BACKGROUND MUSIC
Remixes and samples for creating your own remixes licensed by Creative Commons. Doesn't require login to download.
Web site where musicians and sound artists upload their work under Creative Commons licenses. Doesn't require login to download.
The largest catalog of music under Creative Commons license with more than 25,000 albums. Includes rock, pop, jazz, hip-hop and dance tracks. Doesn't require login to download.
Music composed and recorded by Jason Shaw and licensed under Creative Commons for use in audio visual projects. Doesn't require login to download.
The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. Compiled and managed by WFMU Radio. Doesn't require login to download.
All music in this Collection is from
trade-friendly artists and is strictly non-commercial, both for access here and for any further distribution. This collection is maintained by the etree.org community. Doesn't require login to download.
A collection housed at the internet archive of user-contributed music. All music is released under Creative Commons licenses.
Free-Loops.com provides free loops and audio clip downloads to the music production community. Doesn't require login to download.
SOUND EFFECTS
Collection of free sounds effects and web links to other online collections. Doesn't require login to download.
The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps and more released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License.
LINGUISTICS
Forvowords in various languages, pronounced by native speakers
POLITICAL SCIENCE
These recordings of music, speeches, humor readings, and key moments in U.S. history are streamed for free online from the Library of Congress.
HISTORY
Illustrated oral archive featuring interviews with keen observers of the Indian and Pakistani independence from the British Raj. Includes voices of Gandhi, Jinnah and Nehru.
The South Asian Literary Recording Projects
Launched in April 2000, to record the voices of South Asian authors for the Library of Congress' Archive of Recorded World Literature, the project has captured the readings of prominent South Asian poets, novelists, and playwrights. The authors recorded so far represent more than fifteen of the languages of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Historical maps, collections of photographs, and statistics relating to the Indian subcontinent.