http://www.eff.org/</a>)<br />Public Knowledge (<a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/">http://www.publicknowledge.org/</a>)<br />The Free Expression Policy Project (<a href="http://www.fepproject.org/">http://www.fepproject.org/</a>)<br />Center for Arts and Culture (<a href="http://www.culturalpolicy.org/">http://www.culturalpolicy.org/</a>)<br />The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School (<a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home">http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home</a>).<br /><br /><strong>Copyright Resources</strong><br />Copyright Office (<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/">http://www.copyright.gov/</a>)<br />List of copyright renewals for books published during the period 1923--1963. (<a href="http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home">http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home</a>)<br />On-Line Books Page (<a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/</a>)<br />Foreign Copyright Laws (<a href="http://www.unesco.org/culture/copyrightlaws">www.unesco.org/culture/copyrightlaws</a>)<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Writing Resources<br /></strong>Below are some useful websites for locating public domain writings and libraries:<br />Yahoo Internet Directory (<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/lb">www.yahoo.com/r/lb</a>);<br />Library of Congress (<a href="http://catalog.loc.gov/">http://catalog.loc.gov/</a>)<br />The University of Idaho links (<a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html">www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html</a>)<br />The Internet Public Library (<a href="http://www.ipl.org/reading/books">www.ipl.org/reading/books</a>)<br />Project Gutenberg (<a href="http://promo.net/pg/index.html">http://promo.net/pg/index.html</a>)<br />Project Bartleby (<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/index.html">www.bartleby.com/index.html</a> )<br />Public Domain Links( <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/">http://www.ibiblio.org/</a>)<br />The Universal Library (<a href="http://www.ul.cs.cmu.edu/html/index.html">www.ul.cs.cmu.edu/html/index.html</a>).<br />Wikipedia (<a href="http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_resources">http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_resources</a>).<br />The Internet Archive (<a href="http://www.archive.org/">http://www.archive.org/</a>).<br />Government Depository websites (<a href="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html">www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html</a>).<br />Federal government materials (<a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/">http://www.access.gpo.gov/</a>).<br /><br /><strong>Music Resources</strong><br />Public Domain Info (<a href="http://www.pdinfo.com/">http://www.pdinfo.com/</a>)<br /><br />You can download public domain sheet music at these sites:<br />Werner Icking Music Archive: (<a href="http://icking-music-archive.org/">http://icking-music-archive.org/</a>)<br />My Sheet Music: (<a href="http://www.dalymusic.com/">http://www.dalymusic.com/</a>)<br />Historic American Sheet Music (<a href="http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic">http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic</a>)<br />The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection (<a href="http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/">http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/</a>)<br />Library of Congress Music for the Nation— American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 (<a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html">http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html</a>)<br />Sheet Music Online (<a href="http://www.sheetmusic1.com/NEW.GREAT.MUSIC.HTML">www.sheetmusic1.com/NEW.GREAT.MUSIC.HTML</a>)<br />Sheet Music USA (<a href="http://www.sheetmusicusa.com/">http://www.sheetmusicusa.com/</a>)<br />University of California at Berkeley California Sheet Music Project (<a href="http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~mkduggan/neh.html">www.sims.berkeley.edu/~mkduggan/neh.html</a>)<br />University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Sheet Music Library (<a href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/music/eam.html">www.lib.unc.edu/music/eam.html</a>).<br /><br /><strong>Music libraries in the United States where you may research public domain music:</strong><br />Berklee College of Music (<a href="http://library.berklee.edu/">http://library.berklee.edu/</a>)<br />Columbia UniversityMusic Library (<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/music">www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/music</a>)<br />Eastman School of Music of the Universityof Rochester (<a href="http://sibley.esm.rochester.edu/">http://sibley.esm.rochester.edu/</a>)<br />Free Library of Philadelphia (<a href="http://www.library.phila.gov/">http://www.library.phila.gov/</a>)<br />Harvard University (<a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/loebmusic">http://hcl.harvard.edu/loebmusic</a>)<br />Indiana University William &amp; Gayle Cook Music Library (<a href="http://www.music.indiana.edu/muslib.html">www.music.indiana.edu/muslib.html</a>)<br />Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory of Music (<a href="http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/home.php">www.peabody.jhu.edu/home.php</a>)<br />Library of Congress Music Division (<a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform/guide">http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform/guide</a>)<br />New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (<a href="http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html">www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html</a>)<br />University of California, Berkeley Music Library (<a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MUSI">www.lib.berkeley.edu/MUSI</a>)<br />University of California, Los Angeles Music and Arts Library (<a href="http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/Music/9597.cfm">http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/Music/9597.cfm</a>)<br />University of Chicago Music Collection (<a href="http://www.uchicago.edu/">http://www.uchicago.edu/</a>)<br />University of Michigan Music Library (<a href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/music">www.lib.umich.edu/music</a>)<br />University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives (<a href="http://www.lib.washington.edu/">www.lib.washington.edu/</a>)<br />Yale University Irving S. Gilmore Music Library (<a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/musiclib/muslib.htm">www.library.yale.edu/musiclib/muslib.htm</a>)<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Museums Resources<br /></strong>Yahoo Directory (<a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/museums__galleries__and_centers">http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/museums__galleries__and_centers</a>) .<br />Gallery Guide Online (<a href="http://www.galleryguide.org/">http://www.galleryguide.org/</a>).<br />Other helpful art websites are:<br />Art History Resources on the Web (<a href="http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html">http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html</a>)<br />World Wide Art Resources (<a href="http://wwar.com/artists1.html">http://wwar.com/artists1.html</a>).<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Art Reproductions Resources<br /></strong>Art History Resources on the Web (<a href="http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html">http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html</a>)<br />World Wide Art Resources (<a href="http://wwar.com/artists1.html">http://wwar.com/artists1.html</a>).<br />Dover Publications (<a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/">http://store.doverpublications.com/</a>)<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Photography Resources<br /></strong>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room (<a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print">http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print</a>).<br />Library of Congress Public Domain Reprint Service (<a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/pds">http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/pds</a>).<br />Price list for Public Domain Photo Reprints (<a href="http://www.loc.gov/preserv/pds/photo.html">www.loc.gov/preserv/pds/photo.html</a>).<br />The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (<a href="http://www.eastman.org/">http://www.eastman.org/</a>).<br />New York Public Library Photo Collection (<a href="http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/photo.html">www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/photo.html</a>)<br />National Archives and Records Administration Archive Research Center (<a href="http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arch/index.html">www.archives.gov/research_room/arch/index.html</a>)<br />Tulane University Index of Archival Indexes (<a href="http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html">www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html</a>).<br />University of Idaho Archives (<a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html">www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html</a> )<br />Public Domain Pictures (<a href="http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.html">www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.html</a>)<br />Wikipedia public domain images (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources</a>)<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Film Resources</strong><br />The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (<a href="http://www.archives.gov/">http://www.archives.gov/</a>) has a website for film and video holdings (<a href="http://www.archives.gov/research_room/media_formats/film_sound_video.html">www.archives.gov/research_room/media_formats/film_sound_video.html</a>)<br />NASA (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/">http://www.nasa.gov/</a>)<br />The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (<a href="http://www.eastman.org/">http://www.eastman.org/</a>).<br />Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (<a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic">http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic</a>)<br />Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video (<a href="http://www.moma.org/">http://www.moma.org/</a>)<br />UCLA Film and Television Archive (<a href="http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/">http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/</a>).<br />Cinema Web (<a href="http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm">www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm</a>)<br />Silents Are Golden (<a href="http://www.silentsaregolden.com/silentvideolist.html">www.silentsaregolden.com/silentvideolist.html</a>)<br />Kino International Corp. (<a href="http://www.kino.com/">http://www.kino.com/</a>)<br />Movies Unlimited (<a href="http://www.moviesunlimited.com/">http://www.moviesunlimited.com/</a>)<br />Video Oyster (<a href="http://www.videooyster.com/">http://www.videooyster.com/</a>)<br /><br /><strong>Architectural Resources<br /></strong>Columbia University Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library (<a href="http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/avery">www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/avery</a>)<br />Harvard Design School (<a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/library">www.gsd.harvard.edu/library</a>)<br />University of Florida, Architecture &amp; Fine Arts Library (<a href="http://afalib.uflib.ufl.edu/afa">http://afalib.uflib.ufl.edu/afa</a>)<br />University of Nevada Las Vegas Architecture Studies Library (<a href="http://library.nevada.edu/arch/index.html">http://library.nevada.edu/arch/index.html</a>)<br />Dover Publications (<a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/">http://store.doverpublications.com/</a>)<br /><br /><strong>Map Resources<br /></strong>University of Minnesota Links to Map Libraries (<a href="http://map.lib.umn.edu/">http://map.lib.umn.edu/</a>).<br />Oddens’ Bookmarks (<a href="http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/main.html">http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/main.html</a>).<br />Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress (<a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/gmpage.html">http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/gmpage.html</a>)<br /><br /><strong>Choreography Resources</strong><br />Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Library for the Performing Arts (<a href="http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html">www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html</a>).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19309072-2622596963536193179?l=copyrightfree.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephen Fishmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528946221283352755noreply@blogger.com5