Green River LibGuides: ENGL 161 Cultures of Desire: Finding Primary Sources

Primary Sources

Use the sub-pages by source type below to find primary sources related to course themes each week.

Don't forget to take advantage of Holman Library's substantial collection of online resources, including streaming video and ebooks.

Finding and Using Content on the Web

Fair Use Law permits the use of others' copyrighted work for academic purposes - within reason- and with proper attribution.

U.S. Copyright Office: Fair Use

Public Domain: The Web, however, is also a great source of work that is in the Public Domain either because its copyright expired or because it was designated to be shared with others. Work in the public domain still needs to be attributed to its creator.

The Creative Commons is a non-profit organization created for works to be shared with others. The exact terms of use for individual sources are determined by the creator.

As a student, using works with creative commons licensing means that the project you create in school is a project you can share publically outside of school.

Openverse (formerly Creative Commons Search)
Creative Commons Search is now called Openverse and joins WordPress as an open source project. Openverse is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.

You can also register your own original work with Creative Commons Licenses.

Creative Commons: Licenses

Creative Commons Permissions:

For more on Fair Use, the Public Domain and the Creative Commons, go to the Copyright/Copyleft tab of this subject guide.