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Image Databases

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a digital library of over 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
The Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Every article, cover, photo shoot, illustration and advertisement has been digitized to the highest standard, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by designer and brand names.
Women's Wear Daily Archive This link opens in a new window
The Women's Wear Daily Archive provides online access to the definitive fashion and retail publication for librarians, researchers, and students. The entire archive of this unique resource, previously unavailable in digital form, opens up new opportunities for researchers across Humanities, Business, and Social Sciences studies.

BFI National Archive
Massive collection of film and television resources, including streaming video
MovieStillsDB
Over 48,000 movie stills.
Moving Image Archive
This library contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

Berg Fashion Library This link opens in a new window
Berg Fashion Library is the only resource to provide integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. Invaluable for scholars, students, professionals, and anyone interested in dress, it includes the Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, an extensive E-Book collection, a vast image bank, extra reference resources and more.

Images on the Web

ArtServe at the Australian National University
Project of Australian National University covering art & architecture, mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan, India, and Cambodia.
Asian Art
The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia
CAMIO (Catalog of Art Images Online)
Images from the collections of prominent museums around the world.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Flickr: Creative Commons
Millions of photographs available for use under Creative Commons licensing.
Galaxy of Images
Low-resolution images may be downloaded for free from the website for personal scholarship and research, classroom use or student projects, but use in online courses or any type of publication requires permission, and may entail a usage fee in addition to copyright permissions and fees for images not in the public domain.
Getty Images
Getty Images is among the world’s leading creators and distributors of award-winning still imagery, video, music and multimedia products, as well as other forms of premium digital content, available through its trusted house of brands, including iStock© and Thinkstock©.
The Getty Research Institute
Photo Archive
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Smithsonian Image Gallery
The SIRIS Image Gallery contains a sampling of visual records that are part of the Collections Search Center. The Image Gallery includes over 530,000 electronic images from several archival repositories and museums at the Smithsonian.
Wikimedia Commons