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!
Web Resources
- Internet Archive Moving Image ArchiveThis collection includes movies, newscasts, concerts, and more.
- New York Public Library Digital GalleryTry browsing by "Industry & Technology"!
- TED TalksOn the lower left side of the homepage, try clicking on "Business" or "Technology" to find talks relevant to your discipline!
- Time & Life PicturesImages that have graced the pages of Time & Life magazines, appropriate for a variety of disciplines.
- 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!
For Educational Purposes Only...
Education Building/Debbie Koenigs/Available on Flickr 
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 Science and Industry, Government and Law, and Immigration.
- 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."
