Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
A picture may speak a thousand words, but you don't have a thousand hours to find an image. Check out these image sources:
THE art reference book online: Go right to the image collections, or search/browse the encyclopedia by artist or topic. http://www.groveart.com; off campus, choose from Databases list.
Christianity doesn't have all the good art, but it sure has a LOT of art! Describes and includes images of art through the centuries, by subject, artist, title, genre, etc.
Add “AND public image” to your search to find only available images.
http://ica.princeton.edu/; off campus, choose from Databases list.
Looking for more religion-related images? ATLA hosts collections of art pieces, manuscripts and letters, photographs, even postcards and shape-note music.
http://www.atla.com/digitalresources/searcha.asp
Roarr! A worldwide collection of digitized images from behind the stone lions. Medieval Manuscripts, Scientific/Botanical/Engineering, Americana, the Middle East, Cars & Trucks, Postcards, Theatre, Sports, Hebrew manuscripts, Interior Design…
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm
Check out these lists of museums with online presences:
http://www.google.com/Top/Reference/Museums/http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/browse/
When all else fails, sometimes even librarians Google it. Try Image searching with the advanced search: http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en