Using Search Engines
Google (largest collection
of images)
http://www.google.com
Click on Images.
http://www.altavista.com
Click on Images.
Finding Image Archives and Collections
Use the following search terms:
Public domain images
Free image or images
Digital images or collections
Image collection or collections
Imagebase or imagebases
Image archive or archives
Using Image Databases
American Memory Collection- Library
of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/
A major component of the National Digital Library Program assembling reproductions
of primary source materials to support the study of the history and culture
of the United States.
Image Finder
(Berkeley Digital Library Sunsite)
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder/
Search a variety of digital collections.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources
Images from Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
Copyright-Free Photo
Archive
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
Search or browse thumbnails of photos and images in the public domain.
Free Foto.com
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Free photographs for private non-commercial use on the Internet.
Corbis
http://www.corbis.com
Purchase images, even for educational use.
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 Special Collections 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
Clip-Art.comhttp://www.clip-art.com
A site containing links to free and fee-based clip art sites.
Barry's Clipart Server
http://www.barrysclipart.com
Clipart.com (This
site costs $$)
http://www.ClipArt.com
A user-friendly and well-designed site of over 1.2 million clipart images.
Copyright Recommendations
Assume an image is copyrighted.
Use images in the public domain.
Use images from licensed databases - like those to which Tutt Library
subscribes.
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/copyrit2.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
Additional Assistance
Rebecca Harner, Natural
Sciences Liaison Librarian, x6672
Lisa Lister, Reference
Services Librarian, x6242
Krystyna Mrozek, Interdisciplinary Programs Librarian, x6669
