Multimedia Research Guide
DatabasesWebsites
Databases
Academic OneFileIncludes podcasts from NASA Headline News, Presidential Radio Addresses and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Some transcripts are available for the podcasts. To find podcasts, search by the keyword "podcast," then select the Multimedia tab above the results list to see a list of what is available.
Academic Search Premier
Select the link for Images in the green navigation bar to search for historical photos, people, maps and flags. Includes United Press International, Apex Media, Getty Images and more.
Accunet / AP Multimedia Archive
Contains hundreds of thousands of photos and graphics from the Associated Press, most taken since 1995, plus historical images dating back to the 1800s. Also includes audio clips from news events.
Grove Art Online
Covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present with links to images.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Index of more than 30,000 evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. CNN Evening News since October 1995 can be viewed online. August 5, 1968 to the present.
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Websites
Google Images and Yahoo ImagesFind images of anything from anyone.
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Search for images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Search for images by event, person, place or keyword.
American Memory from the Library of Congress
Search a historical collection of materials including advertisements, theatre playbills, and posters from the Library of Congress. Includes some audio and video as well as images.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum Photography Collection
Browse the Smithsonian Institution's photography collection, including the First Century of American Photographs with Civil War images and photographs from 1839-1939. Also includes the Contemporary American Landscapes and American Daguerreotypes collections.
WorldImages from California State University
This website provides access to the California State University IMAGE Institute for Education and Research. Find images from a variety of topics including music, drama and literature, people and portraits, material culture and daily life and masks from around the world. Includes more than 50,000 images.
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Fall 2006 by Jennifer Hanson
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