Google Image Search
Use the advanced search to limit by file format, domain name, file size, or coloration.
Ask Images
A site for quick keyword image searches. Register with Ask.com to save images to their server.
Start here: www.lib.utexas.edu > Research Tools > Databases and Indexes to Articles.
Academic Search Complete
In addition to articles from magazines, journals and newspapers, find over 180,000 photographs and images covering current events, sports, maps, entertainment, the sciences and more. To search for images, click on the “images” link in the navigation bar at the top of the main search page.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive, 1840-present
Over 2 million photographs from the Associated Press, as well as graphics. Includes historical photographs and graphics in Spanish.
ARTstor
Digital images of visual material from many time periods and cultures. Focuses on, but is not limited to, the arts. Use the advanced search for more targeted searching.
Biography Reference Bank
Find photographs of famous people, both living and dead.
DASE (Liberal Arts Digital Archive SErvices) Collection
Find images and make slideshows and RSS feeds. Collections span disciplines and topics in liberal arts.
Grove Art Online
An encyclopedia of art covering prehistory to the present. Also includes links to color images in the Bridgeman Art Library (see below).
Other databases containing images
See www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes > Databases by Type > Image Collections.
American Memory
This Library of Congress site provides still and moving images documenting American history and the American experience.
Bridgeman Art Library
Find art images from museums, collections and artists from around the world.
Emergence of Advertising Art in America: 1850-1920
Find images related to the early history of advertising in the United States.
Finding Images Online: Directory of Web Image Sites
Directory of image sites arranged by topic. Covers a broad range of topics.
Great Buildings Collection
Find images, 3D models and architectural drawings covering architecture from around the world and across history.
Many articles and books contain images. Following are some tips for finding these images.
Images from Articles
Search a database in your subject area, or search a multi-disciplinary database for images. Many, but not all, databases, will indicate whether or not the article contains images.
Useful databases include:
Search the Library Catalog for books on your topic.
There are some sites which provide free images, including:
Remember! Even if an image is available for free, you still have to cite it to avoid plagiarizing.
