ERIC (Ebsco interface) 
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering all areas and levels of education.
JURN Directory 
2000 links to selected arts & humanities ejournals. Journals listed are either free, or offer significant free content.
JURN is a search-engine indexing free ‘open access’ ejournals.
PsycINFO
Useful for finding material on the psychology of art, art education, and art therapy.
Bibliographic citations and some full-text for journal articles, books, and book chapters. Subjects include psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. 1872-present.
Art Full Text
Indexes and offers full text for journals in the fields of art history, architecture, craft, design, landscape architecture, museology, photography and video. Covers both western and non-western art. Three hundred seventy-seven publications are indexed back to 1984, with full text provided to one hundred eleven journals back to 1997. Its companion database, Art Index Retrospective, indexes back to 1929.
Academic Search Premier 
Multi-disciplinary database which includes a large collection of peer-reviewed journals in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. Coverage varies, but begins in the 1990s for most journals.
JSTOR
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images. Results from image searches can be dragged from the website to your desktop and then used in a paper or presentation (for educational use only).
Art Index Retrospective
Citations for articles, reviews and art reproductions in key international arts periodicals covering all aspects of art and art history including related disciplines of architecture, archaeology, design, film, museology and photography. Covers 1929- 1984. For 1984 to the present, search the Bibliography of the History of Art and Art Full Text.
General OneFile 
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. It indexes and abstracts books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. 1973 - present
*Please note that BHA has moved from the CSA platform to the Getty Research Institute.
ProQuest
Business, humanities, general information, social life, law etc. ABI/INFORM databases, ProQuest Newspapers, Research Library and several others.
Project Muse
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.
Searchasaurus
Full-text searching at the elementary school level. Reading levels are indicated. The Teacher Resources module offers educators and education students a combined search of three databases: Academic Search Premier,
ERIC, and Professional Development Collection.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
A comprehensive index of journal articles published worldwide from 1934 to the present on architectural design and history but coverage as well of real estate development, sports facilities, commercial buildings, city planning, urban design, environmental studies, historic preservation, landscape architecture, and archeology.
Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals on all subjects in many languages.
Google Scholar
Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. Supports cited reference searching. Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases. Each Google search citation will include a link to the full-text resource provided by the IC Library, when available.
ABZU: A Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web
Abzu is a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world.
Identity Archives
A keyword-searchable database of logos and brand identity designs from around the world.
Intute: Arts & Humanities
A gateway to selected, annotated resources in the Humanities, including English and American literature, art, and photography.
New York Historical Society: Exhibitions and Collections
Contains collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, decorative arts and material culture reflecting the regional history.
Vincent van Gogh The Letters
This digital archive contains images of the 902 known letters of Vincent van Gogh. Letters are sortable by place, by correspondent, by period or by letters which contain sketches. All letters include English translations.
Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. It was started in 1996 as a topical site of the Renaissance art, originated in the Italian city-states of the 14th century and spread to other countries in the 15th and 16th centuries. Intending to present Renaissance art as comprehensively as possible, the scope of the collection was later extended to show its Medieval roots as well as its evolution to Baroque and Rococo via Mannerism. More recently the periods of Neoclassicism and Romanticism were also included. ( Excerpt from web site)
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
A collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides representing prominent American landscape architects. Includes views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates are represented (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors).
FLICKR (Library of Congress Project)
About 3,000 photographs (in color and black and white) and posters from governmental sources such as the Library of Congress, the FBI, National Archives and Department of Defense. Includes portraits of politicians, celebrities, protests, demonstrations, and news shots from around the world. No known copyright exists for the photos included within the collection
Ithaca College Department of Art
Current home page of the Ithaca College Art Department
Metropolitan Museum of Art :Timeline of Art History (Heilbrunn)
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Includes chronological narratives, topical essays, and color illustrations of works of art. Covers 8000 B.C. to present.
Art & Architecture Thesaurus online
Indexing terms used to describe the built environment in museum collections. Useful to identify terminology for searching; no links to collections or content.
Voice of the Shuttle
Comprehensive gateway to Web resources in the Humanities, including Literature, Philosophy, Religion, and Art.
New York State Art Teachers Association
Association promoting art edcuation in New York
Steedman Architectural Collection
Features images from classic books on elements of architecture: Movements, styles, decorative arts
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A collection of electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and facsimiles, image databases, and Web resources.
Arts Council Collection (UK)
This website provides over 7,500 images of contemporary British artwork in a either a browsable or searchable context.
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Duke Law site devoted to promoting global understanding of public domain issues. Includes the graphic novel Bound by Law that explores a filmmaker's exploration of copyright for a documentary film.
eCultural Resources (Culture Resources Network)
Provides daily information on historic preservation, ethnography, and cultural resource management.
The Getty
Provides a gateway to information on museum studies. Includes databases under the "Research Institute" such as: Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) and the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN).
Ithaca College Department of Art History
Link to departmental website.
National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers and Students
The National Gallery of Art website provides lesson plans for k-12 students, using art to teach English, environmental issues, geography, history, math, science, and social science.
National Gallery of Art: Collection Database
Browsable and searchable database of the collection held at the National Gallery of Art
Visual Resources Collection / Ithaca College Art History Department
General description of the Collection of slides & other audiovisuals available, hours of operation, & administrative information.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Developed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art - study art history by date, geography, or theme.
Metropolitan Museum of Art :Timeline of Art History (Heilbrunn)
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Includes chronological narratives, topical essays, and color illustrations of works of art. Covers 8000 B.C. to present.
Smarthistory
A multimedia web-book "designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook." Visitors to the site will find several hundred artworks (along with videos and podcasts) organized thematically and by time period. Use the drop down menus to look for certain styles, artists, and themes.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Searching gateway for the Archives of American Art catalog, National Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914, Inventory of American Sculpture, Archives of American Gardens catalog, and other resources. Includes links to images, video files, and sound files.
AATA Online (Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts)
Abstracts of international conservation literature for those involved in conservation and management of material cultural heritage in all its forms, including works of art, cultural objects, architectural heritage, archaeological sites and landscape architecture/gardens. Produced by the Getty Conservation Institute.
Oxford Art Online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Includes Grove Art Online.
World Architecture Index : A Guide to Illustrations
Call Number: Reference NA202 .T4 1991
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
Grove Art Online
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Includes access to the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Also provides access to 5,000 images through partnerships with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, and international galleries and individual artists. Search for images and biographies - images are also accessible through links embedded within articles, or by clicking a tab at the top of articles entitled Images.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch)
WorldCat (via FirstSearch) provides bibliographic information for over 41 million books and multimedia owned by libraries worldwide.
archINFORM
Database for international architecture includes worldwide architects and buildings from past to present, has over 14,000 built and unrealized projects from architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.
Oxford Art Online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Includes Grove Art Online.
Biography Resource Center + Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biographical information on people worldwide throughout history across all disciplines.
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
A database of artists' and architects' names (including a large number of variant name forms), along with biographical and bibliographic data.
Biography Resource Center + Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biographical information on people worldwide throughout history across all disciplines.
Dictionary of Art Historians
Biographies and bibliographies of art historians and art critics
art 21: Blog
Companion blog to the PBS series. Art21 was founded in 1997 with the mission to increase knowledge of contemporary art, ignite discussion, and inspire creative thinking by using diverse media to present contemporary artists at work and in their own words.
BLDGBLOG ( Building Blog)
The site provides intriguing details from the fringes of contemporary architectural practice in an accessible thought-provoking and highly entertaining manner. Here author Geoff Manaugh presents his insights in book form combining history urban exploration science fiction design climate change and city planning with the view that everything is relevant to architecture.
(Above description from Amazon.com)
Smarthistory
A multimedia web-book "designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook." Visitors to the site will find several hundred artworks (along with videos and podcasts) organized thematically and by time period. Use the drop down menus to look for certain styles, artists, and themes.
ArtCritical.com: The Online Magazine of Art and Ideas
Reviews of current art exhibits and art books.
ArtObserved.com
"Global contemporary art events and news observed from New York City"
Eyebeam Art and Technology Blog
Find current articles on both technology and art and the intersections between them.
Gallery Hopper
Reports on galleries of fine art photography from around the world (focusing on New York City)
Grammar.police
Covers issues in contemporary art society and politics with a cynical sense of humor
All Graphic Design (AG Design)
Contains posts related to graphic design, including hints about graphic design software, typography, and more.
pica + pixel
A blog devoted to contemporary graphic design. It includes poster art, photography, illustration, and advertising as its focus, with references to many other novel areas of design.
Oxford Art Online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Includes Grove Art Online.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Covers art and artists from ancient times to the present. International in scope with Western emphasis. (No images included)
Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Worldwide coverage of over 5000 definitions of architecture and landscape architecture terminology. Some entries include b&w illustrations or maps.
Visual Dictionary Online from Merriam Webster
Over 6,000 images which visually illustrate objects. Individual parts of the objects are labeled. Topics include animals, architecture, astronomy, art, clothing, communications, food, Earth, energy, games, gardening, household items, humans, kitchen items, machinery, plants, science, society, sports, and transportation
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
1,800+ brief entries on art related terms. No illustrations
Grove Art Online
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Includes access to the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Also provides access to 5,000 images through partnerships with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, and international galleries and individual artists. Search for images and biographies - images are also accessible through links embedded within articles, or by clicking a tab at the top of articles entitled Images.
Oxford Dictionary of Art
Call Number: REF N33 .O93 2004
Covers art terms from ancient world to the present
Prestel dictionary of art and artists in the 20th century
Call Number: Ref N33 .P74 2000
Brief definitions and biographies relating to 20th century art
Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians
Defines over 500 art-related terms in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.
Artcyclopedia: Art Museums Worldwide (directory)
Click-able map of the world allows users to search by region for fine art museums with a web presence.
ARTINFO.com Museum Directory
The ARTINFO Museum Directory covers only major museums in major cities are covered. For museums in smaller cities, see http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.htmlrnCovers museums in disciplines such as Air & Space, Aquarium, Arboretum, Art, Children's, Design & Textile, Botanical, Film & Media, Heritage, Historical , Jewish, Library, Maritime, Military, Natural History, Planetarium, Science, Special Interest, Transportation, & Zooligical
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: themes depicted in works of art
Call Number: http://icarus.ithaca.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=258885
Ever wondered how concepts such as love or honor have been portrayed in art? This encyclopedia offers analysis of themes from Abandonment to the Zodiac as depicted in artwork.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Contains 3,000 articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, including art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact.
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Covers every art form, medium, and civilization to the fall of the Roman Empire. Information on classical arts, including philosophers, rulers, writers and artists, architecture, ceramics, and sculpture.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Covers decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. Entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms. Also included are hundreds of entries on the qualities and historical uses of materials, concise definitions on art forms and styles, and in-depth articles discussing the history of armor, jewelry, furniture, textiles, and ceramics.
Lambiek Comiclopedia
Illustrated compendium of over 10,000 comic artists from around the world. Search for artists, books, strips or comic characters.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
The Encyclopedia covers the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Information includes art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court. Of special interest is the coverage of themes and issues that are particularly controversial—such as the new theories of the origins of complex society in the Nile Valley, new discoveries about Greco-Roman Egypt, and new developments in literature, religion, linguistics and other fields, including the debates about Egypt's African legacy.
Oxford Companion to the Garden
Over 1800 entries covering individual gardens from around the world, as well as landscape architecture theory and terminology. Some illustrations and photographs.
Encyclopedia of gardens : history and design
Comprehensive 3 volume set covers gardens and designers from around the world. Illustrated.
Encyclopedia of World Art
Call Number: Ref N 31 E4833
This multi-volume set includes historical coverage of almost all forms of art and architecture from ancient to mid-20th century. Includes essays on movements, schools of art, articles on art arranged by country, and essays on individual artists and architects. Contains illustrations, b&w and color plates.
Lives and works in the arts from the Renaissance to the 20th Century
Call Number: REF NX449.5 .L58 1997
A nine volume set discussing a variety of fine art forms and their creators in a chronological and geographical context.
MacMillan encyclopedia of architects
Call Number: Ref NA40 .M25 1982
Contains backgound history of architects, lists of works and bibliographies for each.
Artcyclopedia
Cover primary painting and painters, but includes architecture, decorative arts, installation art, naïve art/folk art/outsider art, photography, video, digital and web-based art as well. Includes links to over 2,300 fine art websites, and indexes over 118,000 artworks, and 8,200 artists.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture.
Covers clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear. Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. Illustrates how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.
Steedman Architectural Collection
Features images from classic books on elements of architecture: Movements, styles, decorative arts
World Painting Index
Call Number: REF ND45 .H38
Locate color or b&w reproductions of paintings that have been published in other books. Search by artist or title of painting.
America's First Look Into the Camera
From the Library of Congress American Memory project - a collection of daguerreotypes taken from 1838-1864 - includes portraits and architectural views.
American Memory: Landscape and Architecture
Digitized images and texts for the study of the American landscape and landscape architecture including panoramic maps, other maps (many of them illustrated), panoramic photographs, materials documenting the national parks, and environmental photographs.
Archnet
Collection of Islamic architectural images - includes historical monuments, contemporary sites, and general views.
Asian Historical Architecture
Photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Over 14,600 photos of 744 sites in twenty countries, with background information and virtual tours.
Catena: Digital Archive of Historical Gardens + Landscapes
A collection of historic and contemporary images, including plans, engravings, and photographs, intended to support research and teaching in the fields of garden history and landscape studies. The images and intellectual content on this site should be used for educational purposes only. Sponsored by the Bard Graduate Center through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Note: Pop-up blockers on browsers must be disabled for viewing content.
Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today (MOMA Exhibit)
A website created for the Museum of Modern Art exhibit by the same name, held March-May 2008.
Costume Institute Database
A searchable database of images of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute collection, consisting of more than 30,000 costumes and accessories spanning five continents and as many centuries. Search by type of object, artist or maker, or date.
Digital Archive of American Architecture
Scans of 15,000 slides grouped by century from the 17th to the 20th. Each group can be accessed by location, architect, building type, and style.
Gottscho-Schleisner Collection - Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
A collection of over 29,000 images taken from 1935 to 1955. Primarily of American architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Part of the Library of Congress's American Memory Project.
JSTOR
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images. Results from image searches can be dragged from the website to your desktop and then used in a paper or presentation (for educational use only).
Museum of Online Museums Links to museums with an interesting online presence, exhibits of particular interest to design and advertising, and collections and galleries.
New York Heritage Digital Collections
A research portal to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions. Search the digital collections from libraries, museum, and archives.
New York State Digital Collections: Images This collection contains images of primary source materials held by New York's State Archives, State Library, and State Museum. Through the collection, you can access photographs, textual materials, artifacts, government documents, manuscripts, and other materials. Includes digital images of paintings, photographs and documents from the:
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Features historic maps as well as maps that are of current interest (for example, sites of natural disasters, political turmoil, etc.). Historic maps include digitized maps of U.S. cities, national parks, and monuments.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Searching gateway for the Archives of American Art catalog, National Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914, Inventory of American Sculpture, Archives of American Gardens catalog, and other resources. Includes links to images, video files, and sound files.
Tineye TinEye is an image search engine that uses image identification technology. Given an image to search for, TinEye tells you where and how that image appears all over the web–even if it has been modified. TinEye lets you submit an image to find web pages that contain that image.
VADS
Online Resource for the Visual Arts. The Visual Arts Data Service holds over free 100,000 images for educational use.
World Architecture Index : A Guide to Illustrations
Call Number: Reference NA202 .T4 1991
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
World Images
The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into over 800 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings.
FLICKR (Library of Congress Project)
About 3,000 photographs (in color and black and white) and posters from governmental sources such as the Library of Congress, the FBI, National Archives and Department of Defense. Includes portraits of politicians, celebrities, protests, demonstrations, and news shots from around the world. No known copyright exists for the photos included within the collection
Wikimedia Commons
"a database of 2,413,359 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. ... Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. " -- Wikimedia Commons (Contains audio, sound effects, video, photographs and images)
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
A collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides representing prominent American landscape architects. Includes views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates are represented (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors).
ARTstor
Database of more than 1,000,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. ARTstor tools enable the ability to save groups of images online for personal and classroom use. IC's Visual Resources Collection (VRC) of over 20,000 images is now available. Look for the Ithaca College-Visual Resouces Collection link in the lower middle section of the page.
AP Images
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Ithaca College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.
Creative Commons
Artistic creators can assign works a CC license that explicitly grants degrees of permission for usage of personal works. The site includes images, audio, video, text and even lesson plans.
Image Gallery, National Agricultural Library
Contains paintings and photographs of flora and fauna, natural phenomena, government posters, and scenes from American life. This collection spans 18th to 20th centuries.
New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
Collection includes 30,000 digitized images. Subjects covered include African Americans, American history, animals, costume and clothing, design, Native Americans, New York City, and textiles.
NYPL Digital Library
Images digitized from the collections of the New York Public Library, includes illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, and illustrated books. Images may be downloaded 'for a wide range of educational, creative, and research purposes'. High resolution images may be obtained for personal or commercial if permission is obtained from the NYPL Photographic Services and Permissions division.
World Painting Index
Call Number: REF ND45 .H38
Locate color or b&w reproductions of paintings that have been published in other books. Search by artist or title of painting.
Grove Art Online
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Includes access to the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Also provides access to 5,000 images through partnerships with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, and international galleries and individual artists. Search for images and biographies - images are also accessible through links embedded within articles, or by clicking a tab at the top of articles entitled Images.
Built in America (Historic American Buildings Survey & Historic American Engineering Record)
These collections document America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 350,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.
Perseus Digital Library
Links to over 30,000 images of Architecture, Archaeological Sites,
Coins, Vases, and Sculpture from the ancient world.
Ad*Access
From Duke University Library's J.W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, this database contains 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. & Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911-1955. Main subject areas include: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. Ads can be searched or browsed.
archINFORM
Database for international architecture includes worldwide architects and buildings from past to present, has over 14,000 built and unrealized projects from architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.
Audubon's Birds of America
Digitized images from Audubon's Birds of America. Site includes links to reprints from Audubon's Ornithological Biography, his five-volume text describing each of the birds.
Beinecke Library Digital Images Online
Searchable database of ca. 21,000 scanned images from the Beinecke Library's collections at Yale University. Also includes access to the Marinetti Libroni: a searchable database of ca. 23,000 press clippings and images from F.T. Marinetti's scrapbooks on Futurism.
Cities and Buildings Database
A collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and
throughout the world; intended for educational use.
Collect Britain
Links to over 100,000 images and sounds selected from the British Library collections. Resources included: maps, books, topographical drawings, stamps, photographs,newspapers, music and sound clips which illustrate regional accents and dialects, as well as wildlife recordings. Includes the Penny Illustrated Paper (1861-1913).
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A collection of electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and facsimiles, image databases, and Web resources.
Early Visual Media
by Thomas Weynants, independent scholar. A Pictorial Media Archeology covering pre-cinema, photography, early film, and television.
Great Buildings Collection
Portal to current and historical architecture around the world. Documents buildings and leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, and web links.
Picturing America
Provides representative visual examples from United States history. This searchable image database contains art, architecture, artifacts, crafts, drawing, photography and sculpture.
Reanimation Library Image Collection
Images (photos, drawings, illustrations, etc.) collected from outdated instructional books and manuals. Useful for historic look at graphics, or pop culture kitsch.
SIRIS Image Gallery (Smithsonian)
The Image Gallery includes over 266,300 electronic images from several archival repositories and museums at the Smithsonian.
Smithsonian Photography Initiative
This searchable database permits flexible, noncommercial use of their photos. For details, please read the restrictions at: http://www.si.edu/copyright/ The database has "13 million images in some seven hundred collections throughout our museums and research centers. The collections are organized by museum and discipline. "
UCLA Library Digital Collections
Image Collections included: AIDS posters, Architecture & Urban Design, History of Los Angeles, Primary Care Research Projects, Japanese American Relocation, Arabic & Persian Manuscripts, Sheet Music Consortium, Mexican & Mexican-American Musical Recordings
Visual English Dictionary from Oxford Reference Online
Over 6,000 color illustrations or cross-sections of objects such as animals, anatomy, appliances, clothing, sports, and technology.
Wellcome Collection
Over 40,000 high quality images in both color & black and white covering "2000 years of human culture". Images on this site are freely available for download for personal, academic teaching or study use, under one of two Creative Commons licences.
National Art Education Association
An association for the promotion of art education
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Duke Law site devoted to promoting global understanding of public domain issues. Includes the graphic novel Bound by Law that explores a filmmaker's exploration of copyright for a documentary film.
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
Founded in 1998 to drive creativity on the Internet. The organization is diverse including industry leaders in online advertising, film, television, games, and mobile. The Webby Awards honor top websites in numerous industry and media categories every year.
Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today (MOMA Exhibit)
A website created for the Museum of Modern Art exhibit by the same name, held March-May 2008.
Metropolitan Museum of Art :Timeline of Art History (Heilbrunn)
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Includes chronological narratives, topical essays, and color illustrations of works of art. Covers 8000 B.C. to present.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Works of Art
The NYC Met Museum posts over 6,500 works of art in its permanent collection that can be browsed or searched. Includes learning activities, timelines and special exhibits.
Smarthistory
A multimedia web-book "designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook." Visitors to the site will find several hundred artworks (along with videos and podcasts) organized thematically and by time period. Use the drop down menus to look for certain styles, artists, and themes.
Art Babble
A collection of art-related videos, includes interviews with artists and curators, original documentaries and art installation videos. ArtBabble features high-definition video, full text transcription of all the videos on site and interactive features including viewer feedback and video sharing.
Smarthistory
A multimedia web-book "designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook." Visitors to the site will find several hundred artworks (along with videos and podcasts) organized thematically and by time period. Use the drop down menus to look for certain styles, artists, and themes.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Searching gateway for the Archives of American Art catalog, National Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914, Inventory of American Sculpture, Archives of American Gardens catalog, and other resources. Includes links to images, video files, and sound files.
Ubu Web
Contains avant garde films, sound recordings, and papers of modern cinema, music, dance, theater and poetry.
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