LibGuides: Interior Design: Finding Images

Image Databases

Please note that images found in these databases may be under copyright restrictions. Be sure to read the copyright notice before copying, altering, or reposting any media file and review the College Art Association's Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in the Visual Arts.

If you are unsure about how you can legally use a media file, Ask a Librarian for help.

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Artstor is now on JSTOR. The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024.

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.

AIGA Design Archives
Includes more than 20,000 selections from AIGA’s annual juried design competitions dating from 1924 through the present. In addition, this resource features special collections of major American design firms and practitioners whose design accomplishments might otherwise not be preserved online or made available to the public.
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
Getty Search Gateway
Search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids.
OpenVerse - formerly Creative Commons Search
Creative Commons allows composers and musicians to define how their music can be used by others. This site searches for music that is licensed through the Creative Commons.
Google Advanced Search
One of the options at the bottom allows you to specify the type of license you need.

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Interior Design: Finding Images

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Image Databases

Artstor is now on JSTOR. The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024.

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