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Links to Video, Image and Audio Resources

Last updated: 27 April 2009
Published in: Finding and using digital media
Tags: business & community engagement | digital collections | finding audio | finding images | finding moving images | teaching

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Summary

There are a multitude of websites that provide access to a wide range of digital media resources (images, video and audio) covering many subject areas. This can be very bewildering if you are searching for specific resources to include in learning packages for use in the lecture/classroom or for inclusion in a virtual learning environment. The purpose of this paper is to provide links to a number of such websites.

Introduction

We have divided the links into several categories (stock images, architecture, the arts, current affairs, history, maps, science and medicine). Please note, this is not intended to be a fully inclusive list and neither are the links listed in any order of preference.

These links were checked to be correct in April 2009. You are reminded that websites are subject to change and that, even though the links are checked regularly by JISC Digital Media staff, we cannot guarantee all the links will be available at any particular time. Please let us know if you find a broken link. We may also add new links to this list during the checking process.

You are also reminded that before using any of the resources you first ensure you have the appropriate copyright clearances.

The resources are arranged as follows:

  1. Stock Images

  2. Architecture

  3. The Arts

  4. Current Affairs

  5. History

  6. Maps

  7. Science and Medicine

1. Stock Images

1.1 Commercial Stock Image Collections

1.2 Educational Stock Image Collections

1.3 Microstock Image Collections

2. Architecture

2.1 Architectural Image Collections

3.  The Arts

3.1 Museums, Galleries and Collections

3.2 Directories of Contemporary Art Galleries, Art History and Other Resources

3.3 Aggregated Image Collections

3.4 Personal Image Galleries

3.5 Moving Image Collections

3.6 Sound Collections

4. Current Affairs

4.1 Picture Libraries

4.2 Newspaper and Media Resources

4.3 Photojournalist Resources

5. History

5.1 Archive Collections

5.2 Library Collections

5.3 Museum Collections

5.4 Local History and Genealogy

5.5 Web Directories

5.6 Others

5.7 Moving Image Collections

5.8 Sound Collections (Please note that a number of these links also contain video material)

6. Maps

6.1 Directories

6.2 Current UK Maps

6.3 Historic UK Maps

6.4 Current World Maps

6.5 Historic World Maps

6.6 Map Generators

6.7 Other Mapping

7. Science and Medicine

7.1 Intute Science Directories

7.2 Earth Science Images

7.3 General Scientific Image Databases

7.4 Life Science Images

7.5 Medical Images

7.6 US Federal Agencies with Image Collections

Last updated: 27 April 2009
Published in: Finding and using digital media
Tags: business & community engagement | digital collections | finding audio | finding images | finding moving images | teaching

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