Image Databases
Check the Image Databases for a complete listing of Alkek Library's holdings.
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Ad*AccessOver 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements in five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda.
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AP NewsroomCurrent and historical photographs, audio clips, & news from the Associated Press. The Archive is licensed for educational use.
Coverage: Photographs - 1826 to present, audio clips - from the 1920’s to present, news stories - from 1997 to present. -
Art Images for College TeachingImages of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance European art & architecture photographed by the Allan T. Kohl, who consents to their use in any application that is both educational and non-commercial in nature.
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ARTstorOver a million images of artworks, photography (artistic and documentary), and the built environment (architectural structures and monuments).
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Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920Over 9,000 images that illustrate the rise of consumer culture, especially after the American Civil War, and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.
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Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architectureArchitecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture, information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.
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Pop Culture UniverseAmerican and world popular culture, past and present. Decade overviews from 1920s to 2000s.
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Everyday Life and Women in America 1800-1920 (database)Historical material revealing early American home life from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Duke University and the New York Public Library. Includes books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Finding Images in old Magazines & Newspapers
Do we own it?
Search by Magazine name: Check the Periodical List (online content) or Library Catalog (print content) to see if we have the magazine you want.
Search by Topic: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1982-present) and Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) is a good source for searching Popular Magazines by topic.
Newspapers: Check online collections or search 3rd floor Microfilm shelves by Newspaper Title.
Print/Microfilm Collections
Microfilm, microfiche, and print journals and magazines published after 1980 are located on the 3rd floor.
Print Journals and magazines published before 1980 are shelved by call number on floors 5-6.
Browsing for Costume Books
Costume history books (including design and accessories) can be found in the GT500-2370s call number range, on the 5th floor shelves and Oversize area.
There are also costume and fashion design books in the TT call number area on the 7th floor shelves and Oversize area.
Databases & Reference Books for Costuming
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Bloomsbury Fashion CentralFashion, textiles, and art history. Access to an expanding range of Berg content collections – including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and more.
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Costuming for Film: The Art & The Craft (book)Oversize Shelves, Floor 7--TT507 .C648 2005
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Fashion SnoopsForecasting and trend analysis for the fashion industry for men, women, boys, girls, accessories, and home. It also provides information from worldwide retail floors, runways and trade shows, daily news & blogs, product development, and supporting tools.
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Textiles: Critical and Primary SourcesThis set is a key scholarly resource for any researchers involved in the study of textiles, as well as associated subjects, including studies in dress, costume and fashion; feminism and gender; art, design and cultural history; and sociology and anthropology. Multi-volume print copy available NK8806 .T49 2012 6th Floor
Search for Costume Resources in the Library Catalog
Search the library catalog for print and ebook resources related to costuming, movies, and more!
Finding illustrations or photos of objects, people, paintings, prints, etc.
Also know that "pictorial works," "pictures," "illustration" or “___ in art” are legitimate subject headings that can be combined with any number of keywords to find pictures or illustrations. For example, “flowers in art” is a subject heading, or “birds—pictorial works,” or look at “Pictorial works” as a subject heading alone. It tells you: Search also: subdivision Pictorial works under names of countries, cities, etc., individual persons, families, corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, and topical headings.
Streaming Video Resources
Search Films on Demand, a database of streaming video in various topics, for videos about Theatre, Dance, and Drama.
