Images
Core Resources
Associated Press Images Collection (AP Images via Ebsco) 1800s+
The Associated Press' photography archive, along with historical images dating back to the 1800s. Also includes audio, graphics and text.
ARTstor
Digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Bridgeman Education Database
From the producers of the Bridgeman Art Library for the commercial market, this image database contains more than 300,000 objects and covers all media, including photography, fine art, engravings, sculpture, architecture, archaeology, ethnography, history, science & medicine, decorative arts and artifacts.
CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
Online collection documenting 115,000 works of art from around the world. Images, text and multimedia represent a broad range of works of art from the collections of the members of the Art Museum Image Consortium.
ImageQuest
Over two million images of objects, events, places, works of art, sports, and scientific pursuits, from dozens of collections such as Getty Images and the National Geographic Society. Each image includes full citation and copyright information. Rights have been cleared for education use.
Index of Medieval Art
Archive of medieval art, describing and presenting iconographic subjects and images, without geographical limitation, from early apostolic times to the early modern era.
Digital PUL
Digital PUL is a collection of high-resolution digital images of selected materials from Princeton University Library. The materials have been chosen to serve the research and teaching needs of the Princeton University community and to showcase the distinctive collections of the Princeton University Library.
Prometheus
An image database based at the Institute of Art History of the University of Cologne / Kunsthistorischen Institut der Universität zu Köln. A German-English search interface provides access to over 90 separate databases of art historical, archaeological, design, architectural, theological, and historical images from institutional and research databases and museums based in Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Visuals Database for Graphic Arts
Includes prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and other non-book objects in the Princeton University Library collections.
Supplementary Resources
Apabi Tupianku (image) database
Chinese images in the categories of Chinese art, calligraphy, folk art, red (i.e. socialist) art, unearthed objects, old photographs, ancient design, modern graphic design, historical costumes, rare book illustrations, classical painting manuals, typography, and pattern design.
BioRender
BioRender is a web application that can be used to create scientific figures, diagrams, and illustrations from a scientifically accurate image library. Account (free) required.
Digital Sanborn Maps
Sanborn fire insurance maps contain detailed information on urban structures, property boundaries, and streets. Provides historical information on the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods.