Frontiers in Biology                                                                                    Dr. Sellers, Instructor   
                                                                                                                Developed by Connie Fly, Librarian

Searching for Images

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Date _______________________________ Date Due __________________________

The Internet Address for this page is: http://cos.edu/library/sellers/searchingforimages/images.htm

The Topic Question(s) I am researching are?
 

Images I am looking for are?

Cite all images in MLA Format which consists of: 

• author or organization responsible for the image,
•  "a description or title of the image" (in quotation marks). 
• the type of image (e.g. graphic or photo).
• date of Internet publication or posting or latest update.
•  title of web page or site ( in italics or underlined).
•  author or organization responsible for web page or site.
•  date you accessed the web page
• and the Internet address <URL>.

An example of the MLA citation for this illustration is:

MedlinePlus Adam Medical Encyclopedia.   "Red blood cells, multiple sickle cells." Illustration. 1 March 2004. Sickle Cell Anemia.  U.S. National Library of Medicine.  23 March 2005. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/1223.htm>
 

1.   Using the Images Internet links listed below, locate at least 2 images you may be able to use for your power point presentation and cite them in MLA Format.

 

A.      

B.     

     2.  Explain how you will use each image in your power point presentation and relate it to your text notes.

            Image A:

            Image B:

Searching for Images on the Internet Links

• Google Image Search
• Alta Vista Image Search
• Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
• Biotechnology Graphics Gallery -  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.
• CalPhotos - CalPhotos is a collection of 94,327 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.
• Center for Disease Control Public Health Image Library - offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures.  Public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public are welcome 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.
• For additional Web Sites try this list.

Finding Images on the Web - This is a tutorial on the legal use of copyrighted images, image searching, downloading, and use. It includes a great collection of links to art, science, map, advertisement, photograph, and other image collections and image search engines. Created by art history bibliographer Ruth S. Thomas at the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University.

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