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Interdisciplinary Image Sources
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowThis searchable repository of over 1.6 million high quality digital images offers tools for viewing, sharing, and saving visual materials. Although its strengths are visual art and architecture, Artstor includes images that are useful in both the humanities and the sciences.
- Flickr: The CommonsView images with no known copyright restrictions from photography archives from around the world.
- Google ImagesComprehensive Web image collection. Includes LIFE photo archive.
- Library of Congress Digital CollectionsDigitized images and other media from the Library of Congress that document the American experience.
- LIFE Photo ArchiveSearch or browse through millions of historical photographs from the LIFE Photo Archive (1750s - present)
- New York Public Library Digital GalleryNYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
- The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection OnlineMore than 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines, newspapers, original photographs, prints and postcards from the Picture Collection at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library. Most images date from before 1923.
- U.S. Government Photos and ImagesPhotographs and images from several government departments arranged by topic (Health and Nutrition, Science and Technology, etc.)
- World Digital LibraryThe World Digital Library (WDL) makes available free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
- WorldImagesCreated by faculty, staff, and students at California State University, this database provides educational access to approximately 80,000 digital images with a multidisciplinary focus.
Not finding what you're looking for?
There are so many digital image collections that it is impossible to list them all on this guide. If you're not having luck with these resources, make sure to take a look at these other guides for finding images.
Using ARTstor (Tutorials)
Visit ARTstor on YouTube for tutorials about registering and using the database.