Image collections
Britannica AcademicMulti-disciplinary reference resource designed for college and academic libraries providing access to over 100,000 articles; 1,000s of illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags; and over 75,000 definitions -- including pronunciation guides and word histories -- from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Access level: CUNY
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Digital Collections, Lloyd Sealy LibraryPhotographs, images, and other materials digitized from the Special Collections at John Jay College Library. Access level: Freely available to the public
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Digital Public Library of AmericaPortal to digital content held at the nations' archives, libraries, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. Access level: Freely available to the public
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EuropeanaEuropeana provides direct access to more than 15 million photos, paintings, film clips, audio files, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers, and archival papers from major European cultural institutions. Access level: Freely available to the public
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Flickr: the CommonsThe project currently includes over 200,000 images from more than 50 international cultural heritage institutions. Access level: Freely available to the public
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Getty Publications Virtual LibraryProvides free online access to more than 250 backlist titles published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute, with new titles added on an ongoing basis. Access level: Freely available to the public
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Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online)Access to the entire text of the 34 vol. Dictionary of Art from Grove, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, with updates and links to images. Access level: CUNY
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Library of Congress Digital CollectionsMultimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Program. Access level: Freely available to the public
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MetPublicationsA portal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's comprehensive book and online publishing program with close to 700 titles published from 1964 to the present. Access level: Freely available to the public
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National Geographic Magazine ArchiveThe complete archive from 1888 to 1994 of the award-winning magazine, which features in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment; and spectacular photographic essays. Access level: CUNY
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NYC Department of Records and Municipal Archives Photo GalleryOnline gallery with more than 900,000 images—the largest collection of historical images of New York City in the world. The Online Gallery provides free and open research access to items digitized from the Municipal Archives' collections, including photographs, maps, motion pictures and audio recordings. Read the full press release.Access level: Freely available to the public
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NYPL Digital CollectionsExplore 700,000+ items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. New materials are added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. Access level: Freely available to the public
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Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (LOC)Photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Access level: Freely available to the public
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