PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL IMAGE SUBJECT RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many Photography & Digital Image resources that cover topics such as techniques, industry trends, online exhibitions, and more. The Photography collection an be found at both library locations in Burnaby and at the 1090 W. Georgia campus downtown. Search the Voyager Library Catalogue to see what resources are available

See also Resource Guides for:

• EVALUATING INFORMATION - Books, Web, & Journals
• RESEARCH, WRITING & COPYRIGHT
• GRAPHIC DESIGN

Complete, up-dated information on the magazine collection can be found on the Voyager Library catalogue and a full list of titles can be found HERE.

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WEBSITES
The following websites provide additional photography information resources that are available on the web. Digital Image Resources are also listed and are aimed to help provide a starting point when looking for images resources for your school work.
Photographry Reference & General Resources	History of Photography
Artcyclopedia: Photographers Intute: Photography Resources Masters of Photography	A History of Photography: From its Beginning Until the 1920’s The Invention of Photography The Media Museum: The Dawn of Colour
Museum Photography Collections
The American Museum of Photography The California Museum of Photography The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography The Daguerreian Society On-line Gallery The George Eastman House Museum: Online Collection Images Canada The Museum of Photographic Arts The Vancouver Public Library: Historical Photographs
Art History & Architecture Digital Image Resources	College & University Digital Image Collections
AHDS Visual Arts - digital archives of many international organizations & Universities Artchive (1065 px) - ancient to contemporary art images Artcyclopedia - ancient to contemporary art images Art Images for College Teaching (765 px) - educational resources for educational, non-commercial use on ancient to 20th Century art The Society of Architectural Historians (768 px) The Visual Arts Data Service (1024 px) - VADS includes imagery on fashion, portraits, and international images. Web Gallery of Art (1300 px) The Wolfsonian-Florida International University Modern Dutch Collection (2725 px) - provides digital access to source materials for research & scholarship	Brown University Archive of Early American Images - resource for picture researchers, documentary filmmakers, and others looking for material for commercial use. Duke Digital Library Collections Harvard University Art Museums Stanford University's Online Collection University of Edinburgh Charting the Nation maps & geography images USC Digital Archive University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
Government Image Repositories
The BLM Image Library - Contains more than 60,000 images of public lands, mostly in 12 Western states, including Alaska and 3,600 historical photos of the West. The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog - includes architecture, design and engineering, among other categories. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Image Gallery Smithsonian Institution - Note: Go into the "Research" tab for extensive listings. Iincludes architecture and gardens, crafts, folk and decorative arts, film, theatre and TV, graphic art, industrial design, music, painting, photography, sculpture, stamps, letters and coins, writing and literature. Smithsonian Institute Le Garde-meuble collection U.S. Air Force Link - Over 1500 pages of Air Force photographs. U.S. Army Images - Over 2300 photographs or Army-related material. U.S. Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery U.S. Department of Defense Image Collections - Hi-resolution, public domain downloads available on many subjects including military leaders and official graphics. Video also available. U.S. Navy Newstand Photo Galleries
FREE & CREATIVE COMMONS DIGITAL IMAGE RESOURCES
Creative Commons has developed a set of free public licences to enable authors to share their work with others, whereby reproductions and use of Create Commons images is allowed for non-commercial use only. Questions for people thinking about CREATIVE COMMONS-licensed work. Marking & Crediting Content with CREATIVE COMMONS Licensing.
Abstract Influence - free registration required Cepolina - 5800 free photos for private or commercial use Creative Commons - provides links to search engines that can be used to find images, video and audio that are not protected by copyright or allow manipulation under certain circumstances. Creative Commons Directory Flickr Creative Commons Freepixels Freerange - free stock photography, registration required GeekPhilosopher - royalty free stock photography, wallpapers, and desktop backgrounds. Imagebase - Creative Commons site. MorgueFile (very large) - free hi-res digital stock photography for either corporate or public use. MS Office Online Openphoto - Creative Commons site. Photo Rogue - Allows you request a picture of anything you want, and volunteer photographers might go out and attempt to actually take the picture you want. This is a great place to find free, large photographs of unusual subject matter. Stockvault - Features thousands of images and some Photoshop tutorials. Free membership. Stock.xchng - SXC is a "friendly community of photography addicts who generously offer their works to the public free of charge." Unprofound Wellcome Collection - rich and unique collection of medical, social history, contemporary healthcare, biomedical science and more Wikimedia Commons Images Woophy

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The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent databases and online resources that Photography instructors and students can use. These resources are available for you to use at any of The Art Institute of Vancouver campuses or remotely from home for your study, research, work, and leisure needs.

**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources.  Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**

• Getty Images - If you have already signed-up for Getty Images, contact library for access codes. Otherwise, *Sign-up* for Getty Images.
  Getty Images User Guide (PDF)
  Over 500K high quality stock imagery. Students may download up to 50 high-resolution images and an unlimited number of low-resolution imagery per quarter. Images are for educational purposes only and using them for any commercial (even non-profit) or non-coursework or non-portfolio related purposes is strictly prohibited.

• Grove's Dictionary of Art / Oxford Art Online
  A comprehensive collection of fine art and architecture images from many of the world's most prestigious art museums, and encyclopedia articles and entries from Groves and Oxford Reference.

• H. W. WilsonWeb Omnifile Full Text Select
  Quick Tips Search Guide (PDF) Full User Guide Tutorial (PDF)
  Periodical database that provides full-text articles with their accompanying indexing and abstracts on topics in the arts, applied and pure sciences, social science, education, humanities, legal and business fields. Contains full text of articles from over 2500 publications, some back to 1982.

• Oxford Reference Online
  Contains about 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works and an expanding range of key titles from the acclaimed Oxford Companions Series, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Includes subject coverage from art & architecture to language & literature to science.

• Proquest Bigchalk Electric Library
  ELibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content, including a digital archive of information sources of more than 2700 full-text periodicals, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, and major literary, art, and reference titles.

• Proquest “Big Bundle"
  Proquest Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
  One stop access to THOUSANDS of periodical magazine, newspaper, trade and scholarly publications including Proquest Research Library; ABI Complete which covers business, economics, product and competitive info, corporate and management techniques and strategies; National Newspapers 27 which provides articles from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications

• Safari Technical E-Books -
  Sample Searches Search Guide (PDF)
  An electronic library collection of over 7800 e-books in a fully searchable database from Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, and many other top technology publishers, covering Adobe, Maya, Photoshop, and much more.

Do you know of any other resources to add? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.

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