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Resources for Locating Images

Be sure to check copyright statements from each resource before using any images. For more information on copyright, visit the UW Copyright Connection website http://depts.washington.edu/uwcopy/.

Image Resources Available at the UW - General

  • AP Images UW IP
    Millions of news photographs dating back to 1826, and more than one million audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, among other digital resources.
  • CAMIO UW IP
    Research Library Group's catalog of art museum images online supports art history, studio art, and design departments; provides rich context for history, religion, and other humanities programs.
  • UW Image Bank UW IP
    Images of cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, and major monuments of world art and architectural history.
  • UW Libraries Digital Collections
    Multimedia collection of rare or unique materials from the University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Faculty and Departments, and organizations that have participated in partner projects with the UW.

Image Resources Available at the UW - Medicine/Health

  • AccessMedicine UW IP
    The BCR AccessMedicine Collection includes access to several textbooks and the Lange Educational Library. Click the search option for Images, Video & Audio.
  • ARRS GoldMiner
    (American Roentgen Ray Society) Links to over 94,000 peer-reviewed radiology images. Note: some images may not be accessible if the UW does not subscribe to the target journal or source -- please ask us if you have questions.
  • Images from the History of Medicine
    Portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine from the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.
  • Images.MD UW IP
    Over 50,000 medical images covering clinical medicine. The "slide sets" feature is temporarily unavailable; we have contacted the publisher, 5/5/08.
  • MD Consult Click for help UW IP
    Select Images (from Books) as a Search Option.

Image Resources on the Internet - General

  • Google Images
    Billions of images from the web.
  • Images from the History of Medicine
    Portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine from the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.
  • PanImages
    Cross-Lingual Image Search: Search Google Images and Flickr in 100's of languages using automatic query translation. Provided by UW Turing Center.

Image Resources on the Internet - Medicine/Health

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