Collins Memorial Library: ENGL 329 : Advanced Creative Nonfiction: Visual Research

Resources for Locating Images

Art Online (Oxford)
Covers all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. Includes the full text of 'The Dictionary of Art,' and gives users access to subject entries, biographies, bibliographic citations, image links and images contained within Grove Art Online, as well as entries and images from the 'Oxford Companion to Western Art,' the 'Concise Dictionary of Art Terms,' and 'Oxford’s Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.' Thematic timelines and learning resources are also included.

Access limited to 3 simultaneous users.
Artstor on JSTOR
A digital library of images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences, with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
Artstor is now available in its new home on JSTOR! When you search JSTOR, you will find Artstor’s 2+ million licensed images and more than 1,700 additional primary source collections alongside JSTOR’s vast collection of books, journal articles, and research reports.

AP Newsroom Images
Historical collection of images from the Associated Press. Most images must be licensed; good for browsing historical moments, fashion, etc.
Digital Public Library of America
DPLA is a platform for libraries, archives, and museums to share digitized collections.
Ebony Magazine Archive
The digitized archive of Ebony, an African-American magazine dating back to 1945.
Getty Images
Comprehensive image archive, where most images are available for license, but there are some royalty-free collections. Ideal for browsing for inspiration.
Google Arts & Culture
An online platform through which the public can view high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.
Internet Archive Magazine Rack
The Magazine Rack is a collection of digitized magazines and monthly publications.
Life Magazine Photo Archive
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections
All images of public-domain works in The Met collection are available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
National Gallery of Art Images
More than 45,000 open access digital images up to 4000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use.
Web Cultures Web Archive
A project the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to document emerging practices that provide insight into digital culture.

Searching for Images in PRIMO

To find books that are composed primarily of images, add the term "pictorial" to your search in Primo. For example, movie theaters pictorial.