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Online Images
General
World Images
“The WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE
Project. It contains approximately 100,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all
areas of visual imagery.”
The Commons
“Photograph collections with „no known copyright restrictions‟ made available by various
cultural institutions (Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, many others) and
hosted by Flickr.”
FreeFoto.com
“FreeFoto.com is made up of 132549 images with 183 sections organized into 3640
categories, one of the largest collections of free photographs on the Internet.”
LIFE Photo Archive hosted by Google
“Search millions of historic images (on people, places, events, culture, etc.) from the LIFE
photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.”
Behold
"Behold's goal is to provide search access to high quality images that are openly available
online. Some of these images may be used free of charge subject to varying restrictions.”
Google Advanced Image Search
“Google's „advanced image search‟ allows you to limit by size, color, and other parameters. A
little-known feature is the power to search only for certain content types: news content, faces,
photo content, clip art, and line drawings.”
Yahoo Images Search
“Offers image searching capabilities similar to Google's, but across a different collection of
images”
Subject Specific
Canadian Heritage Gallery
An extensive collection of historical Canadiana online.
The First World War Poetry Digital Archives: The Photographic Collection
America from the Great Depression to World War II
“Over 45,000 images from American history 1935-1945. Can be searched by state, by
subject, or by creator index. Subjects include farming, schooling, rural towns, small towns
and ranches.”
Shakespeare Illustrated
A collection of artwork comprising paintings, water colour, ink and pencil drawings, and steel
engravings based on the plays of William Shakespeare.
Source: Finding and Using an Online Image (Simon Fraser University)
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publication-types/online-images
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Association of Illustrators
An association dedicated to the promotion of illustration and the interests of freelance
illustrators, agents, students, and lecturers, the website includes a searchable online gallery
of illustrations.
VADS (Visual Arts Data Service)
“Art images (architecture, designs, drawings, paintings, sculptures, printmaking, etc.) from
various UK collections. VADS is the online resource for visual arts.”
Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art: The Canadian Art Database
“CCCA is documenting the careers of some of Canada's leading professional artists,
designers, art writers and curators, as well as some important Canadian art institutions and
organizations that have helped shape the Canadian art scene since the 1960s.”
World Art Treasures (Fondation Jacques-Edouard Berger)
A collection of over 100,000 images (from the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation) of the
art and civilizations of Egypt, China, Japan, India and Europe, from the prehistoric period to
the 20th century.
EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies
“The EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies is a faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity
School that provides digital resources for teaching and research in the field of Biblical
studies.”
British Columbia Archives: Visual Records
“The collection consists of historic photographs of all types from the earliest to modern forms,
depicting the widest range of subjects relating to British Columbia's history and culture, with
an emphasis on records created by government ministries.”
Earth Science World Image Bank
“Geoscience images made available by the American Geological Institute. Some images are
available at a high-resolution free of charge for non-commercial purposes.”
Welcome to the Planets (NASA)
“This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.”
Nature Pictures
A collection of unique images of animals, birds, butterflies, insects, plants, etc.
Historical Significant Events Imagery (National Climatic Data Center, US)
“Database of hundreds of selected satellite images capturing some of the more important
weather and environmental events over the last 30 years. You can search for images of a
specific type of event for the date range you desire.”
Peace Gallery
A collection of photographs from around the world taken by Peace Corps volunteers. Images
are organized by region and country.
Travel Images
This collection of images depicts landmarks, cultural scenes, buildings, markets, and people
from around the world, and is searchable by country and region.
Source: Finding and Using an Online Image (Simon Fraser University)
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publication-types/online-images
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BIODIDAC
A digital resource bank for teaching biology, including organismal biology, human biology,
and histology.
Citing images using MLA style:
In-text citation
To cite an image you found online, use the italicized image title or general description in your
text.
Examples:
The Dream (Rousseau) baffled art critics when it debuted in 1910, mere months before the
artist‟s death in September of that year.
As illustrated in Up Close and Personal with the Very Large Telescope (Salgado), the fish
eye camera lens creates uniquely distorted images, which often evokes the curvature of the
earth.
Incorporating images into the text of your paper:
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All images that are not tables or examples of musical scores are referred to as
“figure” or “fig.”, and are referred to by their number (i.e., figure 1 or fig. 2).
Number the figures consecutively, beginning with figure 1.
Below the figure, provide a descriptive title/caption, as well as source information in
the following format:
Fig. #. Descriptive title or caption, from Image Creator‟s First Name Last Name; Description
or Title of Image; Title of the website where the image is located; Publisher or sponsor of the
site; Date of Creation; Medium of publication (“Web”); Date of access.
MLA in-text citation example:
Source: Finding and Using an Online Image (Simon Fraser University)
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publication-types/online-images
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Works Cited list citation
When citing images found online, your MLA citation format will depend on whether the image
represents a work originally held in a museum or collection, or whether the image only exists
on the web.
Structure for a work of art or photograph that exists in a museum or collection:
Creator's last name, first name. Title of Image or Description of image. Year of creation.
Gallery or museum where the image is physically located. Title of the Website or Database.
Medium of publication ("Web"). Date of access (Day Month (abbreviated) Year).
Examples:
Bonsu, Osei. Female figure (akua ba). [c.1960]. National Museum of African Art. African
Mosaic/Womanhood. Web. 9 Apr. 2011.Rousseau, Henri. The Dream. 1910. The Museum of
Modern Art. ARTstor. Web. 29 Mar. 2011.
Structure for a work or photograph that exists only on the web:
Creator's last name, first name. Title of Image or Description of image. Date of creation. Title
of the Website where the image is located. Publisher or sponsor of the site (if available).
Medium of publication ("Web"). Date of access (Day Month (abbreviated) Year).
Examples:
Salgado, José. Up Close and Personal with the Very Large Telescope. 6 Dec. 2010. ESO
Picture of the Week. European Southern Observatory. Web. 9 Apr. 2011.Sayer, Larissa.
Nurse Log. 27 Jan. 2007. Flickr. Yahoo! Web. 7 Apr. 2011.
Source: Finding and Using an Online Image (Simon Fraser University)
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publication-types/online-images