Research Guides: Finding Images: Scientific and Historic Images

Science Image of the Moment

High Above Jupiter's Clouds [Digital image]. (2018, January 4). Retrieved August 22, 2018, from NASA Image Galleries.

History Image of the Moment

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). 5. Woman of the High Plains. "If you die, you're dead. That's all." Texas Panhandle, 1938 Retrieved from NYPL Digital Collections.

Selected Scientific Image Resources

NASA Image Galleries
HD images from NASA with historic images, spacecraft and aircraft, and of course, images of space. Free for educational use.
NIH Image Gallery on Flickr
A collection of scientific images from the National Institutes of Health. Most images are 'some rights reserved', so they can be used for educational purposes.
NOAA Photo Gallery
Images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The images range in topic from historic images, to various environments, the wildlife, to weather systems and more. Free for educational use.
Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
From the CDC. Searchable and browsable public health image database. Each image details the copyright restrictions (if any).
Science, Technology and Industry Collection at ARTstor
Search or browse within this ARTstor classification to find relevant images.
US Department of Agriculture Image Gallery
Free, high resolution digital photographs from the Department of Agriculture. Covers a variety of subjects, including animals, crops, lab research and others, all fully searchable.
US Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library
Lots of images of animals. The rights and other information for citation are listed on each image.

Selected Historic Image Resources

Collections at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photographs, maps and other images about the Holocaust. Search by keyword or click on 'images' to browse the collection. The rights and restrictions for use, if any, are listed below each image.
Duke Digital Collections
A digital repository of Duke's archived materials. Includes photos on a variety of historical topics. Copyright information and restrictions are listed below each image.
LIFE Photo Archive
Hosted by Google. Millions of archived images, from the 1860s until now. Searchable by keyword.
NYPL Digital Collections
From the New York Public Library. Searchable, digitized database of maps, photographs and more. It has a very helpful citation feature, and also lists any rights or restrictions on image use.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
From the Library of Congress. A multitude of historical photographs, mostly about American history.
US Army Center for Military History
Click on 'images' to get started finding images. Has a good selection of historic Army photographs.