| Resource |
Description |
Terms of use |
| PictureAustralia |
PictureAustralia is an Internet based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. |
Please refer to the copyright information |
| New York Public Library Picture Collection Online |
Digitized images from printed sources mostly created before 1923. |
Made available for personal and research purposes. |
| Matapihi |
Experience a selection of pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums. Search around 80,000 pictures, objects, sounds, movies and texts. |
These online collections are made available for research or study.
To use an item for any other purpose or to order a copy, you need to contact the contributing organisation directly. |
| Image Collection (via EBSCOhost) |
Connect to any EBSCO database then selecting the Images button at the top of the page. This will take you to a search screen specifically for images |
QUT Staff and students only |
| Creative Commons - Audio, Images and Video Search |
This search engine helps you to find audio, images, video and text that have been marked as free to use with only "some rights reserved." |
You will need to check the creative commons license for each file or work. |
| Looking Back |
2 million photographs on every conceivable subject relating to Queensland. |
Please refer to the copyright statement for more information. |
| Google Image Search |
Google Image Search is one of the most comprehensive image searches on the web. It is an excellent resource for finding architecture and design imagery. |
Please refer to the copyright |
| Yahoo! Search - Image Search |
Find architecture and design photos and illustrations from all over the Web. |
Please refer to Yahoo's copyright and intellectual property policy |
| FreeFoto.com |
The largest collection of free photographs on the Internet (link back and attribution required). |
Please refer to FreeFoto's Conditions of Free Use. |
| Google Video |
Search a collection of TV shows, movie clips, music videos, documentaries, personal productions and more. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| AOL Video |
High quality videos including music videos, news clips, movie trailers, viral videos, and full-length TV shows. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| FaganFinder Video and Movie |
Metasearch engine for video files. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| Resource |
Description |
Terms of use |
| MusicAustralia |
MusicAustralia helps you to find, access and navigate a rich store of information on Australian music, musicians, organisations and services from a single access point. |
Please refer to the copyright information |
| Naxos Music Library |
Includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. |
QUT Staff and students only |
| Creative Commons - Audio and Video Search |
This search engine helps you to find music, sound (even speeches) and video files such as movies, animations and other footage that have been marked as free to use with only "some rights reserved." |
You will need to check the creative commons license for each file or work. |
| FaganFinder Audio |
Metasearch engine for audio files. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| FindSounds |
Find sound effects and musical instrument samples. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| Resource |
Description |
Terms of use |
| Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) |
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) is a personal, non-profit project of its author, art historian and visual resources curator Allan T. Kohl . AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large. |
Please refer to the licensing information |
| ArtServe at the Australian National University |
This site is dedicated to visual material useful for teaching and learning Architecture, Design, Art History and adjacent areas. Artwork (but not publicly visitable architecture) from about the period of World War II onward is excluded for copyright reasons. |
Please refer to the Copyright in Australia page for further information |
| Centre for Subtropical Design - Design Gallery |
The Centre for Subtropical Design is located at QUT, Gardens Point, Brisbane, in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering. The Design gallery provides information regarding projects and other programs involving or conducted by the Centre. This includes the "RAIA Subtropical Design Excellence Award"; Demonstration Projects and Other Programs. |
Please contact the Centre for Subtropical Design |
| Digilib - Architecture Image Library |
Digilib is an initiative of the University of Queensland Cybrary and the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. |
Refer to the individual images. Most allow copying for educational purposes. |
| Digital Archive of European Architecture |
This is an online archive of images scanned for educational use, primarily for use by students at Boston College. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| Ditto.com - see the web |
Ditto.com is a leading visual search engine. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| Google Image Search |
Google Image Search is one of the most comprehensive image searches on the web. It is an excellent resource for finding architecture and design imagery. |
Please refer to the copyright notice |
| Picsearch - the search engine for pictures and images |
Picsearch connects users to the vast architecture and design visual resources of the internet. |
Please refer to the copyright notice |
| PictureAustralia |
PictureAustralia contains a wealth of Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design and Landscape Architecture imagery. PictureAustralia lets you search a range of image collections, regardless of where they are located. A list of contributing organisations is available. |
Please refer to the copyright notice. |
| SkyScraperPage.com |
Website with illustrations of skyscrapers and tall structures from all over the world. Over 33635 structures detailed, 20986 drawings, 2533 cities and 40650 photos. |
Please refer to Diagram Usage & Licensing |
| SPIRO, Architecture Visual Resources Library Image Database - University of California, Berkeley ARCHITECTURE VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY |
SPIRO is the visual online public access catalog to the 35mm slide collection of the Architecture Visual Resources Library (AVRL) at the University of California at Berkeley. The collection numbers over 250,000 slides and 20,000 photographs. |
Please refer to sources of images and copyright |
| University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections Cities and Buildings Database |
The Cities and Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web. |
All files on this site are copyright controlled as indicated. Copying, printing, or distributing any of them without the permission of the copyright holder is expressly prohibited. You must agree to accept these restrictions to search the Cities and Buildings Collection. |
| Wright on the Web: A Virtual Look at the Works of Frank Lloyd Wright |
This site offers a brief overview of Frank Lloyd Wright's prolific 70-year career and a "webliography". |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| Yahoo! Search - Image Search |
Find architecture and design photos and illustrations from all over the Web. |
You must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner of the material. |
| Resource |
Description |
Terms of use |
| Ad*Access Project |
Presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. |
Please refer ot the copyright and citation information |
| Art Images for College Teaching |
AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large. |
Please refer to the licensing information |
| AustralianPrints.gov.au |
Collection from the National Gallery of Australia of digital images of Australian etchings, engravings, lithographs, linocuts, woodcuts and engravings, stencil and screenprints |
Please refer to the following copyright statement |
| Film Australia Digital Learning |
A quick, convenient and easy-to-use search engine for teachers and educators. It features downloadable video clips from Film Australia’s remarkable archive—one of the nation’s largest and most historically significant collections. |
Please refer to legal information |
| Flickr |
One of the popular and easy to use image management and sharing application that is also free to join and use. |
Please refer to Flickr.com Terms of Use |
| GloPAD |
GloPAD (Global Performing Arts Database) records include authoritative, detailed, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators. |
Check the Rights statement for each object. |
| Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures |
Comprises the collection of works of art built up by Jacques-Edouard Berger and now on loan at Lausanne's Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains, together with essays linked to his passion for collecting. |
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| Matapihi |
Experience a selection of pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums. Search around 80,000 pictures, objects, sounds, movies and texts. |
These online collections are made available for research or study.
To use an item for any other purpose or to order a copy, you need to contact the contributing organisation directly. |
| National Library of Australia Pictures Catalogue |
Over 71,000 digitised items are available from the Pictures Collection of the National Library of Australia including descriptions of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and three-dimensional objects. |
Please refer to the permissions and copyright |
| PictureAustralia |
PictureAustralia is an Internet based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. |
Please refer to the copyright notice |
| State Hermitage Museum Digital Collection |
Virtual gallery of high-resolution artwork images from the State Hermitage Museum. |
Please refer to the conditions of use |
| Resource |
Description |
Terms of use |
| images.MD |
An online medical image collection of over 35 000 items, from more than 65 collections and 2000 contributors. |
QUT Staff and students only |
| AllRefer Health |
A collection of more than 2,500 medical illustrations, pictures, animations, and diagrams. |
Please refer to the disclaimer statement and terms of use |
| Health on the Net Media Gallery |
A unique repository of over 6,800 medical images and videos, pertaining to 2,000 topics and themes. |
Please refer to the copyright information |
| Public Health Image Library |
Created by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
Please refer to PHIL's information about use of images |
| Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray |
Features 1,247 vibrant engravings--many in colour--from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries. |
Please refer to the user agreement |
| Resource |
Description |
Terms of use |
images.MD |
An online medical image collection of over 35 000 items, from more than 65 collections and 2000 contributors. Each is accompanied by detailed and informative text ranging from allergy to cardiology to neurology and urology. |
QUT staff and students only |
| Science Photo Library |
Science Photo Library (SPL) is the world's leading provider of science photos covering all aspects of science, health & medicine, space exploration & astronomy, technology & industry, earth science, satellite imagery, and nature & wildlife. |
Please refer to image licensing |
| Scientific American Gallery |
Scientific American Gallery of science images. |
Please refer to Scientific American's permissions |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day Index |
The APOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet. |
Please refer to image permissions |
