LibGuides: URBS 234/SOCL 234: City, Suburbs, and Beyond: Image and Sound Collections

Image and Sound Collections: Art and Archtectural Images

ARTstor
Digitized images of fine art from around the world. All images can be freely used for educational and noncommercial scholarly purposes.
Saskia Art Images Collection
High-resolution images of global fine art including paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches, the Uffizi, and the Louvre and archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt.
JSTOR
Full-text scholarly journal articles and ebooks related to the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage: 2-5 years from current.

AP Newsroom
Photographs, graphics, charts, news stories, and audio clips provided by The Associated Press. International in scope. Coverage: 1826 - present.

Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933
Provides photographs taken for this Chicago newspaper.
Vogue Archive
Provides full image access to Vogue magazine from 1892 to present.

Chicago Public Library Digital Collections
Provides images from the Chicago Public Library's collections.
Digital Resources - University of Chicago
Illinois Historical Aerial Photography, 1937-1947
Provides access to photographs taken from aircraft for the purpose of agricultural research.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Facilitates access to photographs in the collections of the Library of Congress.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Provides images from the New York Public Library's collections.
Old Maps Online
Provides access to digitized maps in the collections of participating libraries.
Sanborn Maps from the Library of Congress
Provides a a searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division.
Sanborn Maps of Illinois, 1867-1970
Provides access to maps created for the purpose of assessing fire risk; the maps document changes to a geographic area over time.
United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Photographs
Provides photographs documenting America during the period 1935-1945.