SIRS
Researcher (Proquest)
A library subscription database that provides photos, charts, graphs,
and other images for a wide variety of topics.
Academic
Search Complete (EBSCO)
A library subscription database that provides a database of graphics and photos in the following categories:
Flags, historical photos, photos of places and people, natural science
photos and maps.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
A library subscription database that provides photos, charts, graphs, and other images for a wide variety of controversial topics. NOTE: To retrieve images click the box next to "Images" under "Content Type".
Google
Image Search
More than 880 million images are indexed and searchable through the
popular Google search interface.
New
York Public Library Digital Gallery
According to the site, The NYPL Digital Gallery "provides access
to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities
in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated
manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs,
illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more."
Photovault
Provides access to thousands of photos organized through a category
structure. Categories range from Aerospace to Universe. There is also
a keyword search engine.
Digital
Librarian: Images
One librarian's extensive directory listing of web sites featuring
various images and image collections.
Free Graphics
According to this site, it features "the Internet's top 496 free
graphics links". Includes links to sites featuring clip art, wallpaper,
backgrounds, web graphics and photos.
New York Public
Library Picture Collection Online
According to the site, this is "a collection of 30,000 digitized
images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs,
prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923."
American
Memory - The Library of Congress
American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken
words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and
sheet music that document the American experience.
Smithsonian
Photography Initiative
This site provides online photography from the Smithsonian Institution's
18 museums and galleries, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo.
The collections represent more than 100 photographers, using over 50
different photographic and image-making processes.
