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Image Search Engines
Image search engines let you search selected image sites on the Web, e.g., the Amazing Picture Machine, or their own databases of images, e.g., Corbis.
Amazing Picture Machine (North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium)
Art.com (collection of historic and contemporary art reproductions and posters for sale)
Corbis (Bill Gates: best used with Internet Explorer: 1.6 million images online: Bettlemann Archive, UPI, National Gallery, etc.; for sale)
Fotosearch (photographs for sale)
NYPL Digital Gallery (New York Public Library)
New York Public Library Picture Collection (by subject)
VADS: the online resource for visual arts ( Visual Arts Data Service, University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK)
Using Article Databases to Find Images
Academic Onefile Advance Search: limit to documents with images BU
Agricola (National Agricultural Library: Image Gallery. Also,browse a subject for more image sites
Alt-Health Watch. Click on New Features>check Image QuickView>click Preferences>check Show Image Thumbnails BU
Go To Image Archives
Page by Ruth S. Thomas, Art/Art History Bibliographer
rthomas@bu.edu (617) 353-3770