E-Resources: Digital Image Collections

Off-Campus Access Instructions

Large, General Image Collections

ARTstor (Stanford community only)

Art, art history, architecture and other images. Note: Disable all pop-up blocking software before clicking the ARTstor link.

AMICA Library (Stanford community only; also available via the Insight client)

Images from a large consortium of American museums. Note: Disable all pop-up blocking software before clicking the AMICA link

Stanford Visual Resources Center Imagebase (Stanford community only)

Art and art history images.

AP Images (Stanford community only)

Historical and current images from the Associated Press.

Smaller, Specialized Image Collections

You should use a variety of search strategies to find digital image collections:

Download, install and launch Luna Insight®

Access to many — but not all — of SULAIR's image collections is standardized via Luna Insight® software (instructions and download here).

Browse the Humanities Digital Information Service image page...

...to explore the complete current offering of image collections created and licensed by SULAIR.

Browse the Art Library's Image Resources page...

...to explore a number of online art image collections.

Browse the Digital Collections at Stanford page...

...to explore digital versions of some of Stanford's own treasures.

Browse the Image Sources for Students in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric page...

...to explore many non-Stanford image collections

Search SearchWorks using the Format: Image facet, or search on the term "images" using the Databases facet

Many digital image resources may appear in the catalog as collections, e.g., the "David Rumsey Collection" of antiquarian maps or the "Stanford Historical Photograph Collection"; others are cataloged individually, e.g., the "Chronicle Building."

Page maintained by Glen Worthey

Last modified: August 30, 2011