Images
Databases
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Search Engines / Internet
Resources
- The following databases, websites, and course
handouts may be helpful in beginning or continuing research to locate images. For further assistance with finding resources or information,
please contact
Benjamin Harris.
Databases
ARTstor
ARTstor provides an impressive database of over
500,000 searchable images.
Tools within the database enable viewing (or displaying)
slides side-by-side and collecting "folders" of images for
classroom use, research, or assignments. These works are copyright cleared for
educational and research purposes by Trinity students, faculty, and staff.
Global NewsBank
This database includes full text for newspapers from Texas and from around the
world. On the opening search page, a "Special Reports" section focuses
on issues of current or recent interest. Former special reports pages
have been archived. These reports are accompanied by an image gallery.
To find images, select one of the special reports and "Images" link in the top
toolbar.
MasterFILE Premier
This database includes a collection of images from a number of resources,
including the Motion Picture and Television Archive, Getty Images, United
Press International, and other collections. MasterFILE also includes maps and
flags of all nations from Mapquest. To search this database for visual texts,
click on the "Images" button at the top of the screen.
Oxford Art Online
Formerly known as Grove Art Online, you may use this resource
to find brief
biographical material on artists as well as other types of entries. Note that
most of these entries include a brief bibliography at the end and many include
image galleries as well.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Including full text for historical editions of the New York Times and the
Washington Post, the ProQuest database offers a search function for standalone
photos. Images published without matching text can be found by clicking
on the "More Search Options" tab and then limiting the search to "Photo
Standalone." A great number of historical images can be located in this
fashion. Note that comic strips can also be found through this feature.
Search Engines
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AllTheWeb Pictures
Search
While the search process and results are similar, the linking to
images is unique at AllTheWeb Pictures Search. Searchers who click
on the thumbnail will be directed to a full size version of the
image. Searchers who click on the title below the thumbnail
will be directed to the web page where the image is located. The
option is a positive feature, but not obvious on first using this
resource. To search for images at AllTheWeb, click on the
"Pictures" tab and then search.
AltaVista Image Search
Similar to the popular Google Image Search, AltaVista suggests
limiting options early in the search process. For example, if you
wish to locate only black and white images, the initial search
screen allows you to limit results to this type of image.
Ditto
A partner of PicSearch, Ditto is popular with some users due to its
clean interface. Click on the thumbnail and the webpage where
a selected image is located will open in a new window. There
are no top toolbars to contend with and the results pages are clear
of much of the usual explanatory text. Users will want to
familiarize themselves with Ditto's ad placement strategies, as the
location of ads may change with each results page (it may appear on
the bottom of the first page and at the top of the second page).
Flickr
Photo management site allows you to link to other people's images
and upload your own personal images. However, members are asked to
refrain from saving, cutting and pasting, or using images offered by
other community members.
Google Image Search
Searches for images and offers results in thumbnail
galleries. Refers researcher to the page on the web where the
image is located.
Picitup Visual Image Search
Using this search engine, visitors can search for an image and then
click on that image to find similar results.
PicSearch
The PicSearch image search engine organizes results by relevance as
opposed to popularity. When selecting an image from the
results gallery, searchers are given information about the image.
For example, a results page for an image gives the Image URL so that
a searcher can go directly to the image instead of attempting to
locate the image on the webpage itself.
Yahoo! Images Search
The Yahoo! search interface and results screens are similar to
Google. However, different indexing methods will lead to different
ordering of results (and at times, different results completely). To
use the image search function, just click on the image tab at the
top of the screen before searching.
Internet Resources
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Trinity University's Coates Library: Digital Images Collections
The Coates Library provides two digital image
collections. The Historical Images Archive includes visual
texts from the library's Special Collections department.
The Theatre Arts Image Archive includes images of productions
from Trinity's Department of Drama.
ArchNet
According to the website, "ArchNet is an international online
community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape
architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on
Muslim cultures and civilizations." The digital image
gallery focuses on international monuments, architecture, and
landscapes.
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
This collection of public domain images was collected to
specifically aid art and art history instructors. Much of
the collection includes classical or prehistoric works.
Cornell
University Library
Cornell's library offers links to online image databases or
websites with image galleries organized by topic.
Digital Librarian: Images
This collection of links offers an eclectic assortment of
smaller image collections available online. Note, some of
these links are not in working order and restrictions on the use
of images from the sites will differ from site to site.
From
Old Books
Search for pictures from old (public domain) books. For example,
images from various editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland can be located either through a direct search or
by browsing the list of available sources.
Library of Congress: American Memory Collection
The American Memory Collection acts as an online archive and
gallery space on topical subjects. Searchers may locate
images by conducting keyword searches or browsing collections
organized by topic.
Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Reading Room
The Print and Photographs Catalog from the Library of Congress
includes an index of prints and photographs held in the Library
of Congress. Many of these are provided online for
researchers and students. Images that are not available
online may be ordered from the LOC.
NASA Image Exchange
All of the images at the NASA Image Exchange are available for
use (except for NASA logos). The search interface will
allow searchers to retrieve only 100 results per search, so the
use of specific terms or a selection of keywords is advisable.
National Archives: Catalog
This link will direct you to the Archival Research Catalog page
at the U.S. National Archives website. Here you can find
information about the archives, as well as tips for searching
the collections. "ARC" is the name of the National
Archives catalog. Click on the yellow "Search" button on
the left hand side of the screen. You can then use
keywords to search the archives. For images only, select the
"Photographs and Other Graphic Materials" option under "Type of
Archival Materials."
NYPL Digital Image Collection
Offered by the New York Public Library, this collection of close
to 500,000 digital images. Searchers can download and use
low-resolution images available online. High-resolution
images are available for licensing for personal use and for
professional reproduction.
Online Archive of California (OAC)
Site provides access to tens of thousands of historic images
archived by museums, libraries, archives, and other online
resources in California. Searchers may browse by topic or
search for specific images.
PD Photo
Site offers searching for "thousands" of public domain images.
Most of the photos are of natural settings or are seasonal in
scope.
Smithsonian
Images
Browse and collect selected images from the Office of Images and
Photographing Services of the Smithsonian.
Stock.xchng
Searchable website includes free stock images of many types and
styles. Some of these require permission for use or
publication, and others are available without restriction. The
above search engine, YotoPhoto, includes Stock.xchng search
results.
VADS
This visual arts database includes over 100,000 images that have
been copyright cleared for educational use. Contents are
searchable or may be browsed by collection name.
Visual
Dictionary
This database of images focuses exclusively on photographs of
words (such as a picture of the word "united" from a sign on a
building or a graffito of the word "peace").
Wikipedia
Online encyclopedia "that anyone can edit" (so use
caution) offers image galleries as well as encyclopedia entries.
World Art Kiosk:
California State University
This database includes over 50,000 images of people and locations
from around the world. Visitors to the site can search for
images by keyword or view images organized into topical portfolios.
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