Journalism: Images, News, Sound, & Video

This guide supports students in COM 360, COM 361, and anyone trying to locate information available through the Deep/Invisible Web.

Copyright

Fair Use Checklist
Guide to help show how any use of copyright materials may have a strong (or weak) argument for fair use. Created by the University of Louisville.
US Copyright Office
Official source of copyright law information, including forms and procedures for registering musical works for copyright protection.
BMI
Broadcast Music Inc.
Provides a searchable database of who owns 7.5 million song titles.
Public Domain Music
Searchable list of music in the public domain as well as information about intellectual property with respect to musical works. There are many more sites you might want to explore using public domain music as your search term.

Image & Photo Resources

Here are a few resources for photos. Remember to check for Copyright Clearance and permission to use:

Copyright Free Images
Google Images Advanced Search
Find images that are free and legal to use by setting the usage rights to not filtered by license.
LIFE Photo Archive
Provides access to about one million digital images within the collection of the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division. Includes architectural and historical images, 1860s-1970s.
Redux Pictures - NYT Archive
Search and view the Redux Pictures photo archive which includes photos from the New York Times.
See the Images guide for more

Video Resources

Here are a few resources for footage. Remember to check for Copyright Clearance and permission to post:

ARTE
A Franco-German and European public service TV channel that supports creativity and culture through programs that are broadcast 24/7 throughout Europe and beyond. The founders of ARTE believed that a joint television channel should bring French and German citizens closer on a cultural level and promote cultural integration throughout Europe.
C-SPAN
Daily coverage of Washington and more than 200000 hours of extensively indexed and archived C-SPAN video.
footage.net
Footage.net is the world’s largest online aggregator of stock footage databases, providing serious footage researchers with free access to the most comprehensive roster of stock, archival and news footage indexes online.
Internet Archive: Moving Images Archive
"This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download."
Internet Archive: FedFlix
"Welcome to FedFlix, Joint Venture NTIS-1832 between the National Technical Information Service and Public.Resource.Org. Here we feature the best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors, all of these fine flix are available for reuse without any restrictions whatsoever."
Internet Archive: News & Public Affairs
Growing collection of historical and current local, national, and international media.

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Streaming video archive of the weekly American television news/interview program, 1947-2003.

Seattle Channel
News, analysis, and stories about Seattle's civic and cultural landscape.

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Archive of national television news broadcasts, 1968 to present. Includes streaming of some CNN and NBC broadcasts.

TVW
Offers unedited coverage of Washington state government and reporting on government, politics, and public policy. Archival programming back to 1995.
World Newsreels Online, 1929-66
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Collection of streaming videos that features full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection is semantically indexed, allowing users to search by subject, year, historical era, historical event, people, and places.
See the Video & Streaming Video guide for more

Contemporary News Including Today

Specific E-Newspapers available through UW Libraries:

News Tribune (Tacoma) [NewsBank]
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Covers 1889 to today, including the newsprint, web, and blog editions.
ProQuest New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast)
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For quick browsing and searching of the New York Times print edition from June 1, 1980 to the present. Includes the full text of today's paper.
Olympian [Access World News]
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Covers 2001 to today, including newsprint and Web editions.
Seattle Times [Access World News]
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Covers 1891 to today, including the newsprint, web, and blog editions.
Tri-City Herald [Access World News]
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Covers 2006 to today including newsprint and Web editions.

Searchable News Databases:

Access World News [NewsBank]
Newspapers, transcripts, wire services, broadcasts, 1980s - present.

Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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Current international, national & regional newspapers, 1980 - present.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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Washington State, national & regional newspapers, 1980 - present

Historical News Resources

Access World News
Guardian & Observer
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Searchable database of newspaper page images through 2003. Includes the two British newspapers, Guardian 1821-2003 and Observer 1791-2003.
Library also has the Guardian from 1962 to present on Microfilm A4616.
New York Times
Searchable database of newspaper page images, 1851-2014.
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For 1990s to present, use NexisUni, or ProQuest GlobalNewsstream.
Washington Post
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Searchable database of newspaper page images, 1887-2001. For 2002 to present, use LexisNexis Academic.
See the News research guide for more historical news resources

Sound Resources

Here are a few resources for sounds. Remember to check for Copyright Clearance and permission to use:

Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) This link opens in a new window
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DRAM contains 3,000 albums from 26 independent labels, representing folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic, art, jazz and world musics.

Index of Sound Effects (UW Drama Library)
Search the UW Drama Library's sound effects collection. Some sound effects can be checked out while others are library use only. This collection is currently unavailable due to COVID-19 restrictions.
PacDV free sound effects
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Royalty free sounds organized by subject - machines, music, people, transportation, voices, and more.
Puget Sounds
With Puget Sounds the UW aims to document music in the Puget Sound region. Everything from rock & hip hop to classical & jazz is represented in the collection.
Sounds (British Library Sounds Archive)
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Selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife, and environmental sounds. U.S. researchers can search all recordings on the site, listen to recordings where copyright permits), and view notes and tags added by other users.
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
Broadcast Music Inc.
Provides a searchable database of who owns 7.5 million song titles.
Public Domain Music
Searchable list of music in the public domain as well as information about intellectual property with respect to musical works. There are many more sites you might want to explore using public domain music as your search term.
See the COM 460a Radio Storytelling and Production guide for more