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Finding Images on the Web
Drama Research Guide > Image Research > Images on the Web
Web Starting Points (Images)
The following Web sites include image search engines, browsable image directories, and specialized image databases. These lists overlap but are not redundant.
- Finding Images on the Web
- Highly recommended. Well organized, easy to use. From Boston University.
- Finding Images on the Web (PDF)
- Printable list of web image sites and online photograph archives. Many of the sites are by topic (e.g., advertising, history) or have indexes. Originally by Ellen Embardo, librarian, University of Connecticut.
- Images (at the Digital Librarian)
- Extensive list of Web image sites, many by topic. Also browse the general site.
- Introduction to Finding Images on the Web
- Outstanding resource covering image formats, search strategies, image sites, and copyright. By Heidi Abbey (Penn State).
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Web Search Strategies
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Indexes to Web-based Digitization Projects
Many libraries and museums are digitizing their images, but Google and image search engines often do not find the images. Instead, try consulting special indexes that list digitization projects. Several are listed below. (There is only some overlap in content.)
- Web Search Strategy: Use one of the indexes below to identify a digitization project focusing on your topic.
- Example: to find depictions of mid-twentieth-century African American families and experiences, find a database focusing on African American history or contemporary historical events (e.g., World War II).
- Finding Digital Collections on the Web and accompanying condensed PDF guide -- Slide show orients users to digital collections on the Web. By Heidi Abbey (Penn State)
- Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
- Digital Library Federations' Database of Public Access Collections (more than 350 digital collections)
- Image Finder (DL SunSITE) see also the related Image and Multimedia Database Resources
- UNESCO/International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions: Directory of Digitized Collections (Lists more than 250 collections. Search by institution, theme/subject, and format.)
- University of
Arizona -- Image Projects
Just for fun: - FAMSF: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Very good zooming capabilities.
- Timeline of Art History from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (includes subject index).
- International Children's Digital Library (U. of Maryland). 10,000 books (many illustrated) in 100 languages.
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Finding Images in Relevant Web Sites
The Web sites above focus on Web image searches (including Google's image search). You can also do regular Google searches or some other general Web search engine or subject tree (Web search engines and search strategies are available on the Libraries' Internet Search Tools page.)
Try looking for online exhibits or Web pages about your topic (since these often include images), either by browsing categories or searching for specific terms. Each search engine requires different search strategies, so read the help screens. Often, putting the plus sign (+) in front of each keyword (e.g., +garden +exhibit) retrieves web pages containing both words. Google also works well for specific works, artists, or artistic themes (e.g., "sacra conversazione," "nature mort," "fete gallante," "holy family," or kermess and "last supper"). You might also be able to find bibliographies leading you to other sources. For example, a Google search on african american families images finds a bibliography of childrens' books (many illustrated) featuring African-American children: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/afro.html.
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Metasites for Museums
These may or may not have images.
AMICO: Art Museum Image Consortium
ICOM: International Council of Museums
Virtual Library Museums Pages
Yahoo! Arts > Museums, Galleries, and Centers[top]
Other Relevant Sources
- Costume Resources -- Lists costume research web sites (some with images), plus costume research books.
Older sites of interest:
- Image and Multimedia Database Resources (older)
- UConn's Art and Art History Subject Page
- WWW Virtual Library-Theatre and Drama Resources (older)
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Note
If you use web images in your project, you must ensure good quality reproductions and give appropriate credit. See Citing Your Sources.
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This page was found at http://www.lib.uconn.edu/music/images_web.html