Research Guides: American History: Images

Using Images

The image databases will give you access to online images. ArtSTOR is particularly helpful because you can zoom in to, save, and print the images.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window Digital images (over 1 million) in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities and the social sciences.

NYPL Digital Gallery Provides access to 900,000+ 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.
Internet Archive
Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons This collection contains the political cartoons that Dr. Seuss created between 1940-1943.
U.S. National Archives Photostream Documents and Photographs digitized and uploaded to Flickr.

These are general guidelines. Refer to the manual or contact a librarian for more information.

Each citation should have a hanging indent.

MLA

Artist's name. Title. Date the image was created. Museum, City. Web. Database name or title of site. Date of access.

Chicago

Artist's name. Title or description (image). Available from: Website or database. <URL>. (Accessed on date).

APA

Author (Role of Author). (Year image was created). Title of work [Type of work], Retrieved Month Day, Year, from: URL (address of website)