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Samantha Alfrey

Featured Websites

General Image Search Engines

For subject-specific images and collections check the boxes of resources on this page, or the:

Digital Images Collections Guide

Science

Arts and Humanities

ARTstor Digital Library
Artsy
eMuseum Network
LUNA Commons
California State University World Art Image Database
Web Gallery of Art
Asian Historical Architecture: a Photographic Survey
Digital Scriptorium
Critical Commons (Video)
UbuWeb (avant-garde arts)
Google Cultural Institute
Video Data Bank - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Visual Arts Data Services (VADS)
Structurae - International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
Commercial database for searching images of buildings and structures.
LIFE Photo Archive
Google Street Art
Virtual walking tours of Street Art
Magnum Photos in ARTstor
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Smithsonian Collections Search Center

News Sources
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MoMA Exhibition Photos Archive

California History and Archives

OAC Online Archive of California

Contributors include libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.
CDNC California Digital Newspaper Collection

USC Digital Library
Find historical images of the Los Angeles region.

Contact Oxy Special Collections & College Archives (specialcollections@oxy.edu) for more help.

Notable Digital Libraries & Archives