Finding Images Guide
Please look at our guide on Finding Images for additional information on copyright and images, finding stock images to use freely, and how to cite images properly.
Image Databases
- ARTstorSearchable database of digital images and associated catalog data. Covers the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Bridgeman EducationWith over 380,000 images from museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists all copyright cleared for educational use. Bridgeman Education gives you access to the visual culture of every civilization and every period from Prehistory to the present day across continents and civilisations.
- UnsplashFree high-resolution photographs that do not require attribution.
- Google Images This link opens in a new windowGoogle Images is an easy way to search broadly for material over the web. You can search using keywords or by image. Just specify an image, and you can find similar or related images. After doing a basic search, an advanced search can provide additional options for filtering results.
- AP ImagesContains Associated Press photographs from their 50 million image print and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps from the AP's graphics portfolio.
- Flickr Commons This link opens in a new windowFlickr Commons provides a way for people to search public photography archives and allows people to add comments and tag information about the images.
- Flickr This link opens in a new windowFlickr is a public photo-sharing site with billions of images. It is a rich resource to find images for your research (such as news events, places and people). Flickr users can opt to share their images with others under creative commons licenses (as an alternative to copyright).
Finding Images
Cornell University Library. Dettifoss. ca. 1900. Source: Flickr Commons