CARLI Digital Collections
Established in 2006 as a repository for digital content licensed or created by the member libraries of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
Catena, the Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes
The primary mission of Catena, the Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes, is to fill a void in American higher education by assembling a searchable collection of historic and contemporary images that include plans, engravings, paintings, and photographs.
CORSAIR (Pierpont Morgan Library) Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Thousands of digital images from the Pierpont Morgan Library’s renowned collection of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts are now available in CORSAIR. The collection spans some ten centuries of Western illumination, and contains manuscripts from all the major schools, including some of the great masterpieces of medieval manuscript art. CORSAIR currently offers more than twenty thousand medieval images, and the number is constantly growing.
HarpWeek
Harper's Weekly scanned images from the Civil War era (1857-1865).
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) provides access through group or item records to more than 50% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about one million digital images in all.
netLibrary eBooks
A collection of full-text electronic books.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
This is a searchable database of 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of the New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, and printed ephemera. Materials represent the applied sciences, fine and decorative arts, history, performing arts, and social sciences.
Sanborn Maps for Illinois
Maps of cities and towns in Illinois from 1867-1970.
SASKIA Art Images Collection
Contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The images are displayed in both high resolution and thumbnail format. Additionally, the descriptive data about the images includes references to the occurrences of these images in 19 major art history texts. Access to Saskia is provided by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). More information about the Saskia collection may be found at http://www.saskia.com/
WorldImages
WorldImages is the online gateway to the California State University IMAGE project. It contains over 50,000 images, is global in coverage, and includes all areas of visual imagery. The images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. Images can be can be browsed by using one of the 16 main subject groupings--such as Art & Architecture, Natural World, and Religion, Myth, & Magic--or may be searched using categories such as "art form," "keyword," and "artist."