A guide to using digital images and locating images in UW collections, general collections, advertising, architecture, art, history, maps, medicine, photography, and science. Also includes links to visual resource centers at UW.
| Digital Image Collections Available from the UW Libraries |
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UW Image Bank  - Images of cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, and major monuments of world art and architectural history. |
| AP Photo Archive - News photographs dating back to 1826, audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, among other digital resources. |
| CAMIO RLG's catalog of art museum images online - Includes photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings, watercolors, jewelry, and costumes. |
| Corbis images for education - Historical, fine art, science, and nature images from the Bettmann Archive, United Press International, and the Hulton Deutsch Collection. |
| UW Digital Collections - Photographs, documents, and audiovisual resources from the UW Libraries, UW faculty and departments, and from UW collaborators. |
| General Digital Image Collections |
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American Memory Project - Historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps, and other resources from the Library of Congress. |
| NYPL Digital Gallery - Primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, ephemera, and more.
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| More general digital image collections |
| Advertising |
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Ad*Access - Advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. |
| The Advertising Archives: Historical & Current Print Ads - A searchable collection of print and TV advertisements, magazine covers, cinema posters, comics, postcards, cigarette cards, and more. |
| More advertising images |
| Architecture |
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Cities and Buildings Database
- Buildings and cities from throughout history and throughout the world. A collection begun by UW professor Meredith L. Clausen for use in the classroom, student study, or individual research purposes. |
| Great Buildings Collection - Offered in conjunction with the website for Architectural Week, this collection of images includes 3D Models and blueprints of buildings from all over the world. |
| More architecture images |
| Art |
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UW Image Bank - Images of cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, and major monuments of world art and architectural history. |
| CAMIO RLG's catalog of art museum images online - Includes photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry, and costumes. |
| More art images |
| Historical Photographs and Images |
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UW Digital Collections - Includes photographs, documents, and audiovisual resources from the UW Libraries, UW faculty and departments, and from organizations who have partnered with the UW on collaborative projects. |
| American Memory Project - Historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps, and other resources from the Library of Congress. |
| More historical photographs and images |
| Maps |
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Contains images from the more than 250,000 maps in the University of Texas-Austin, covering all areas of the world. |
| Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection - This collection contains maps spanning 300 years and documents many historical events. |
| More maps |
| Medicine |
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Images.MD: Online Encyclopedia of Medical Images - Medical images that cover the entire spectrum of clinical medicine, each accompanied by detailed text written by experts. |
| Images from the History of Medicine - Photography, prints and graphic art from theHistory of Medicine Division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. |
| More medicine images |
| Photography |
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Corbis images for education - Historical, fine art, science, and nature images from the Bettmann Archive, United Press International, and the Hulton Deutsch Collection. |
| UW Libraries Modern Photographers Collection - Images from nationally and internationally renowned local photographers Art Hupy, Ernest Kassowitz, Kyo Koike, Frank Kunishige, Mary Randlett and others |
| More photography |
| Science |
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Earth Science World - Search or browse for archaeological, geological, environmental, geophysical, and other kinds of images. Plants, animals, and weather or satellite images are also available. |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service Digital Image Library System - A collection of still images provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, categorized by subject and region. |
| More science images |
| Visual Resources Centers at UW |
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UW Bothell Visual Resources |
| UW Tacoma - Contact Justin Wadland |
| UW Art Slide Library |
| College of Architecture and Urban Planning Visual Resources Collection |
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