Caution: copyright restrictions apply to most visual images owned by the following sites. See specific listings below for links to copyright information.
American Memory Project (Full Text)
A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture
of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from
more than 100 historical collections.
For copyright information see http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/copyrit2.html
For videos owned by the Binghamton University Libraries search the Libraries' catalog. Select advanced search, film format and type in the film title or subject.
Film Finder 
Indexes films and videos available through the Binghamton University, Educational
Communications Center. It also provides links to other University Film and Video
Libraries, Educational and Commercial Film Libraries, documentary film collections,
and MediaSleuth, a comprehensive source for educational and training products
to purchase.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Collection of 350,000 objects encompasses some of the most rare and important
artistic treasures in the world. The collection includes American, European,
Asian, African and Oceanic, ancient and contemporary art, prints, drawings,
photographs, musical instruments, textile and fashion arts. Search online collections
database by keyword, artist, title, geographic area, medium, culture, etc. and
limit to show records with images.
For image reproduction information see http://www.mfa.org/ip/drl.htm
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Online collection currently includes the entire Department of European Paintings,
the Provenance Research Project, and fifty highlights from each of the Museum's
seventeen other curatorial departments, as well as fifty each from the Museum's
libraries, from the Antonia Ratti Textile Center, and The Cloisters. Search
the collections by keyword, artist, title, country or culture of origin, and
date of creation.
For copyright information see http://www.metmuseum.org/copyright.htm
NYPL (New York
Public Library) Digital Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized
from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York
Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage
posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera,
and more.
Online Photo Collections
The Office of Imaging, Printing and Photographic Services is the Smithsonian's
central source for the creation, processing, distribution and archival storage
of photographs and digital images.
Smithsonian
Archives of American Art
The largest source in the world of primary source doucmentation on the visual
arts in America. Over five thousand collections which include letters, diaries,
sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business
records, art periodicals, and other types of documents, totaling about fourteen
million items.
For Smithsonian's copyright information see http://www.archivesofamericanart.si.edu/exhibits/pastexhibits/piano/copyright.htm
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Provides a basic geographical and chronological context for the history of art
around the world, from prehistory to the present. The content of the Timeline
is based on the collection and scholarship of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
and is not encyclopedic. Navigate using world map or select a time period in
which to search.
For copyright information see http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/copyright.htm
The following search engines provide image selection options.
WorldCat
Select "Visual Materials." Search by topic and limit to items owned by BU Libraries or items on the Internet.
Google
The best engine for speed and accuracy, Google ranks every website's importance
based on which other sites link to it.
Copyright information appears with image(s).
FAST
(alltheweb)
FAST is one of the largest and fastest growing search engines.
Copyright information appears with image(s).
Museum and Library Collections
