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Images
The resourses below are great places to begin image searching and image research.
- Artstor This link opens in a new windowNote: Must enable popup windows in browser. Artstor features millions of high-quality images and media with brief, basic descriptions.
- Oxford Art Online - Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window30,000 signed articles and images on visual arts, over 6,000 subject entries and 20,000 biographies, and 7,000 searchable images. This resource also includes the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. (NVCC)
- AP Newsroom (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowA daily updated primary source resource from the Associated Press (AP) with images, audio sound bites, graphics and text. (NVCC)
- Britannica Image Quest This link opens in a new windowMore than two million rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best image collections in the world. (NVCC)
- Internet Public Library - Finding Art ImagesThis pathfinder is designed to help find images of art works on and off the Web. This could include pictures of paintings, sculptures, or even pictures of architecture and reproductions of photographs. Some of the tricks for finding art images on the Web can also be used to find non art-related Web images.
Videos
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAcademic videos from many disciplines, including history, health, psychology, music, business, art, science, law, literature and education. (VIVA)
- Annenburg Learner This link opens in a new windowA collection of instructional videos on a variety of topics including mathematics, languages, literature, education, science and social sciences.
- Art Through Time: A Global ViewA video instructional series on art history for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 13 half-hour programs
- Kanopy Videos This link opens in a new windowKanopy is a large collections of films from leading producers. These films are all genres - from documentaries to movies and training videos. (NVCC)
- Films on Demand - Art & ArchitectureEducational videos on a variety of topics including humanities, social sciences, business, economics, science, mathematics, health, medicine, technical education, family and consumer sciences, careers and job search, guidance and counseling and archival films and newsreels.