Image Collections Online
Use of these databases is restricted. Contact the library front desk in person or by phone
at (415) 276-4010 to find out how to access these databases.
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CLICK HERE for information on receiving the current Getty username and password. Getty Images contains over 500,000 royalty-free images, mostly stock photography, as well as thousands of stock footage clips. Available in high resolution. |
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In addition to magazine and newspaper articles, BigChalk's eLibrary contains low-resolution images from a variety of popular sources. Available on campus or by login/password remotely. |
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Oxford Art Online contains more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images on art, artists, and art history. It includes the full text of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Oxford Companion to Western Art. Available on campus or by login/password remotely. Formerly known as Grove Art Online and contains the same content plus additional resources |
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WGSN is an online fashion forecasting and reporting service based in the UK. All Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing & Management students and faculty are eligible for an individual account, which can be used to log into the site from off campus. Additionally, all AiCASF students, faculty, and staff may access the site from anywhere on campus using the generic login. Please contact the library to receive the username and password. Coverage on WGSN includes industry news, market and business repots, trade and runway shows, trend forecasting for broad and specialty markets, and retail and street reporting. Additionally, the Graphics section includes copyright-free designs and clip art that can be used in student projects. |
These databases are available through the Art Institute of California-San Francisco library and use is restricted to students, faculty, and staff.
Additional Image Resources
Art Images
Art Images for College Teaching
Users may download image files from the AICT website pages, or may link directly to individual image files on this site. There is no requirement that AICT images so used be password protected, encrypted, or otherwise gated. AICT images may be incorporated into resource sharing projects with affiliated campuses and consortium partner institutions. Authorization is also specifically granted to educational institutions to make derivative copies available to their affiliated personnel, including students.
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/index.html
NYPL Digital Gallery
You may download low-resolution images directly from the web site for personal, research, non-profit or study purposes for free. This includes classroom use, student projects, and any open access web site.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org
Architectural History
A.D. Architectural Photographs, Cornell University
May be copied and used freely for the purposes of private study, scholarship or research without written permission.
http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/COLLECTION/101
SPIRO, Architecture Visual Resources Library, UCB
You may download images for classroom projection, unpublished papers, and personal uses only. All other uses, especially publication and sale require written permission of the copyright holder.
http://shanana.berkeley.edu/spiro/
California History
California Cultures
The contents of the Calisphere database (digital content including images, text, and audio and video recordings) are made publicly available by the collection-holding repositories for use in research, teaching, and private study. For these purposes, you may reproduce a single copy (print or download) of materials from this website without prior permission….transmission or reproduction of more than a single research or teaching copy or a protected item requires the permission of the copyright owner.
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/calcultures/
Calisphere
Same as California Cultures
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Online Archive of California
Same as California Cultures
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search.image.html
SFPL Historical Photograph Collection
All images included herein are intended for personal use only. Any reproduction, redistribution, publication, exhibit, or other use, by any means, without prior written permission is prohibited. To reproduce or use the photographs, please complete the appropriate form(s) and submit them to the San Francisco History Center for permission.
http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/