ARCH 530: Contemporary Architecture Theory: Image Resources
Image Collections
- ArtStorThe ARTstor Digital Library, a non-profit resource, consists of images in art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
- Flickr CommonsOffers public domain photographs and other photographs from national and international libraries, museums, archives, and cultural institutions.
- World Digital LibrarySignificant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. Browse by time, place, topic, type of item, and more.
- Ad*AccessPresents images and information for advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 to 1955. Focuses on these subject areas: radio, television, transportation, beauty & hygiene, and World War II.
- American WestContains manuscripts, books, maps, photos, and other materials focusing on the American West.
- Europeana CollectionsProvides open access to artefacts, artworks, books, videos, and sound files from across Europe.
- Creative Commons Image SearchCC Search searches across more than 300 million images from open APIs and the Common Crawl dataset. It goes beyond simple search to aggregate results across multiple public repositories into a single catalog, and facilitates reuse through features like machine-generated tags and one-click attribution.
Basics
- GoogleUse Tools on the Image Results Page to filter images (e.g., Clip Art only)
- BingImage Results Page allows limiting by Image Size, Color, Type (e.g., Line Drawing) and other options.
- YAHOO! SearchLimit image results by Color, Size, Type, and License
Related Guides
Image Citation
Here are a few links about citing paintings, photographs, and sculptures from the Chicago Manual of Style Online. For more information on citation using the Chicago Manual of Style, see the next tab in the guide, Cite Sources.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online: Citing paintings, photographs, and sculptureSection 14.235 of the guide covers citing a variety of visual sources.
- Purdue Owl: Chicago Style, miscellaneous sourcesThis page covers citing various types of media, including visual sources.