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Finding Images 

A guide to finding and using images in all areas of study
Last update: Nov 04th, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.jhu.edu/images  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Web Resources

  • Google Image Search  
    Search for images on the web.
  • Flickr Creative Commons  
    Millions of photos created by Flickr users are available under different kinds of Creative Commons licenses.
  • Flickr Commons  
    Image collections from libraries, museums, and archives from around the world.
  • World Images  
    A database of images in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from all over the globe.
  • Smithsonian Galaxy of Images  
    Search the collections of materials digitized by the Smithsonian Libraries. Note: the site prohibits the use of images as content for online courses.
 
 

Getting Started

Myst Telescope by Brapke, via Flickr

Searching for Images

Unlike searching for text sources where the subject is often relatively easy to describe, putting images into words can be challenging.

Below are general tips for finding useful images.


Search tips:

  • Look in specialized image databases first.  These have more advance image searches than Google.
  • Look in journal indexes for illustrated articles.  Many articles in periodicals have great illustrations.
  • Search for illustrated books in our library online catalog.
  • If at first you don't succeed, try again:
  • Are there other terms that describe your subject?
  • Are there more concrete symbols that represent abstract concepts (e.g. ""heart" or "kiss" instead of "love")?
  • If you aren't turning up many results,  try more general terms.
  • If you are still having problems, ask a librarian for help!
 

Start with these Library Resources

  • ARTstor  
    A collection of digital images in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
  • Digital Image Database - DID @ JHU  
    An image database for use by JHU faculty and students, with thousands of images in art, architecture, medicine, and other disciplines.
  • Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive  
    Associated Press photographs, audio files, graphics and text from 160 years of history.
  • Image Collection from EBSCOhost  
    Historic and contemporary images of people, places, and the natural world, with an emphasis on news and events.
 

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Special Thanks

This research guide was authored by Adrienne Lai, an Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) intern at the Eisenhower Library, Fall 2009.

 

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