Research by Subject: Photography
Books: Use the Library Catalog
Art Full Text 
Full text articles on all aspects of art.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary academic database. Some 1975-current.
Art index retrospective 1929-1984.
Art journal index; incl. periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins in English, French, Italian, German and Dutch. 55+ years.
Bibliography of the history of art
International scholarly reference in art history covers visual arts in all media including the visual arts aspects of performing arts. 1973-current Use to research exhibitions, artists, and rnart in a specific century or historical period.
ProQuest
Business, humanities, general information, social life, law etc. ABI/INFORM databases, ProQuest Newspapers, Research Library and several others.
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Project Muse
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.
MasterFILE select
Full-text periodicals covering general reference, business, health, social sciences, humanities, education, general science, news and current events.
Magnum Photos 
Contemporary photos from around the world from photo journalist, commercial and artistic photographers.
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
American Memory: Photos and Prints
An historical collection of images reflecting the life in the United States
American museum of photography
Over 5,000 images arranged in historical and cultural contexts
George Eastman House: International Museum of Photography and Film
Provides links to a variety of photographic collections held at the George Eastman House
NYPL Digital Gallery 
Over 275,000 digitized images from the New York Public Library\'s collection. Includes photographs, posters, historical maps and more.
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.
Biography resource center + Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biographical information on people worldwide throughout history across all disciplines.
Contemporary Photographers (2004 ed.)
Call Number: Acquisitions
Provides brief background information on contemporary photographers. Bibliographies about each photographer are provided at the end of each entry.
Note: See Biography Resource Center online for current information.
Gallery Hopper
Reports on galleries of fine art photography from around the world (focusing on New York City)
Eyebeam Art and Technology Blog
Find current articles on both technology and art and the intersections between them.
Dictionary of contemporary photography
Call Number: REF TR9 .M39 1999
Basic definitions and biographical information about photography
Grove 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.
Photographer's market
Call Number: REF TR12 .P5
Directory of business and organizations related to photography.
Public domain: how to find & use copyright-free writings, music, art & more
by Stephen Fishman. Nolo, 2006. Each chapters is devoted areas in copyright and public domain such as music, art, movies, television, photography, computer software, architecture, choreography, databases and collections.
Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford Reference Online)
Presents articles on photography as a social and artistic practice, in addition to biographical entries, both on photographers and on others who have influenced photographic culture from the 19th century to the present.
ebrary
Over 44,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use. In order to view, copy, or print from an ebook, you must download and install the ebrary Reader plugin.
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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
AP Images 
Over 3.5 million news photographs from 1840 to the present. Users can search through over 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs. Images may be downloaded and used for educational purposes.
ARTstor
Database of more than 600,000 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. Images can be downloaded and combined with personal image collections.
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.
Digital Schomberg
Digital collection documenting the African American and African Diaspora experience. Includes 19th century photographs, material on Afro-Cuban culture, and the African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
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).
Early Visual Media
by Thomas Weynants, independent scholar. A Pictorial Media Archeology covering pre-cinema, photography, early film, and television.
Ingenious (UK)
Cultural exchange of images, debates and documents. Includes images from the collections of the Science Museum, National Railway Museum, and the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (UK)
Pictorial Americana
Offers pictorial material on various phases of American life and history. Images are intended for educational use, but their inclusion within this collection does not imply that they are public domain.
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.
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. "
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.
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.
Blinkx
Video search engine.
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