search for images

ARTstor
Search over one million images in the areas of art, architecture, design, photography, the humanities and social sciences.
OFF CAMPUS USERS Click here for information about remote access.

AIGA Design Archives
Search thousands of images from the AIGA Design Archives including entries from their annual design competitions.

CAMIO  OCLC 
Search for images in the Catalog of Art Museum Images Online.
OFF CAMPUS USERS Remote access is only available via the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). Click on the CAMIO link from list. Access may not be available from your computer. Click here for more information.

Image Websites
A list of websites compiled by the CVA library staff.

MasterFILE Premier EBSCO
Search nearly 1,700 full text periodicals, more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags. Full text available.
OFF CAMPUS USERS Click here and type your 7-digit CVA library barcode number in box, then select the database to search.

Minneapolis Photo Collection
Search approximately 10,000 historic photographs of the city dating from the 1840s to the present.

Minnesota Historical Society Collections Online
Search for photographs, artwork, posters, maps, 3-D and archaeological objects, oral histories, and moving images from the MNHS collections.

Minnesota Reflections
A collection of more than 100,000 images and documents depicting the history of Minnesota from the Minnesota Digital Library Coalition.

Oxford Art Online Oxford University Press 
Search Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Aart, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Full text available.
OFF CAMPUS USERS Click on link then type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in box on left side labelled "Library barcode login".