Sources of Icons, Images and
Backgrounds - Plus
Last Updated
06-29-12
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(Public Domain Sites, Commercial Use is Violation of Copyright
for most.
Check with the publisher for costs for usage)
Preview all websites for content and
appropriateness before
recommending to students.
Information and Instructions
Check out a site for indications of free or copyright
restrictions.
These sites are ideal for teachers who want to prepare pages for their
classes. "50 Megs" http://www.50megs.com
Anyone using this page should be aware there are many that sites offer
free web page publishing for personal and educational purposes.
For
a list of servers to host pages free of charge check out "The
Free Site," http://www.thefreesite.com/
and use the link "Free Web Space." Additionally, most
search
engines have an "Add Your URL" link for you to post your
page.
Or add your page to a number of search engines with AddMe.
Have Fun!!!!!
How do you save a background or icon? With a PC mouse, put the
arrow
over it, then click on the right mouse button and on the drop
down
window, select "Save image as" and save it on a disk or on your
C-Drive so you can put it on your web page. With a Mac,
hold
the mouse button down until the drop window appears. Make
folders
first for at least 1) backgrounds; 2) icons; 3) animated;
4) lines; 5) buttons; and 6) picture images.
This minimizes confusion if you save very many of various items.
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Mega Sites - All Kinds
of
Free Stuff! Includes Icons, Backgrounds and Free Host
Servers
for Home Pages..
The Free Site, http://www.thefreesite.com/
(6-04-05) It includes freebie Chat rooms, Homepages,
Counters,
Java, Custom Graphics, Mailing Lists, E-mail Accounts, Online Pagers,
Fonts,
Shorter URLs, Forms, Sites for Homepages, Free Digital Postcards,
Website
Checkers, Free Money, Website Graphics, and Guest books.
Free Tools for Webmasters, http://www.bravenet.com/index.php?sourceid=00384370423209521643
Provide many free resources along with free server space for posting a
web page. (6-04-05)
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Search Engines
ditto.com - http://ditto.com/
Image Finder (DL SunSITE) - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder/
The Picture Collection - http://www.thepicturecollection.com/
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Directories
Clip Art Directory, http://www.clipart.net/
Clip Art Review - http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm
Tools for Searching Image Files, http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html
Web Clip Art (About.com) - http://webclipart.about.com
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Web Sites and Mega Web Sites
3D CAFÉ - http://www.3dcafe.com
Absolute Background Textures Archive - http://grsites.com/textures/
Animations and Graphics for Your Website - http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/
All
Clipart Site - http://www.allclipartsite.com/
Art
Image Collections - http://www.datadesignsb.com/
Art Today - subscription - http://www.arttoday.com/
AskAsia's Map Images - http://askasia.org/image/
http://askasia.org/teachers/images/
Barry's Clip Art Server - http://www.barrysclipart.com
(01-21-01)
Billy Bear'sPlayground - http://www.billybear4kids.com/
CERN Icon Index - http://www.w3.org/Icons/
Christian
Clip Art, http://www.christian-resources-today.com/christian-clip-art.html
Classroom
Clipart Sources -
http://jc-schools.net/techupdate/classclip.html
Clip Art - http://www.clip-art.com/
(01-21-01)
Clipart.com - http://www.clipart.com
Contact: webmaster(at)clipart.com
Clip art by Dream Maker Software for scrapbooking, computer crafts, and
more! - http://www.coolclipart.com/
Clipart
Connection - http://www.clipartconnection.com/index.html
Clip
art links to dancers plus ballet and tango and other dance related
graphics from Web Clip Art - Web Clip Art - Net Links - http://webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart/msub43.htm
Clip Art Review - http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm
Clip Art Searcher - http://www.webplaces.com/search
(01-21-01)
ClipArt Universe - http://www.nzwwa.com/mirror/clipart
Clip Art Warehouse, http://www.clipart.co.uk/index.shtml
Cool Archive Free Clip Art and Fonts - http://www.coolarchive.com/
(01-21-01)
Crystal
Clear - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Clear_by_type
Dave’s
Graphics - http://www.waternut.com/links/grphsite.html
The
Dog Hause - http://www.doghause.com/
Dr. Zeus' Textures - http://www.best.com/~drzeus/Art/Textures/Textures.html
FAMFAMFAM - http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/
Flags - http://www.law.ou.edu/flags.html
(07-09-00)
Floral Web Graphics, http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/flowers.shtml
http://www.valentine.gr/web_flowers.htm
Free Backgrounds.com - http://www.free-backgrounds.com/
(07-08-01)
Free Website Buttons - http://www.freewebsitebuttons.com
Free Christian Clipart Mall - http://www.christianet.com/
(01-21-01)
Free Clipart Kingdom - http://www.clipartcastle.com/
(3-11-02)
Free
Educational Clipart, http://www.learningreviews.com/jreviews/Clipart.html
Free
Foto:- http://www.freefoto.com
Free
Graphics - http://freegraphics.com
Free
Graphics.org - http://www.freegraphics.org/
Free Thanksgiving Clip Art, http://hubpages.com/hub/Thanksgiving-Clip-Art
Free web clip art - http://webclipart.miningco.com/
Fonts, Graphics, SoundFX -
http://www.grsites.com/
Geography Clip Art - http://geography.miningco.com/msub29.htm
Graphic
Maps - http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm
Holidays: Christmas, Halloween, Easter, & More - Web Clip Art - Net
Links - http://webclipart.tqn.com/msubmenu3.htm
The Icon Bank - http://www.iconbank.com/gx/index.htm
Icon Bazaar - http://www.iconbazaar.com/
Icon Eden - http://www.iconeden.com/icon/category/free
Icon Finder, http://www.iconfinder.com/
Icon Pot - http://www.iconpot.com/
Icons at University of Kansas - http://www.math.ku.edu/icons/
inki's
Clipart - http://www.inki.com/clipart/
(01-21-01)
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - http://www.zeldman.com/
Jim's Cool Icons - http://snaught.com/JimsCoolIcons/
Julianne's Backkground Textures - http://www.sfsu.edu/~jtolson/textures/textures.htm
Kira's icon Library - Backgrounds - http://lightsphere.com/kicons/textures.html
Library
of Congress Photos - many historical photos - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html
Media Palace - http://www.multimediapalace.com/
MediaBuilder Icon Library - http://www.mediabuilder.com/index.html
Millanimations - http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html
Nerd Wide Web CLIPART Resources (Mega-Site) - http://www.nerdworld.com/nw3963oo20.html
New Clipart, Wallpaper, and buy clip art and Graphics - http://www.gifart.com/
Open Icon Library, http://openiconlibrary.sourceforge.net/
Pardon My Icons - http://www.zeldman.com/icon.html
Pencil Clip Art Sites, http://web.informer.com/pencil+clip+art
Penny Lane Graphics - http://www.plgraphics.com/
Photo Images - http://creative.gettyimages.com/
Realm Graphics - http://www.ender-design.com/rg/index.html
Rutgers University Network Services WWW Icons and Logos - http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/doc-images/
The
Teacher Files - http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
Teacher
Net - http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/clipart/
Shawn's
Web Art - http://www.shawnsclipart.com
Spinning Globes - http://www.clipartconnection.com/
Web
Clip Art, http://webclipart.about.com/
(01-21-01)
WooThemes, http://www.woothemes.com/2009/09/woofunction-178-amazing-web-design-icons/
WWW Icons and Logos at Rutgers University - http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/doc-images/
Yale Style Manual-GIF Graphics - http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/graphics/gif_files.html
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Image Creation, Mapping and Related Sites
500 Free Icons -
http://www.awwwards.com/free-icons-for-your-web-apps.html
Creating Great Web Graphics - http://www.mccannas.com/
GIF Construction - http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html
GIF Cruncher, http://www.webreference.com/services/graphics/gc/
Gif Finder - http://www.gifs.net/animate/giflist.htm
GIF
Sources - http://members.tripod.com/%7Eme217
Gif Wizard - http://www.gifwizard.com/
GIF Works, http://www.gifworks.com/
Image Manipulation Tools - http://www.angelfire.com/mt/jdhardball/imagetools.html
Image Maps - http://html.about.com/
Imagemap Help Page Instruction - http://www.ihip.com/
Junk Machine - http://www.robtex.com/jm/jm.htm
MediaBuilder: Animation Factory - Free Animated Gif Library - http://www.animationfactory.com/
Thomas Boutell's Mapedit - http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/
(Download)
Yale Style Manual-GIF Graphics, http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/graphics/gif_files.html
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Font Sources (Free)
1001 Free Fonts - http://www.1001freefonts.com/
Cool Archive Free Clip Art and Fonts - http://www.coolarchive.com/
(01-21-01)
Fonts & Things - http://www.fontsnthings.com/
Free Clipart and Fonts - http://www.clipartsite.com/
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Servers for Web Pages
50 Megs, http://www.50megs.com
The Free Site - http://www.thefreesite.com/
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - http://www.icann.org/
InterNIC Registration Services - http://www.internetnews.com/
Register.Com - http://www.register.com
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Counters
Web Counters - http://www.digits.com/create.html
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Colors for Web Pages
Browser-Safe Color Palette, http://lynda.com/hex.html
Complete HTML True Color Chart - http://www.theodora.com/html_colors.html
Contact: photius(at)theodora.com (10-03-00)
Ender's Realm Graphics - http://www.ender-design.com/rg/
HTML Background Color Selector - http://www.imagitek.com/bcs.html
(ImagiTek Network)
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Checking Web Pages
Link Alarm - http://www.linkalarm.com/
Contact: webmaster(at)linkguard.com Use to check
links based
on points.
Net Mechanic - http://www.netmechanic.com
Allows free checking of up to 25 links on a page.
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META TAG SITES
How to Use Meta Tags - http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/webmasters/meta.html
HTML META , REL and REV Tags - http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/
META Builder - http://vancouver-webpages.com/VWbot/mk-metas.html
META Builder - http://usableweb.com/
MetaSpy - http://www.metaspy.com/
META Tag Analyzer and META Tag Help - http://www.scrubtheweb.com/abs/meta-check.html
Meta Tag Optimization - http://www.esiteblast.com/
Meta Tags - What, Where, When, Why? http://www.philb.com/metatag.htm
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If there other sites, for either publishing web pages
or sites with
images, etc, please let me know. lewarmstrong(at)hotmail.com
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Prepared 1-3-99
Last Updated 06-29-12
Prepared by Lewis A. Armstrong
DEAD LINK ARCHIVE
For Dead Links, use Internet Archive to find a version of these
sites. Highlight and copy the URL, then go to the
Way Back Machine
at http://www.archive.org/
and then paste the URL into the web address box. Often
icons
are not available and the most recent listed version may not bring up
the
page. Go to an earlier date on the archive list for that
site.
If you find a dead link in the list above, feel free to use the Way
Back Machine with it.
World Flying Flags - http://thepage.simplenet.com/main.htm
Internet Resources of Images
-http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/images_images.html
Pattern Land! - http://www.netcreations.com/patternland/
Buttons, balls,
arrows, and other basic navigational graphics. Icon Browser -
http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/iconbrowser/icons.html
Background Colors and Font Color Options -
http://cambcranebusin00.hypermart.net/cambcrane/17h_backgrounds.htm
Charmyn's Textures - http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lights/3300/
MapMaker - http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mapmaker
Iconcity - http://www.yoink.com/iconcity/
Flash Creation - http://www.qksrv.net/click-638298-4182413
The background FAQ - http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/guide/color/faq.html
Flags of the World -
http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NAFLAG/List.html
(07-09-00)
Color Center - http://www.hidaho.com/colorcenter/cc.html
ASCII Art Gallery, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/
Clip Art Connection - http://www.clipartconnection.com/
Texture Station - http://www.nepthys.com/textures/
Absolutely Free Icon Library -
http://www.free-search.com/afil/index2.shtml
Free Stuff Center - http://www.free-search.com
Poynton's Color FAQ -
http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.html
Contact: coa23@cc.keele.ac.uk
ColorCenter - http://www.hidaho.com/colorcenter/cc.html
LiveImage Image Mapping Program for Windows95 and NT 4.0 -
http://www.mediatec.com/
Rose's Backgrounds Archive -
http://www.wanderers2.com/rose/backgrounds.html
IMAGES at UC Berkeley - http://www.bsdi.com/icons/
Jazzy's Border Backgrounds - http://jazzy.webjump.com
Digital Images, Royalty Free Use -
http://www.westward.com/gallery/freepics.htm
Benn Coifman Trains -
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~zephyr/TrainTracks.html
An Icon collection at BYU (warning: all 100+ images in-lined) -
http://lal.cs.byu.edu/buttons/gifs.html
Internet Freebies and Starting Points,
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/tonyaskinner/teacher1.html
(07-19-00) Includes
a number of sites that are useful to effectively using the Internet.
Meta Tags Building - http://www.meta-tags.com/
American Dream Road Photo Tour -
http://dreamroad.freeyellow.com/photos3.html
Asiant's Icon Library - http://www.asianet.net/icons.html
Clip Art - http://www.itec.sfsu.edu/multimedia/Clip-art.html
Eric's Graphics Collection -
http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~eanders/pictures/
A Touch of Country -
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/7060/graphicindex.htm
University of Oregon CIS Icons -
http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/graphics/icons/
Searchable Directory Index of Icons - http://www.bsdi.com/icons/AIcons/
GIFPILE - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/2681/home.html
Graphical Symbols Compliant to IEC Standard 417 -
http://w3.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/iec417/ver2.0/html/index.html
Image Library - http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/imagelib.html
Index - Multimedia and Clip Art -
http://www.itec.sfsu.edu/multimedia/multimedia.html
Original Web Graphics by Humble Bee - http://www.isholf.is/desember/
Online Image Optimizer and Comparison Charts -
http://webservices.adobe.com/optimize/main.html
Fontastic - http://people.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~kikita/
The Basics of Meta Tags - http://jimworld.com/metatag.html
META MEDIC - http://www.northernwebs.com/set/setsimjr.html
Annie's World Web Page Resources,
http://www.wwnet.com/~ahartman/congraph.html
(6-04-05)
WebSEEk - http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/webseek/
Clip Art Connection, http://www.ist.net/clipart
Backgrounds! - http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/backgrnds/johnback.html
Clip Art, Flags, National Anthems, Outline Maps -
http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/links/class.html
Daniel's Icon Archive - http://info.ex.ac.uk/Icons/xbm/.contact.html
Flag Clipart - http://www.howdyneighbor.com/coggan/bizart/flags.html
(07-09-00)
Medical Images with LifeArt - http://www.lifeart.com/
Sample
Animations -
http://www.performanceconsultants.com/1%20free%20samples.htm
Web Developer's Virtual Library - http://www.stars.com/
Free Link Exchange Counter - http://www.fastcounter.com
Jezebel's Background Archive -
http://www.jezebel.com/backgrounds/
Contact: comments(at)jezebel.com
Netscape COLORCodes
& Names - http://falco.elte.hu/COMP/HTML/colors.html
from Netscape
Mark Koenen's Color Page - http://www.two4u.com/color/
Contact: color(at)two4u.com
Doctor HTML - http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/
Check your web page for spelling errors, inactive links, etc.
Meta Tags Generators -
http://www.webpromotionguru.com/free_metatags_generator.htm
Backgrounds - http://home.uleth.ca/backgrounds/index2.htm
Lycos, http://www.lycos.com/
Teacher
Graphics -http://www.juliehicks.com/teachergraphics.html
Square Dancing icons and clip art -
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1503/Icons.htm
Domain Name Registries Around the World -
http://www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html
Anthony's Icon Library - http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/icons/
Awesome Clipart for Kids: Kid, Teacher & Family-Friendly Free
Clipart
for All Ages - http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
Background Sources - http://www.desktoppublishing.com/backg-free.html
Backgrounds, Textures, Icons, Balls and Page Dividers -
http://desktoppublishing.com/backgrounds.html
Browsers Com - http://www.shareware.com
Clip Art Servers -
http://desktoppublishing.com/clipserv.html
(01-21-01)
Icons Paradise - http://desktoppublishing.com/icons.html
Image Paradise - http://www.desktoppublishing.com/cliplist.html
(Some are free)
Kitty's Animation Page - http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/demo.html
Useful Resources for Empowering your Site -
http://www.icq.com/sitecreator/useful-resources.html
Web Graphic Resources -
http://www.desktoppublishing.com/webgraphics.html
Graphics Generators -
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~noahweb/generator.htm
The
Teacher’s Guide -
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Freebies.html
Discovery
School Clipart
- http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Web Presence Providers Who Host Sites Created with FrontPage 98 -
http://www.microsoftwpp.com/wppsearch/
Desktop
Publishing, http://desktoppub.about.com/