Check the Image Databases for a complete listing of Alkek Library's holdings.
Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian magazine and newspaper advertisements in five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda. 1911-1955.
Current and historical photographs, audio clips, & news from the Associated Press. Licensed for educational use. 1826 - present
High-quality image and media from some of the world's top photo archives, museums, libraries, scholars, and artists, including rare materials not available anywhere else.
American and world popular culture, past and present. Decade overviews from 1920s to 2000s.
Search by Magazine name: Check the Periodical List (see link below) for electronic content or Library Catalog for 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 5-7.
Use the Finding & Using Images, Video, Music and Other Copyrighted & Open Access Content guide to learn how to find open access, Creative Commons, public domain, out of copyright images to use in your papers, projects,presentations, creations, and publications.
You can use Creative Commons images and media without having to worry about copyright restrictions as long as you follow the license terms.
Attribution = to give credit or attribution to a creative work or idea. Attribution vs. Citation from the Gettysburg College Digital Humanities Toolkit.
Public Domain = A work that is out of copyright and free to use. Works in the public domain may not need to be cited or given attribution, but the ethical thing to do is to cite and give attribution to another's work. "Information that is unrestricted and accessible by the general public - program which is in the public domain a program which is not copyrighted" - public domain. (2006). In P. H. Collin (Ed.), Dictionary of publishing and printing (3rd ed.). A&C Black. Credo Reference: http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/acbpublishing/public_domain/0?institutionId=1143
Openly licensed images or other creative content that have alternative terms to copyright can be used freely as long as any terms given are followed. See more about Open Content in this entry from the The international encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society. Haßler, B., & Mays, T. (2015). Open content. In R. Mansell, & P. H. Ang (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society. Wiley. Credo Reference: http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/wileydcas/open_content/0?institutionId=1143
Subject | Call Number |
Advertising | HF 5801-6182 |
Aesthetics | BH |
Architecture | NA |
Art Encyclopedias | N1-9165 |
Art General | NX |
Decorative Arts | NK |
Drawing & Illustration | NC |
Graphic Arts & Computer Graphics | TR, NC, Z200 |
Jewelry Making | TS, TT |
Music | M |
Painters & Painting | ND |
Photography | TR |
Printmaking | NE |
Sculpture & Sculptors | NB |
Costume design & History | TT, GT500-2370 |
Finding illustrations or photos of objects, people, paintings, prints, etc.