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Websites, finding images

First check the library provided database

Web search engines

Browse general image collections and gateways

Search for specific images

  • Acclaim images stock photography
  • AHDS Visual Arts Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, digital resources in visual arts
  • ArtLex art dictionary
  • Art Resource "worlds largest fine art stock photo archive, licensing authorized images to all media" (need to register your email for access)
  • ArtServe Australian National University collection of art / architecture images, mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan and India
  • CalPhotos University of California site with images of plants, animals, fossils, people and landscapes
  • Fairfax photos photos from the Fairfax newspapers (payment required)
  • Fotosearch gateway of image libraries. Cost associated
  • Icon Browser search engine for computer interface icons
  • Masters of Photography photographs, information on photographers and more
  • PictureAustralia searchable database of images of Australiana
  • Pictures Catalogue, State Library of Victoria, photographs, prints, drawings from the Picture Collection
  • Scholars resource digital images and slides, art history, museum artefacts
  • SPIRO Architecture Visual Resources Library, University of California, Berkeley
  • SYMBOLS.com online encyclopedia of graphic symbols, includes articles on the history, meanings and uses of signs
  • Vincent Van Gogh Gallery comprehensive Van Gogh resource
  • Walsh Gallery Chicago gallery specializing in contemporary art from Asia and the Asian diaspora
  • Web Gallery of Art searchable database of European paintings and sculptures from C12 to mid C19

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