Multimedia Aids
Sources for free and almost free photos,
graphics, clipart, and animations
PHOTOS
Pictures of Record Online
--was developed for use in many disciplines, including anthropology,
archaeology, art history, political science, biology, architecture, and others.
The units contain essays, bibliographies, and detailed annotations for each of
the many images in each series.
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
Historic
US Government collection of 16,000 images dating back to the 19th century
"includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of our
shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from the
great whales to the most minute plankton."
Hubble Heritage Gallery Images
http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/gallery/galindex.html
Space
photos taken through the Hubble Telescope as part of the Hubble Heritage
Project.
 EarthRISE
http://earthrise.sdsc.edu
A
"graphical, easy, and fun to use front end to a large (and growing)
database of photos of the Earth from space ... taken by astronauts ... from the
last fifteen years."
International Photo Gallery Project
http://www.markzane.com
An index by
Mark S. Zane of photo galleries around the world which reflect individual
countries.
International Library of Photography
http://www.picture.com
The largest
publisher of amateur photography in the world. Sponsors many photo
contests.
 TimePix
http://www.timepix.com/default.sph/SaServletEngine.class/timepix/
Over a million
historical images from the pages of LIFE, PEOPLE, FORTUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED,
MONEY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and other magazines. Registration allows
personal, non-commercial use only.
Smithsonian Photographic Services Data Base
http://photo2.si.edu/header.html
Over 1,000 gif
files of wide-ranging topics.
Science News Online: Historic Photos
http://americanhistory.si.edu/scienceservice/
75 years of
photos showing scientific and technological advances. Academic and
non-commercial use requires a disclosure statement.
 CLIP ART
All Free Original Clipart
http://www.free-graphics.com/main.html
30,000 free
images and animations.
Art Today.com
http://www.arttoday.com/
1.2 million
downloadable images. Requires a modest onetime membership fee.
Clipart.com
http://www.clipart.com/
Links to clipart,
font, photo, and web graphics.
Clip Art Connection
http://www.clipartconnection.com/
13,000
free images in 50 categories, plus hundreds of links.
Clip-Art.com
http://clip-art.com/
Links to clipart
sites sorted by popularity.
Clip Art Warehouse
http://www.clipart.co.uk/
Thousands of
free images with no pop-up ads.
All
Original Clip Art
http://www.cksinfo.com/
Unique art,
3-D graphics, and animations created for this site only. The artist offers
web design service.
GoGraph.com
http://www.gograph.com/
Over 40,000
original animations and clipart.
Microsoft Design Gallery Live
http://dgl.microsoft.com
Over 120,000 graphic
images and sounds. Each month has featured clips. Also grouped by
collections. Also offers a web-based monthly newsletter.
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