So, you
need to find illustrations of beetles? Photographs of the Leafy Seadragon?
Follow the six tips below:
Tip
#1 Print Indexes: The library has three reference books which
index images:
Index
to Illustrations of the Natural World: where to find pictures of the
living things of North America,
at S&E Ref and McHenry Ref QL151.T48 1977;
Index
to Illustrations of Living Things Outside North America: where to find
pictures of flora and fauna,
at S&E Ref QL46.M8 1981; and
Index
to Illustrations of Animals and Plants,
at S&E Ref QH46.5.C54 1991.
Tip
#2
When searching for books using CRUZCAT
or Melvyl Catalog, the following
subjects are helpful:
| pictorial
works |
natural
history illustration |
scientific
illustration |
drawing
technique |
| botanical
illustration |
anatomy
artistic |
medical
illustration |
zoological |
In the
description field look for such terms as "ill."
for illustration, "col." for color, and "plates"
which are high quality reproductions of illustrations. "col.
ill." or "ill. (some col.)"
can mean photographs, but not always. Remember to look for animals one
level up taxonomically, i.e. for beetles, also use insects, arthropods,
and entomology as keywords.
Tip
#3 To find photographs from magazines, go to the Expanded
Academic ASAP database, choose advanced search, look towards the
bottom of the page for "Limit...to the following journal(s)"
and type the names of journals you think may have the right photograph
separated with "OR" (i.e. National Geographic OR Geographical
OR Discover OR Wildlife Conservation OR International Wildlife OR Natural
History). Add the keyword of your animal. Browse the search results
and look especially for "Cover Story". You can also add "and
cover story" as a keyword if you are getting too many results.
If you are getting too few results, remove the journal names.
Other
databases may be helpful too, depending on your subject. Zoological
Record and Biosis are
both large biology databases. Look at the subject
guide list for more database suggestions.
Tip
#4 Browse the Web using a search engine with an image search
feature such as Google Image
Search.
Tip
#5 Become familiar with sections of S&E and McHenry Libraries
such as Special Collections, Protect Collection (which has beautifully
illustrated books kept behind the Reserves desks), Reference, Oversized
(many books are oversized because they have huge, gorgeous illustrations;
at McHenry they are downstairs by the newspapers; at S&E they are
next to the Reference collection by the rest rooms). A reference librarian
will gladly provide tours of these areas. To arrange a tour, contact
a reference librarian.
Tip
#6
Browse these databases:
Accunet
AP Photo Archive [UC Only] Chose "Enter the Archive."
A searchable electronic library containing Associated Press's current
year's photo report and a selection of images from their negative
and print library dating from the 1500s.
Agricultural
Research Service Image Gallery A small collection of photographs
of plants, animals, crops and insects. Resolution
is generally 300dpi.
ARKive
An image database of British wildlife and globally endangered species.
Includes movie files so you can watch an animal in its habitat.
Big
Picture Book of Viruses Find virus pictures by name, structure/genome,
host and disease the virus causes.
BIODIDAC
Database of over 5,000 images. Subjects include organismal biology,
human biology and histology. The search engine allows the user to
limit to photographs or video clips. Resolution is generally 400x400
pixels.
Birds
of North America [UCSC Only] This database provides image and
video galleries showing behaviors, habitats, nests, eggs and nestlings
with scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting
in the USA and Canada, and recordings of bird's songs and calls selected
from the collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.
Botanical
Society of America Online Image Collection A searchable database
of botanical teaching slides.
Botany
Images, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Calflora
[UC Only] A digital library of information on California plant biodiversity
created by a nonprofit organization in collaboration with the UC Berkeley
Digital Library Project. It provides access to habitat descriptions,
photographs, observations, nomenclature, distribution maps, and other
data on California's wild plants. Some of its key features include:
habitat and distribution information for native and introduced species;
information on relationships between old and new plant names, and
access to photographs of California plants in the CalPhotos database.
Take Note: outside of the UCSC Library, a Cruzmail account
is necessary (@ucsc.edu).
Cal
Photos Database of 35,129 images of plants, animals, people, and
landscapes. Part of the Berkeley Digital Library Project.
Creative
Commons A place where creators can publish their work online,
and outline their own copyright conditions . There are some photographs
which may be helpful, but this is a good site to know about for publishing
your work.
Gray's
Anatomy An online edition of Gray's 1918 Anatomy of the Human
Body with 1,247 engravings.
GRIN
and NIX Two rich photo galleries
for NASA.
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA Photo Library Over
16,000 images on all things oceanic. Very high resolution images available
for download.
Plant
Images Online Collection of web sites containing photographs of
plants. Missouri Botanical Garden edits and compiles this site.
Rare
Books from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library Browse digitized
versions of rare books and their illustrations.
UCSC
Visual Resource Collection Database with textual descriptions
of over 200,000 images in the UCSC Visual Resource Collection. You
may also visit the Collection in the McHenry Library.
Vascular
Plant Image Gallery Browse images by family.
Not finding
what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
The
Guild handbook of scientific illustration by Elaine R.S. Hodges,
S&E Protect Q222.G85 1989b and S&E Stacks Q222.G85 2003.
The
anatomy of nature: geology and American landscape painting, 1825-1875,
by
Rebecca Bailey Bedell, McH Stacks ND1351.5.B43 2001.
Birds
of the world: as painted by 19th-century artists by H. Aramata,
S&E Protect QL674.A67 1989.
Fishes,
crayfishes, and crabs: Louis Renard's natural history of the rarest
curiosities of the seas of the Indies. S&E Ref QL334.E27 F57 1995
v.1&2.
Insects
etc.: an anthology of arthropods featuring a bounty of beetles.
Paintings by Bernard Durin, S&E Ref Oversize QL466.D8713 1981.
Life
on the edge: a guide to California's endangered natural resources,
S&E Stacks (downstairs) QL84.22.C2 L54 1994c.
Mammals
by S. Peter Dance, S&E Protect QL46.D36 1991.
The
natural science picture sourcebook: 500 copyright-free illustrations
of unusual animals, and plants for copying and reference,
edited by Janet Evans, S&E Ref N7660.N33 1984.
Technique
sheets II,
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, S&E Stacks (downstairs) Q222.T48
1998.
Tibetan
medical paintings: illustrations to the blue beryl treatise of Sangye
Gyamtso (1653-1705). 2 v., S&E Protect R603.T5T45 1992.
