Research Guides: ARTEDUC 2700: Criticizing Television: Finding and Using Images

Research Databases for Images

Artstor
A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data; the tools to actively use those images; and a restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users. **To use all the functions of Artstor, you will need to create a free account.**
Creative Commons Image Search
Creative Commons is a non-profit that allows creators of media to license their images at different levels. The image search function allows users to search thousands of images that have been licensed as open access, which means they are free to use according to their creative commons license (may require attribution). This site may be a good place to look for images related to popular tv shows, etc.
Oxford Art Online - Image Search
Contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography from prehistory to the present day. Topics include, artist biographies, patrons, writers, cultures, countries, towns, styles, movements, theories, subject matters, iconography and more. Access to over 100,000 art images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Links to images elsewhere on the web.
WikiArt
WikiArt is an open access database of high quality images of artwork, many of which are in the public domain. Those that are not in the public domain are of a lower image quality, and cannot be reproduced for commercial purposes.

Jim Isermann, TV Lounge (Detail: Wallhanging and Television), 1988, Permanent Installation in the American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY. Source: Artstor.

Can You Spot The Woman?

Jenkins Television Corporation, First Public Demonstration of Television, ca. 1927. Source: Artstor.

TV Shots

Harry Gruyaert, Great Britian & France, TV Shots, Television Broadcast, 1972. Source: Artstor.

Copyright Guidelines for Using Images

Did you know? The images and other media you find online are most likely protected by copyright, regardless of whether any copyright statement is displayed. Copyright protection applies instantly and automatically when a new work is created; no copyright notice or registration is required!

Learn more about using images legally from this guide: Using Images: Copyright Guidelines for the Use of Images in Education

Copyright Resources

Citing Images

Some sites, like Artstor, will generate URL's for specific images as well for inclusion in your citations. On Artstor's site, you'll find a listing of standard formats for image citations.