21H.931 Seminar in Historical Methods

Finding Images on the Web

There are a variety of places to look for images online. The MIT Libraries subscribe to a few databases where you can search for images, and there are many resources available freely on the Web.

Images are protected by copyright and, like articles, books and other documents, you must cite the source of any image you use in your work. Most style manuals offer examples of how to cite images. Ask us if you have questions.

Images via MIT Libraries' Databases:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Images accompany many entries)
http://libraries.mit.edu/get/britannica

Grove Dictionary of Art (Images accompany many entries)
http://libraries.mit.edu/get/grove-art

Image Search Engines:

Google Image Search (Search just for images, not entire web sites)
http://images.google.com

AltaVista Image, Audio and Video Search
http://www.altavista.com/image/default

Lycos Multimedia Search
http://multimedia.lycos.com/

Ditto.com (Images have been screened before inclusion)
http://ditto.com/

Image Web Sites:

Finding Images on the Web (BU Libraries)
http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/findimages/

Mark Harden's Artchive - fine arts images
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

FreeFoto.com
http://www.freefoto.com

Time Life Pictures (Time Magazine)
http://www.timelifepictures.com/

Amazing Picture Machine
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

The Picture Collection Online (New York Public Library)
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco

Images of American Political History
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist

American Photography: A Century of Images
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com

Language of the Land: Journeys into Literary America
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/land/landover.html