Images and Media for Research and Presentations: Web Resources
This guide will help you find images and multimedia that will enhance research papers and presentations. Images aren't just for art students!
Find Media on the Web!
- The Open Video ProjectFind documentary, educational, historical and many more videos freely accessible online!
- Museum of the Moving ImageFind photographs, motion pictures, television, and digital media resources here!
- New York City Department of RecordsSearch through more than 800,000 photographs taken by city employees of New York, dating back to the mid-1800s. Crime scenes, images from the Works Progress Administration, and more!
Image Storage & Search Tools
Use these sites to find free--but not necessarily copyright free--images online.
- American Memory ProjectAccess to the digital collections of the Library of Congress, relating to the history and culture of the U.S., including such topics as Literature, Culture/Folklife, and Performing Arts/Music.
- CreativeCommons SearchSearch multiple sources for images and media, including Google, Flickr, Wikimedia Commons & more.
- FlickrThis online image storage and presentation tool allows users to limit their advanced searches to images shared under Creative Commons licenses.
- TinEyeFind out where images are posted and how they're being used.
- Visual Dictionary OnlineThe Merriam-Webster dictionary with visuals.
- Wikimedia"A media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone."
