Free Graphics, Clip Art, and
Icons
On the Web there are lot of trashy sites in this category that I edited
out. I tended to skip or de-emphasize sites with backgrounds files, gif
animations, lines, bars and rules. I have included one pay-for site, Eyewire,
as their superior materials might be worth the expense to you.
About.com lists sources of clipart.
Microsoft Office Clipart Select items and download them. They go into your My Microsoft Clip Gallery or Organizer.
Yahoo This is yahoo's list of clip art. There are a lot of sites to look at here.
Clip Art Review:
Huge list of categorized clip art and icons.
Clipart.com A list of clip
art sites with ratings, features and more.
Index of Icons, Images and
Graphics, Social Science Data Lab, University of Colorado. As
noted in Knight (1998), this site is especially useful for educational
purposes. (academic)
The Icon Browser- Now on ibiblio's server, aka the "Publics Library." Formerly originated from Dept of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy.
Icon Bazaar More icons. Nicer layout than most icon sites (In Knight (1998)
Anthony's Icon Library more icons. Many for programmers. Site says most are public domain.
Media Builder Gifworks A variety of free graphics and software.
The Clip Art Connection From Knight (1998)
Realm Graphics Much more tasteful and navigable site than most out icon sites on the web.
The Free Graphics Store- run by Australian Cybermalls Free graphics-bullets, buttons, backgrounds, rules and other images. They claim that their collection contains public domain materials, but we wondered about this when we spotted some Simpson cartoons in here.
Weird Clipart Just what the name says.
Music-related graphic images- Terms of Use: Since the images are linkware, you may use them for your non-commercial personal use as long as you provide a link to their website at. There is a small fee for commercial use.
Graphic Maps.com
: "Custom maps and clipart for web pages, advertising and business
applications,Office, Powerpoint, Word, intranet sites - and featuring
a World Atlas."
University of California, Social Sciences and Humanities Library,Graphics page A nice and tidey site. Good for academic purposes. From Knight (1998)
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