Books from the Catalog
Architecture, Media, and Memory: Facing Complexity in Post-9/11 New York by Call Number: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2018
Image Databases & Resources at Vanderbilt
- Artstor This link opens in a new window
Digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Collections from museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Access Note: To download images or use other advanced features, individuals must register for an individual user account.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowLarge and important archive for academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many journals do not have current issues.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford’s art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
- Visual Resources at VanderbiltThe Vanderbilt University Visual Resources Center resides in the History of Art department and is your sources for finding and properly using high-quality images resources for your papers, presentations, and projects.
Other Image Databases & Sites
- Associated Press Collections Archive This link opens in a new windowOriginal wire copy, personal papers, AP style books, and internal publications from the Associated Press Corporate Archive. Videos from the AP Archive and images from AP Images archive.
- American Memory This link opens in a new window
Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- Getty Search Gateway-Getty Research Institute Digital ImagesThe Getty Search Gateway allows users to search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids. This tool is designed to help researchers, scholars, and educators discover the variety of resources available across the Getty's collections...
- Great Buildings Collection Online - Library of CongressProvides links to buildings famous througout the world, along with other types of dwellings. Includes historical information, photos, architectural details and plans, architect information, books on architecture, 3D walkthrough computer models, picture index, discussion group, search engines, and access to ArchitectureWeek electronic magazine.
- Historic American Buildings Survey-Library of CongressThe Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Since 2000, documentation from the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) has been added to the holdings. The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories...
- New York Public Library Digital GalleryProvides free and open access to over 685,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
- OpenGlam: Open CollectionsOpenly licensed datasets from several cultural institutions. All collections provide digital scans or photos that can be freely used without any restrictions.
