Digital Image Collections

IMAGE SOURCES

Image Resources Available Through Library Subscriptions 

Freely Available Image Resources

ASH Image Bank : The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Image Bank is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference and teaching tool that is widely accessible to physicians and hematology students around the world. The images are presented in a digital, case-based format.

DermAtlas : This collection from Johns Hopkins features over 4,000 dermatological images. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to download images for lectures and other teaching purposes.

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body : Provides access to over 1,200 images from Gray's classic text. The contents of this free online book/image service are intended for your personal, educational, noncommercial use.

Images from the History of Medicine (NLM) : Provides access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.  Images may be used for private study, education, or research.  NLM requests that images include the credit line "Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine."

NEI Photos, Images, and Videos : Contains photos, images and videos from the collections of the National Eye Institute. Items are not copyrighted and are not intended for commerical use. If an image is used, credit should be given to the listed source.

NCI Visuals Online : NCI Visuals Online contains general biomedical and science-related images, cancer-specific, and patient care-related images. All images are in the public domain and may be used, linked, or reproduced without permission. If an image is used, credit should be given to the listed source and/or author.

NIH Image Bank : Contents include general biomedical and science-related images, clinicians, computers, patient care-related images, and microscopy images.

Public Health Image Library : Serves as the library of CDC pictures.  Images may be used for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages.

Wellcome Images : The Biomedical Collection holds over 40,000 high-quality images from the clinical and biomedical sciences. Images are freely available for download for personal, academic teaching or study use.

Whole Brain Atlas : This atlas serves as a resource for central nervous system imaging. Portions of this work may be individually downloaded, copied, and cited for the personal and educational purposes of individuals and organizations in their work, provided that proper attribution and context are given.