Internet
Clip Art
Sites Compiled by LMSD Parent Volunteer
Dina Luciano

 Animated Graphics from Animation Factory


There are a number of very good clip art sites on the Internet. The following are some excellent starting points for teachers and students to locate images and photographs that can be used as part of a variety of projects. 

Educators, students, and librarians need to be aware of copyright concerns.  The ease of copying and distributing texts, images, and other intellectual property has been greatly increased by the World Wide Web and other digital technologies.  The following sites offer overviews of copyright issues related to digital technology and are specifically written for educators.

Digital Copyright Overviews

http://www.roundrockisd.org/rrweb/distresc/rrmedia/rrcpyrht.htm

http://www.techlearning.com/content/speak/articles/copyright.html

http://scilib.ucsd.edu/howto/guides/CopyrightTips.html
Good Starting Points for Clip Art

Internet Clip Art.com

Scroll down to find variouis categories. Site is easy to navigate.

http://www.internetclipart.com/contents.htm

Animation Factory

More than 150,000 easy-to-use animations!

http://www.animfactory.com

Discovery School Clip Art

Very well-done original artwork in school-related categories.

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

Cool Clipart.com

Thousands of illustrations in typical “clip art” style.

http://www.coolclips.com

Kids Domain

Typical clips art, lots of categories, good links to more clip art.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/

Pics For Learning

Photo-based educational resource, many school-based categories.

http://www.pics4learning.com/

Clip Art Warehouse

Check out the animations, 3-Art, and “dingies” from this British site.

http://www.clipart.co.uk/index.shtml

Lesson Planet (Free membership required)

Comprehensive site – don’t forget your username and password!

http://lessonplanet.teacherwebtools.com/login.html?doc=%2Fclipartdirectory.html

321 Clipart.com

A commercial site – good resource for maps and flags. Careful of ads.

http://www.321clipart.com/

Free Images.com

A good general site for clip art – photos and illustration

http://www.freeimages.com/

iBand

Lots of clip art, but even more pop-up ads. Not recommended.

http://www.iband.com/clipart.html

Clip Art Directories

The following sites offer detailed clip art listings and pointers to clip art search engines on the Web.  The place to start if you want to see “everything clip art” on the Net.

Clip Art Directory from the International School of Tanganyika

http://library.hilton.kzn.school.za/Mainpgs/clipart&.htm

The Science Spot (More than science clip art)

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/refdeskclips.html

Walter McKenzie’s Innovative Teaching Newsletter on Clip Art

http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/clipart.htm

Clipart Connection.com

http://www.clipartconnection.com/
Special Interest Sites

DOG CLIP ART

http://www.finsnfurpetsupplies.com/doggraphics1.html

WILDLIFE PHOTO CLIP ART

http://www.gironet.nl/home/cdon/home.htm

ANIMAL PHOTO CLIP ART

http://www.123spot.com/clipart.htm

CAT CLIP ART

http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/graphics.htm

ALIEN AND UFO CLIP ART

http://www.roswell-online.com/clipart/

CREATURE ANIMATIONS

http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/ani1.html

ROBOTS

http://www.coolclips.com/fantasy/fiction.html

TOYS (Young children)

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/toy.html

SCHOOL RELATED CLIP ART - COLOR

http://www.theteachersguide.com/Edgraphicscolor.html

SCHOOL RELATED CLIP ART - B and W

http://www.theteachersguide.com/edgraphicsbw.html
Sound Clips and Files

SOUND AMERICA

http://www.soundamerica.com/

CHIDREN'S SONGS

http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm

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