Copyright Recommendations
Use images in the public domain.
Use images from licensed databases.
Follow web page statements of permissible use and request permission if
necessary.
See examples:
New York Public Library Digital Picture Collection Licensing
http://www.notlimitednyc.com/folio/dpc/rights.htmlAmerican Memory Project - Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwres.htmlCartoon permission requests FAQ (Far Side, Dilbert, etc.)
http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/permissions/reprint_faq.htm#_fourPublic Domain Images for Use in Multimedia Projects and Web Pages
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/cfimages.html
Using Search Engines
Google (largest collection
of images)
http://www.google.com
Click on Images.
http://www.altavista.com
Click on Image.
Using Image Search Engines
Corbis
http://www.corbis.com
Purchase images, even for educational use.
Image Finder
(Berkeley Digital Library Sunsite)
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder/
Search a variety of digital collections.
Ditto
http://www.ditto.com
"Visual searching is often more intuitive, interesting and enjoyable
to work with than traditional based text search engines."
Finding Image Archives, Image Collections, Imagebases and Lists of Image Sites
Use the following search terms:
Public domain images
Image or images
Digital images or collections
Image collection or collections
Imagebase or imagebases
Image archive or archives
Using Databases for Finding Images
Fine Arts Images
Grove Dictionary of Art
From the Tutt homepage, click on "Article/Information Databases," then "Databases by Subject" then "Art" and go to Grove Dictionary of Art.
Use the "External Image Links" search option.
The Colorado
College Art History Image Database
http://art1.ColoradoCollege.edu/colo/page.htm
This link allows you to search the database of art slides held in the Art Department of Colorado College. Portions of these slides have been digitized and can be viewed through the Internet.
In addition, Tutt Library has a rich collection of art books! There are also indexes in the reference collection used to locate particular images in published materials, i.e., World Painting Index, Sculpture Index, etc.
Photographs
Accunet/AP Multimedia
Archive
From the Tutt homepage, click on "Article/Information
Databases," then "Databases
by Subject" then "Art"
and go to Accunet/AP
Multimedia Archive.
Need historical photographs from Colorado College or from Colorado Springs? Visit the Special Collections Department at Tutt Library. They will scan photographs for $3.00 per page. Contact Jessy Randall, Archivist at 389-6668.
Technical Images (Illustrations, charts, graphs)
The Accunet/AP Multimedia
Archive (above) includes illustrations and graphics of scientific
process and events. When searching for this type of image, use the pull-down
box under ARCHIVES and change it to "Graphics PDF."
(An "Image" search in Google might also get you good results.)
Clip Art/ Graphics
Clipart Warehouse http://www.clipart.co.uk
Barry's Clipart Server
http://www.barrysclipart.com
Clipart.com (This
site costs $$)
http://www.ClipArt.com
(Recently voted 'best clip art site on the web' by PC World, (August 2001),
this is a user-friendly and well-designed site of over 1.2 million clipart
images.)
Additional Assistance
Contact Krystyna Mrozek,
Interdisciplinary Programs Librarian, x6669
or
Lisa Lister, Reference
Services Librarian, x6242
