How Do You Find Public Domain Materials?
• Understand the basic sources that public domain materials exist. Some typical sources include old published materials, US Government publications, and materials explicitly donated to the public domain. • Look for materials published in the USA before 1923. Some good examples of public domain books that could be turned into how-to articles: • • The Household Cyclopedia – a how-to manual from 1881! • The Boy Mechanic: 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics – illustrations and all in PDF. • Things to Make by Archibald Williams – projects in carpentry, machinery, kites, and more. • Archive.org search for “how-to – check before copying to wikiHow because not all of the information is in the public domain. • The Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906) • The Nuttall Enyclopedia • Research books that were published between 1923 and Jan 1, 1964. 90% of books during this period are not copyrighted, since their copyright holders failed to extend their copyright. Review the copyright renewal dat
