LibGuides: English 283: Creative Writing: Images & Maps

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To find images, try searching one of these databases.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor is now on JSTOR. The Artstor website was retired on August 1, 2024. This link will now redirect to Artstor on JSTOR.

Provides access to more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. Search for images by keyword, title, creator, geography, classification, collection, and date.

Getty Images
Provides search and access to a wide variety of rights-managed (RM) and royalty-free (RF) images, as well as videos and music. In addition to a keyword search, this free database offers several limits to narrow your search, including RM versus RF, specific collection, image orientation, and style
Digital Library of South Dakota
The Digital Library of South Dakota (DLSD) is a collaboration of the libraries of the six Board of Regents colleges and universities, as well as partners in the state of South Dakota, to digitize and provide access to photos and primary documents relevant to the history of South Dakota.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Discover 34,433,780 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

Briggs Library Government Documents Map Collection
Our Government Documents Map Collection, located on the Lower Level of Briggs Library, contains approximately 80,000 maps. Ask a Librarian for help finding the ones you need.
The National Map: Historical Topographic Map Collection
Access nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - South Dakota This link opens in a new window
Collection of historical maps of South Dakota communities created by Sanborn Map Company from 1867 to 1970. Large scale plans of a city or town, drawn to a scale of 50 feet to an inch, created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. Includes building outlines, size and shape, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, and property numbers. Plans often include details on construction materials and building use; and also depict pipelines, railroads, wells, water mains, dumps, and other features likely to affect the property's vulnerability to earthquake, fire, and flood. Multiple editions allow community development to be tracked over time.

Scholar's Lab Digital Resources
Access the Scholars' Lab's GIS data, including datasets in many standard formats. Hosted by the University of Virginia.