Image Sources:

Searching for appropriate images on the Internet can be a very challenging task. The links listed below provide appropriate images for school curriculum related topics at the time of this posting.  However, do to the everchanging nature of the Internet, search results are always changing.

Refine your search with carefully selected search terms that are

directly related to your topic.

Please report any inappropriate search results immediately.

Art

School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan provides a database of art, architectural, and museum object images.

http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/

Famous People

The Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery contains over 80,000 portraits

http://www.npg.si.edu/

General Use

Alltheweb (select the Pictures tab)

http://alltheweb.com/

Ask

http://www.ask.com/#subject:img|pg:1

DK e-Encyclopedia image library allows you to search by keyword or subject

http://www.dke-encyc.com/

Ditto this visual index is recommended by Kathy Schrock to help you find pictures for educational use

http://ditto.com/default.aspx

Clusty

http://clusty.com/

HighBeam ( only Images and Maps should be checked)

http://www.highbeam.com/library/index.asp

ixquick (select pictures)

http://ixquick.com/

Metacrawler (select Images)

http://metacrawler.com/

Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Sponsored by the Orange County Public Schools.

http://www.pics4learning.com/

Smithsonian Images: Digital Photography, Printed Pictures, Historical Images and more free for educational use. Browse by category.

http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home

New York Public Library Picture Collection Online The Picture Collection Online is an image resource site for those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials. It is a collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.

http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/

Science

Biology:

Colorado State University Library Warren and Genevieve Garst Photographic Collection features a Wildlife Photo Safari, the home of a virtual collection of animal images and information about them.  This collection contains nearly 20,000 wildlife slides

http://lib.colostate.edu/wildlife/ 

National Wildlife Federation provides information on the sights and sounds of over 5500 species

http://www.enature.com/home/

Smithsonian Animal Photo Gallery

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Digital Library System collection includes images of a variety of species including birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals and plants

http://images.fws.gov/

Space:

Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA  Posted daily, this site features a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Hubble Space Telescope Pictures

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1995/49/

NASA Image Exchange provides a searchable database of images related to space

http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/home;jsessionid=h646lqrc3jmp9

Social Studies

Picture History provides an easy to use digital library of high quality images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history. 

http://www.picturehistory.com/

UNESCO- The United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's Photobank features an online photolibrary displaying thousands of photos on the Organization’s activities. You can choose the images that interest you and see the information you need for each one of them on your screen.  Photobank is the indispensable tool for all those who are interested in UNESCO and in its programs in the fields of Education, Social and Natural Sciences, Culture and Communication.

http://www.unesco.org/photobank/exec/index.htm

Last updated: January 19, 2006 by D. Baratta