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ASRC 4995/6945: Body Politics in African Literature and Cinema: Finding Images

Digital images resources

The following resources provide digital images:

ARTstor
Searchable database of digital images and associated catalog data. Covers the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well asmany other forms of visual culture. 

To register:
Launch the ARTstor site from the home page. Click on the "Register" button at the right. Enter your email address and a password of your choice. Once you have registered, you may logon to gain full access to all of the features ARTstor.

Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online (OAO) enables access and cross-search functionality to Grove and Oxford reference content in one location. Provides access to Grove Art Online, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teach

AP Images
It is an electronic library containing the AP’s current photos from their 50 million image print and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps from the AP’s graphics portfolio.

Google Images
Great for finding images on the web.

CUL Locating Images
An excellent guide put together by CUL Librarians on how to access images at Cornell and beyond.