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Image Databases

Ad*Access " . . . presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II."
ArchiveGrid (OCLC) ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world. ArchiveGrid is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.
Atlas of Minnesota, Online Edition "Features social, demographic, and economic data in map form at the county and school district level."  From the Center for Rural Policy and Development.
CAMIO (OCLC) OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.
CREDO Reference A full-text online reference service. Credo’s collection is integrated with millions of cross-references and contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature.
Discovering Collection (Gale)
Reference, images/multimedia, and primary source documents for K-12 curriculum.
eBooks (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

A selective collection of electronic reference books in a range of subject areas.

EBSCOhost Image Collection Over 70,000 images, consisting of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places and the natural kingdom.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks)

A selective collection of electronic reference books in a range of subject areas.

Grove Art, see Oxford Art Online Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Search or browse articles, thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, and image links.
Minnesota Reflections
"...the first collection in the Minnesota Digital Library, brings you more than 6,000 digital images of the state's first 50 years."
NYPL Digital Gallery
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 337,000 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."
OAIster (OCLC) Union catalog of digital resources.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Thomson Gale)
"...features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites."
Oxford Art Online Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Search or browse articles, thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, and image links.
Windows Live Academic (Beta)
Microsoft's search tool for finding academic articles and conference proceedings.

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