Image Databases

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• ARTstor - image database - for classroom presentations and other offline educational uses. UNC Charlotte subscription [user guide]

Best bets: Freely available- be aware of copyright guidelines when using these images.

• Wikimedia Commons - images, sound, video - mostly in the public domain - copyright information is given with each image.
• Google images. Put quote marks around phrases and be specific (use many keywords). Note: many of these images may not be free to use without getting permission from the owner. Search on the artist's name to find works of art.
• Prints and Photographs Online (Library of Congress) - about 1,000,000 digital images.
• Flickr Commons - photographs held in public collections - museums, etc. Copyright statements are included.

More:
• David Rumsey Visual Collections - over 300,000 images including 1000s of high resolution images of historic maps. You do need to install a viewer, but it is well worth the few minutes it takes to do this. The viewer functions like that associated with ARTSTOR.
• Wellcome Trust Images - medical, history, etc. "Teachers, students, academics and the public can now download and use images depicting 2,000 years of mankind and medicine for free.
• Microsoft Clip Art and Media - if you are looking for clip art to use in your newsletters, powerpoint, etc. this is a terrific place to find free images.
• Web Gallery of Art - European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries
• San Francisco Fine Arts Muesum - Thinker Image Database
• MORE Art Museums: Searchable Databases