Additional Image/Multimedia Resources

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Additional Image Resources available at OHSU Libraries

Search Engines with Image/Multimedia Search Capabilities

Non-OHSU Image/Multimedia Collections

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Copyright is Your Responsibility!

Please check the Usage Policy of each site carefully. Just because you are able to take an item (image/video/sound) from a website does not make it legal to do so. Some institutions provide free access for educational use of their digital files; others institutions require permission prior to use. It is your responsibility to verify the copyright status of every digital item you wish to use.

For more information on copyright and fair use, please visit the OHSU Library's "Copyright Resources for the OHSU Community" page at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/copyright.shtml or contact the Digital Resources Librarian at valentif (at) ohsu (dot) edu.

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Additional Image Resources available at OHSU Libraries:

• SMART Imagebase: Science and Medical ART. The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of 10,000+ high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and many, many other topics. SMART Imagebase users may download images for educational, non-commercial use in lectures, presentations, slide shows, internal (restricted) web sites and more. Common types of visual presentations include PowerPoint shows, handouts, poster sessions, and interactive Flash animations. OHSU students, staff, and faculty are cleared for educational and non-commercial use, however do "not publish the images on a public web site, or use them for promotion, marketing or sales." See the site for more information on usage restrictions.
  Located: Online resource available at OHSU Main Library computer stations or via standard off-campus access.
• The Netter presenter: human anatomy collection. "Featuring images from the Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy, 3rd ed."
  Located: Electronic resource (CD-ROM) available via OHSU Main Library computer stations.
• IT Training classes, http://www.ohsu.edu/etc/classes/index.shtml
  IT Training offers classes in PowerPoint, web design, and graphics for word processing and presentations.
• Briscoe, Mary Helen. Preparing scientific illustrations : a guide to better posters, presentations, and publications. New York : Springer, c1996.
  Located: OHSU Main--Reference Section (5), Q222 B859p 1996

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Search Engines with Image/Multimedia Search Capabilities

• Images:
  • AllTheWeb Image Search, metasearch engine
  • AltaVista image search, “AltaVista retrieves images that contain your search words in their file names, ALT text, nearby text and/or the page metatags”. Using the Advanced Image Search allows you to limit your results to Photos, Graphics or Buttons/Banners. You can also choose color or black/white/grayscale.
  • Ditto.com, related image categories are a nice touch.
  • FotoFinder.net [in German and English]
  • Google's Image Search. Use Advanced Image Search to search by size ranges, coloration, file types, or to use boolean searching.
  • Lycos Multimedia Search, searches images, audio, or video.
  • Picsearch, offers image searching by word and phrase; also offers an advanced search for animations/non-animations, color/black & white, and size.
  • Corbis, stock photo vendor.
• Sounds:
  • AllTheWeb Sound Search, metasearch engine
  • AltaVista's Audio Search
  • FindSounds.com, searchable collection of sounds and sound effects
    Browse by subject of sound using the "Types" page: http://www.findsounds.com/types.html.
  • Lycos Multimedia Search, searches images, audio, or video.
• Video:
  • AllTheWeb Video Search
  • AltaVista's Video Search
  • Lycos Multimedia Search, searches images, audio, or video.

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Non-OHSU Image/Multimedia Collections

(arranged by Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine classification)

General [LC Classification: A]

• FILTER (Focusing Images for Learning & Teaching - an Enriched Resource)
  "...easy to use image-rich database of learning and teaching resources (tutorials, Web pages, PowerPoint slides, etc) and supporting materials along with detailed descriptive records."; some health science.

Science (General) [LC Classification: Q]

• Nobel e-Museum
  Nobel prize award winners biographies and text/images from their presentations. Each item is individually copyrighted, see the copyright page for more information.

• Library of Congress, American Memory Project
  This is a HUGE database of historical collections at the Library of Congress. Many images are free, others are copyrighted by the owners, read details on each image.

• Online Archive of California
  Archive portal. Each collection has its own rights management. Many historical photos, such as the "War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945" collection which has many WWII era pictures of Japanese-American doctors and nurses.

• Cleveland Press Collection
  Pictures indivually copyrighted. Includes photos of disasters showing health care workers doing triage.

• CalPhotos
  CalPhotos is a collection of 52,060 images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes. A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please be aware that these various contributors maintain copyright and follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. commercial

• Caltech Archives Photonet
  Includes images of scientists and scientific devices. [some educational use permitted with citation, request permission for other uses]

• NewScientist Science Photo Library
  Images from NewScientist magazine. [commercial]

• SCETI online collection: Edgar Fahs Smith Collection
  historical pictures of scientists and laboratory equipment; via University of Pennsylvania Library

• Laboratory Research photos
  pictures of scientists and laboratory equipment; via US Dept. of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service image database [government site: public domain]

• News Multimedia Gallery
  via National Science Foundation [government site: educational use given]; click on links to view separate image/video/audio collections.

Mathematics/Computing [LC Classification: QA]

• High Performance Computing and Informatics Office
  The High Performance Computing and Informatics Office (HPCIO), formerly of CMAG, provides expertise and resources in high performance computing, computational science, biomedical informatics, and modern information technology to the NIH scientific community.

Astronomy [LC Classification: QB]

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Image eXchange
  NIX (the NASA Image eXchange) integrates many of NASA's image/multimedia databases.

• NASA Johnson Space Center Digital Image collection
  "This collection of more than 9000 press release photos spans the manned space program, from Mercury to the STS-79 Shuttle mission."

• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Imagery collections
  Includes NASM Archives Image Collections; Apollo Program; Regional Planetary Image Facility; Space Shuttle Photographs; and Guide To Sources of Earth and Planetary Photography.

• Project Apollo Archive
  Archive of images and multimedia related to the Apollo space missions. Most images courtesy of NASA, but check for individual copyrights.

Physics [LC Classification: QC]

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo Library
  "...the NOAA collection includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from the great whales to the most minute plankton. ... To date, over 16,000 images have been digitized and reside in the online NOAA Photo Library."

Chemistry [LC Classification: QD]

Geology [LC Classification: QE]

• UCMP (University of California Museum of Paleontology) Paleontology Collections Photos
  Includes specimens, vertebrates, and fossil plants. Free educational use when credit is given to the insitution.

Natural History/Biology [LC Classification: QH]

• Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. Educational Image Library
  "The Image Library has over a thousand colorized and black & white electron microscope (SEM and TEM) images taken by Dennis Kunkel Ph.D." [commercial; registration & prior permission needed for educational image use.]

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Digital Photo Library
  Includes Historical Photographs Collection. "This web site contains a photo library of BLM digital images. It was designed to provide a service to other federal agencies, the general public and non-profit organizations. All images may be downloaded free of charge."

• Reclaiming the Everglades
  via the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. "...nearly 10,000 page images of primary source materials relating to south Florida environmental history are accessible here. This digitized documentary evidence spans the years 1884 to 1934 and covers topics such as the establishment of the Everglades National Park, Native American land rights, agriculture, urban development, endangered species, invasive plants, and the role of women in the modern conservation movement."

• Nature Photo Index
  Nature Photo Index is a directory of photo galleries, links to photography-related websites. The galleries are organized into animals, landscapes, locations, and plants.

Botany [LC Classification: QK]

• Bioimages
  Project goal: "To provide educational information to the public on biologically related topics, as well as a source of biological images for personal and non-commercial use"; via Vanderbilt University, Department of Biological Sciences. [educational use given]

• University of Michigan, Flora & Fauna of the Great Lakes Region: Fungus
  Includes University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Collection Database; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Specimen Image Collection; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Field Notes; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Distribution Maps of Michigan Fishes; and University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Species Descriptions.

• University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects
  via University of Florida Herbarium / Florida Museum of Natural History.

• Weed Photos
  via King Co., WA Noxious Weed Control Program.

Zoology [LC Classification: QL]

• AmphibiaWeb
  "AmphibiaWeb offers ready access to taxonomic information for every recognized species of amphibian in the world. Species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, literature references, photos and range maps are available for many species and are being added to regularly by specialists and volunteers from around the world. In addition, AmphibiaWeb provides easy and fast access to museum specimen data from large herpetological collections."

• University of Michigan, Flora & Fauna of the Great Lakes Region: Fish
  Includes University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Collection Database; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Specimen Image Collection; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Field Notes; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Distribution Maps of Michigan Fishes; and University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Fish Species Descriptions.

• University of Michigan, Flora & Fauna of the Great Lakes Region: Mammals
  Includes University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Mammal Division Collection Database with Specimen Images collection; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Mammal Division Maps collection; and University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Mammal Division Field Notes.

• Fish & Wildlife Service
  "Contains the National Image Library--the Service's collection of public domain still photos."

• Warren and Genevieve Garst Photographic Collection
  "Welcome to Wildlife Photo Safari, the home of a virtual collection of animal images and information about them. This collection containing nearly 20,000 wildlife slides was donated to Colorado State University Libraries by Warren and Genevieve (Genny) Garst. These slides were photographed over a period of 25 years as the Garsts traveled to Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the Americas while filming for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom television series. More than 700 animal species, including mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and aquatic wildlife are represented within this slide collection."

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Data Access
  via University of California, Berkeley. "This site provides access to data and images in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology collections." Use with permission.

• Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery
  Includes Beetles, Lice, Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars, Plant Diseases and Damage, Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Plants, Flies and Mosquitoes, Ticks, Grasshoppers and Crickets, and True Bugs.

• Branstock Farms herding breeds dog videos

Human anatomy [NLM Classification: QS]

• Images from Mascagni's "Anatomica Universa" [1752-1815]
  "The Anatomia Universa is a comprehensive work of anatomy lacking only microscopic anatomy, histology, and the lymphatics of the skin."

• Digital Anatomist Project
  (Univ. of Washington, USA)

• Gray's Anatomy
  Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918) includes 1,247 images. Search, then click on results to see the relevant page with images included."

• Historical Anatomies on the Web
  NLM information is public domain. Read the copyright notice for further info.

• The Visible Human Project
  "complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies." via the National Library of Medicine.

• NetAnatomy
  "Designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate, medical, allied health, and nursing students. NetAnatomy will also serve as a place to review anatomy after one's initial exposure to the subject."

• Anatomical illustrations
  via the Southern California Orthopedic Institute.

• Atlas of the Human Body
  via the AMA website.

• Atlas der Anatomie
  via Medicine-Worldwide.de; [in German].

• Electronic Anatomy Museum
  via National University of Singapore.

• Instant Anatomy
  "illustrations of the Human Body to aid the learning of Human Anatomy"; [commercial; CD available for sale].

• Virtual Body Tour
  via MedicDirect.

• Gross Anatomy Images
  via University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

• The Visual Body
  via ADAM/Merck Source.

• Anatomical Drawings
  from the Merck Manual, 2nd Home Edition

• Gross Anatomy
  class materials [some of it password protected] via SUNY-Upstate Medical University.

• Vesalius (Internet resource for surgical education)
  Includes anatomical and surgical illustrations/photographs, radiological images, and videos. [commercial; subscription required].

• Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy, 2nd Ed.
  via Virtual Hospital.

• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variations
  via Virtual Hospital.

Physiology [NLM Classification: QT]

Biochemistry [NLM Classification: QU]

• DNA Interactive
  via Dolan DNA Learning Center/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.[see copyright & permissions page for use notes]

• Access Excellence Graphics Gallery
  via National Health Museum; "Graphics Gallery is a series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing the important processes of biotechnology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated."

Pharmacology [NLM Classification: QV]

Microbiology/Immunology [NLM Classification: QW]

• Protist Imaga Data
  Protist Image Data is part of the Molecular Evolution and Organelle Genomics program at the University of Montreal.

• Virus World (virus imaging)
  via the Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison [images cleared for educational use]

• Cells Alive! Image Gallery
  [see permissions page for use notes]

Parasitology [NLM Classification: QX]

• Atlas of Medical Parasitology via The Carlo Denegri Foundation, the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Torino and the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Unit A of Infectious Diseases, Torino, Italy.

• Diagnostic Parasitology Images
  via University of Delaware.

• Parasite Image Library
  DPDx is a Web site developed and maintained by CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD). Parasites and parasitic diseases are listed alphabetically and are cross-referenced.

• Parasite Images
  via Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

• The Wandtafeln of Rudolph Leuckart (1822-1898)
  scanned wall charts of famous parasitologist; via the Marine Biological Laboratory.

• Parasites and parasitological resources
  via Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences.

• Veterinary Parasitology
  via College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University

Clinical Pathology [NLM Classification: QY]

Pathology [NLM Classification: QZ]

• The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
  at Florida State University College of Medicine. "...includes over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items for self-assessment that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated with human disease conditions."

• Genetic disease photographs from Medical Genetics by Dr. Lynn Jorde, et al.

• Pictures in Histopathology (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Technology (General) [LC Classification: T]

Engineering (General). Civil Engineering. [LC Classification: TA]

Hydraulic Engineering. Ocean Engineering. [LC Classification: TC]

Environmental Technology. Sanitary Engineering. [LC Classification: TD]

Highway Engineering. Roads and Pavements. [LC Classification: TE]

Railroad Engineering and Operation. [LC Classification: TF]

Bridge Engineering. [LC Classification: TG]

Building Construction. [LC Classification: TH]

Mechanical Engineering and Machinery. [LC Classification: TJ]

Electrical Engineering. Electronics. Nuclear Engineering. [LC Classification: TK]

Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics. [LC Classification: TL]

• Flying Heritage multimedia collection
  "The Flying Heritage Collection mission is to collect, restore, fly and preserve combat aircraft and artifacts representing technological, ideological, political, and economic views of aerial conflict in the 20th century, with emphasis on World War II and the Cold War era." (video)

Mining Engineering. Metallurgy. [LC Classification: TN]

Chemical Technology [LC Classification: TP]

Photography [LC Classification: TR]

Manufactures [LC Classification: TS]

Handicrafts [LC Classification: TT]

Home Economics [LC Classification: TX]

Health Professions (General Medicine) [NLM Classification: W]

• Bristol Biomedical Images Archive
  From the United Kingdom, a collection of dental, medical, and veterinary images. Registration is required.

• Health Canada Photo Gallery
  Assorted "people doing healthy activities" collections [governmental; prior permission needed for educational/not-for-profit use]

• Eccles Library Multimedia Catalog
  "The Eccles Library Multimedia Catalog contains images, illustrations, animations, videos and sounds related to the health sciences. The multimedia items are designed to be re-purposed for educational and non-profit use." (Knowledge Weavers Project is sponsored by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah).

• Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
  HEAL's primary mission is to provide educators with high-quality and free multimedia materials to augment health science education. Registration is required.

• Images.MD Online Encyclopedia of Medical Images
  Well organized database of medical images [commercial: subscription required]

• Hardin MD, Medical and Disease Pictures
  via the University of Iowa ("A service of Hardin Library for the Health Sciences"); topical links to many other image collections

• Health on the Net Media Gallery
  via the Health on the Net Foundation. The gallery is indexed by body part and includes still images and photos of medical conditions and procedures from around the world.

• FSU ODDL Image Server
  Pictures indivually copyrighted. General images, includes photos of health care workers and anatomy.

• Picture Australia
  "Search for people, places and events in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad." Pictures indivually copyrighted. Includes photos of health care workers.

• Internet Archive
  (Metasite) Large collections of web, moving image, and text collections. Each item individually copyrighted, some available for use in educational venues.

• EDPicture
  NCEMI (National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics), metasite, searches other medical image databases. Look at left-hand radio buttons for format choice.

• A Collection of Clinical Images
  Univ of California/SD A web-based collection of physical examination findings.

• Molson Medical Informatics Student Projects Site
  Developed by McGill medical students under the supervision of the McGill Medical Faculty, the projects are intended to supplement the current McGill medical curriculum as well as serve as a continuing source of information for medical professionals, medical educators and patients.

• Medical Demonstrative Evidence Images
  via FindLaw [free for single legal use, see licensing information for other uses]

• Image Bank
  at FleshAndBones [commercial; some free images available]

• Medical Rounds (Multimedia on-demand medical education)
  "MedicalRounds webcasts presentations and conferences for many contributing medical groups. In addition to the presentations we host, we maintain an extensive categorized and searchable database of free multimedia medical presentations available on the internet."

• Video Library
  via the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.

• MedPix - Medical Image Database
  "MedPix is a free online medical image database, provided by the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD."

• Photovalet Health/Medical related images [commercial]

• Medical Slides Gallery
  IBF-Dynergy SL; [commercial]

• Medical Imagery, medical art and illustration
  Medical illustration stock-art vendor. Needs Flash to view. [commercial]

• LifeART medical clipart
  Vendor of medical images to purchase individually or as collections. [commercial]

• Nucleus Medical Art
  "Nucleus Medical Art creates and/or licenses medical products including medical illustrations, medical animations, medical drawings, medical pictures, medical graphics, medical posters, anatomical models, and interactive presentations for use in publishing, pharmaceutical and medical device marketing, patient education, patient informed consent programs, hospital safety awareness, sales training, merchandising, and other uses." [commercial]

• Medical Illustration Source Book
  "This site contains illustrations and photography from professional artists advertising in the Association of Medical Illustrators' Medical Illustration Source Book - Seventeenth Edition." [commercial]

• NIH Video Casting
  videocastss from the National Institutes of Health; follow the "Past Events" link to see archived videos.

• Medical Video Clips
  via Medbroadcast.Com; patient health information streaming videos; follow links on video screen to contact creators for permission to reuse.

• PhotoRounds
  via MDChoice.com; educational medical cases with photos (by diagnosis). [no rights information given; write for permissions]

• Gallery of Medical Illustrations
  "CT is us is created and maintained by The Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory (AMIL). AMIL is a multidisciplinary team dedicated to research, education, and the advancement of patient care using medical imaging with a focus on spiral CT and 3D imaging."

• JAMM image gallery
  Gallery of the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine (formerly Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine); images are individually copyrighted, write for permission.

• MediScan
  Medical image library [commercial]

• Bibliothèque d'images médicales
  [In French]

• Banco de imagens
  [registration required; In Portuguese]

• Scientific/Medical/Health Illustrations and Stock Images etc.
  Russell Kightley Medica, creates and licenses "medical illustrations, biological illustrations, molecular graphics, virus pictures, cellular images, space art/astronomical pictures, and videos". [commercial]

• Multimedia Projects
  via the Medical College of Ohio, Center for Creative Instruction.

• Custom Medical Stock Photo
  "Image Solutions for Health Communications" [commercial]

• Picture Source
  "Picture Source specialises in photography and digital imaging services for professionals working in medicine, science, technology and education." [commercial]

• PicturesNow!
  Image vendor: fine art, photography, classic illustrations, and vintage views. [commercial]

• Virtual Hospital
  via University of Iowa Health Care; "Digital library of health information"; digital images in online textbooks in many disciplines; [see policy page for use permissions]

Public Health [NLM Classification: WA]

• Clip Art for Health Communications
  via Health Communication Materials Network (at Johns Hopkins)

• Public Health Image Library
  Created by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), PHIL(TM) offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. PHIL welcomes public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages. The content is organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science, and is presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.

• Yahoo! Health Multimedia Gallery
  Videos on various health topics.

• INFO Project's PhotoShare
  "The Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health Project (the INFO Project), based at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs, receives support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[...] The INFO Project offers a range of information resources and services, all complementing one another, to ensure that information, knowledge, and best practices for family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) are accessed by multiple audiences with different needs."

• Interactive Health Tutorials
  via Medline Plus/NLM; [patient education; requires Flash plug-in]

• Health Library Online Video Collection
  via Stanford Health Library

Communicable Diseases [NLM Classification: WC]

• TDR Image Library
  via Tropical Disease Research/WHO; A unique and dynamic catalogue of over 13 000 images covering all aspects of TDR target diseases; Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is an independent global programme of scientific collaboration. Established in 1975 and co-sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO)

Musculoskeletal System [NLM Classification: WE]

• Pictures in Rheumatology (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

• Video Journal of Orthopaedics
  pay-per-view video archives. [commercial]

• Image Archive at Chiro.Org [registration required]

• OsteoInteractive
  "Facilitating forensic anthropology education through the dissemination of online information resources..." Sponsored by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.

Respiratory System [NLM Classification: WF]

• Lung Anatomy

• Lung Anatomy illustrations

• Virtual bronchoscopy of a patient with bilateral lung cavities
  Diagnostic Radiology Dept., NIH-CC

• Laboratory Dissection of the Pleural Cavities

• Pulmonary Pathology Images

• Diseases of the Lung
  Univ of Connecticut/Pathol

• Gross Pictures
  from the Pathology Database Registry for Thoracic Tumors, Med Univ. of S. Carolina

• Miscellaneous Pictures
  from the Pathology Database Registry for Thoracic Tumors, Med Univ. of S. Carolina

• Pulmonary X-Ray Cases
  UC/Davis

• Lung Pathology, Gross
  Tulane Univ.

• Lung and Respiratory System Review
  Tulane Univ.

Cardiovascular System [NLM Classification: WG]

• Echocardiographic Images
  via "E-chocardiography Journal" at Echocardiography Laboratory of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

• Exterior and Interior Structure of the Heart
  from "Your Healthy Heart and How it Works" via Yale-New Haven Hospital

• Introduction to Cardiothoracic Imaging
  via Yale University School of Medicine; click on main graphic to go to Anatomy, Findings, and Case Index links.

Hemic and Lymphatic Systems [NLM Classification: WH]

• Crookston Collection
  "Digitized archives of slides originally taken by Dr. John H. Crookston (1922-1987), MD, PhD, FRCPC. Dr. Crookston was Senior Staff Physician and Laboratory Hematologist-in-chief, Toronto General Hospital (1957-1987) and Professor of Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto."

• Bloodline Image Atlas
  "Features more than 800 hematological slides depicting various blood disorders and malignancies. The Image Atlas represents some twenty years of work by Jean Shafer, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Rochester School of Medicine."

• Hemotology Digital Image Study Sets
  via UC Davis School of Medicine

• Atlas of Hematology
  via Nagoya University School of Medicine

• Internet Atlas of Hematology
  "The Internet Atlas of Hematology is the comprehensive section of the multimedial Atlas of Hematology. Complete version of Atlas of Hematology, containing about 700 microscopic images is available only on CD-ROM. The Internet version [...] containing 184 pictures is dedicated to morphology of normal and atypical cells of blood and bone marrow."

• Hämatologie-atlas
  [In German]

• HemoSurf-Demo! An Interactive Hematology Atlas
  via University of Bern

• ASH Image Bank
  via American Society of Hematology [full access requires subscription]

• Pictures in Hematology (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

• Pictures in Hemostasis and Thrombosis (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

• Atlas of Hematology
  by Nivaldo Medeiros, MD

Digestive System [NLM Classification: WI]

• The Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  "All endoscopic photographs were taken by Drs. Martin and Lyons at the Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Unit of Tenet South Fulton Medical Center, East Point, Georgia." Includes: Esophagus, Stomach, Duodenum & Ampulla, Capsule Endoscopy, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Colon & Ileum images.

• El Salvador Atlas of Gastroinstestinal Endoscopy
  A database of images and videos of endoscopy maintained by Dr. Julio Murra-Saca M.D. "Our atlas presently displays 1204 video clips covering almost all areas of gastrointestinal pathology detectable by endoscopy."

• Feldman's GastroAtlas Online
  [free registration required]

• Gastrolab Image Library

• Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Endocrine System [NLM Classification: WK]

• Atlas des Glandes Endocrines
  [In French]

Nervous System [NLM Classification: WL]

• Allen Brain Atlas
  via Allen Institute for Brain Science; "The Allen Brain Atlas project, named for its founder Paul G. Allen, will combine the disciplines of neuroanatomy and genomics to create the most comprehensive map of the brain at the cellular level, illustrating the functional anatomy of the brain through a collection of gene expression maps, brain circuits and cell locations."

• 3-D Brain Anatomy
  via PBS website, "The Secret Life of the Brain".

• Digital brain animations
  via Centre for Neuro Skills [commercial].

Psychiatry [NLM Classification: WM]

• Psychiatry Video Links
  via Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.

Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging [NLM Classification: WN]

• Radiology Rounds at MDchoice.com

• Pictures in Medical Imaging (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

• Radiology Online Teaching Materials
  via University of Washington.

Gynecology [NLM Classification: WP]

• Women's Diagnostic Imaging Teaching Files
  Including CT, MRI, Mammography, and Ultrasound for Women's Health; via uhrad.com.

Pediatrics [NLM Classification: WS]

• Correlapaedia - a Correlative Encyclopedia of Pediatric Imaging, Surgery, and Pathology
  Children's Virtual Hospital, Iowa

• Pediatric Surgery Image bank
  "These pages contain more than 150 clinical, intraoperative and radiologic images related to pediatric surgery. This "virtual atlas" is intended to help students, residents and fellows in their understanding of surgical conditions of the infant and child. These images can be used for personal (not commercial) use, but a reference to their origin would be appreciated."; via Brown Medical School

• PediatricEducation.org
  "Pediatric Digital Library and Learning Collaboratory intended to serve as a source of continuing pediatric education."

• Pediatric Imaging Case Files
  University of Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology

• Images in Paediatric Cardiology
  Images from the journal Paediatric Cardiology. See "Disclaimer & Copyright" link for usage information.

• Pediatric Cardiology: Teaching Resources for Health Sciences Faculty and Students
  University of Kansas Medical Center, Children's Center

• Pediatric Imaging Teaching Files
  via uhrad.com

• Pediatric Picture Atlas for Parents
  "A picture atlas of useful pictures for parents."; via Rainbow Pediatrics

• Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Photos
  Creighton University Medical Center [same as link in Dentistry]

• Pictures in Pediatrics (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Geriatrics/Chronic Disease [NLM Classification: WT]

Dentistry/Oral Surgery [NLM Classification: WU]

• Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Photos
  via Creighton University Medical Center [same as link in Pediatrics]

• A Comprehensive Color Photo Atlas of Dentistry
  via Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman Dental Associates

• Illustration of the teeth
  via Loyola University

• Oral Pathology Image Database
  via University of Iowa

• Oral Pathology Filmstrips and Images
  via University of Southern California

• Oral Pathology Review Images
  via Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Dentistry

• Picture Gallery of Oral Manifestations of HIV and Dental Care
  HIVDENT

• Der knöcherne Schädel - Ein Bildwörterbuch
  University of Mainz [In German]

• Image Library
  DERWeb, University of Sheffield [registration required]

• Biblioteca de Imagenes - Odontologia Online
  [In Spanish]

• Endodontic Microscope Pictures

• European Periodontology

• Floor of Mouth/Oral Cavity images
  via otohns.net

• Dental Images and Diagrams
  via The Dental Consumer Advisor

• Pictures in Oral Pathology (illustrated case studies)
  via 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Otolaryngology [NLM Classification: WV]

• Cross-sectional Anatomy, Head and Neck
  (Images from the Visible Human Project-NLM)

• Ear Histology and Anatomy

• Pictures of normal and abnormal ear drum
  Rainbow Pediatrics

• Atlas de Laryngoscopie
  [In French]

• Pictures in Otolaryngology
  Otolaryngology Houston

• Anatomy of a Rhinoplasty
  NYEE

• The Medical Students' ENT Atlas

• ENT Videos & Pictures
  from Ear, Nose & Throat U.S.A.

• Surgery Videos
  from Ear, Nose & Throat U.S.A.

• Video Otoscopy

• Anatomical Tour of the Ear
  Atlantic Coast Ear Specialists, P.C.

• Inner Ear Anatomy
  WUSTL

• a black-and-white drawing
  VEDA

• EarWorks
  diagrams, pictures, animations; via University of Wisconsin

• The Cochlea - a graphic tour of the inner ear's machinery

• View of Vocal Plicae

• Disorders of the Larynx
  via Otohns.net

Ophthalmology [NLM Classification: WW]

• EyeAtlas
  Oculisti Online

• Clinical Images of the Eye
  via University of California, San Diego

• Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology
  N.Y. Eye & Ear Infirmary

• Atlas of Ophthalmology
  Online Journals of Ophthalmology, N.Y. Eye & Ear Infirmary

• Photos, Images and Videos
  via US National Eye Institute

• Giessener Ophthalmologischer Bildatlas
  [In German]

• Eye Care/Vision Disorders Videos
  Yahoo Health

• Images of Eye Conditions
  Eye Mac

• Eye Diseases and Disorders - an interactive illustrated encyclopedia
  St. Luke's Eye

• Ophthalmology Illustrations
  JirehDesign.com

• Diagnostic procedure slides, Part I and Part II
  School of Optometry, Indiana University

• Photos from a Vitrectomy

• Images of Ophthalmic Photography

• Quick Time VR
  University of Tennessee/Ophthalmology

• Success in MRCOphth
  including videos & images in ophthalmology

• OPS Photo Gallery
  University of Iowa/Ophthalmology

• Lateral Canthotomy Demo Movie [QuickTime format]
  Brown University/Emergency

• Ophthalmic Pathology Archive
  University of Utah

• Ultrasound biomicroscopy of the Eye

• WebVision - The Organization of the Vertebrate Retina
  Univ of Utah

• Eye & Ear Anatomy and Histology
  KUMC

Hospitals and Other Health Facilities [NLM Classification: WX]

Nursing [NLM Classification: WY]

History of Medicine/Miscellany Relating to Medicine [NLM Classification: WZ]

• Historical Images in Medicine (HIM)
  Duke University Medical Center Library's searchable collection of over 3000 photographs, illustrations, engravings, and bookplates from the history of the health and life sciences.

• Images from the History of Medicine
  Collection of almost 60,000 prints and photographs from the National Library of Medicine.

• Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Online
  

• A Heritage of Loving Service: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Tucson, Photo Collections
  "Images of photographs of St. Mary's Hospital from the U. A. Library Special Collections, St. Mary's Hospital Archives, and the Arizona Historical Society are found throughout the exhibits." Education use only, history of medicine pictures (19th century), nurses in uniforms, etc.

• Dittrick Medical History Center
  "The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. The Dittrick originated as part of the Cleveland Medical Library Association (est. 1894) and today functions as an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio."

• History of the Medical College of Georgia
  "Welcome to the History of the Medical College of Georgia: 175 Years of Teaching, Discovering, and Caring online exhibit. The project celebrates 175 years of educational excellence with a unique display of photographs and documents from the Medical College of Georgia collections, predominantly located in the Special Collections of the Robert B. Greenblatt, MD Library."

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