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Images

Image Databases

Books, primary documents, photographs, movies, and sound recordings from the Library of Congress. (Full-text).

Free website with images of art and architectural works in the public domain. (Full images).

Free website with photographs of paintings, sculptures, and other artworks. (Full images).

Images of advertisements, African American history, and documentary photography. (Full images).

Free website with a large collection of images for private non-commercial use. (Full images).

History journals, documents, encyclopedias, maps, and video clips for K-12 students. (Full-text).

Images of wildlife from the U.S. Geological Survey. (Full images).

Historic photographs from the collections of the New York Public Library. (Full images).

Information about artists, art forms, and terminology, plus a large collection of art and architecture images. (Full-text).

NASA images by planet or topic. (Full images).

Photographs, illustrations, and videos relating to public health issues. (Full images)

NASA images of Earth with views of geographic regions and coverage of earth science topics. (Full images).

A free website with images of European painting and sculpture from the 12th to mid-19th centuries. (Full images).

 

Image Search Engines

Claims to be the biggest image search engine.

A large image search engine with advanced search options.

A guide to art images on museum Web sites.

Search audio, video, images, and texts.

Search digital libraries with audio, video, images, and texts.

 

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