Image Databases
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- Artstor This link opens in a new windowA digital image library for the arts and sciences with an unparalleled range of images licensed for educational use at UBC.
- Global Plants This link opens in a new windowGlobal Plants is the world's largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.
- Archivision This link opens in a new windowArchivision is a database of over 80,000 high quality, professionally photographed images of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, archaeology, and design searchable within the MDID platform.
Streaming Video
- Criterion On Demand This link opens in a new windowOver 2900 streamed feature films including classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
- Global Environmental Justice Collection This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries related to Asian, Indigenous and environmental studies, geography, film making, journalism, anthropology, conservation biology, forestry, soil sciences, religion, gender studies and the humanities.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowKanopy provides online video streaming to more than 26,000 titles.
- NFB Explore (National Film Board) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to online viewing of films produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
- OnArchitecture This link opens in a new windowAn audiovisual database featuring the main trends in the field of architecture.
- Pidgeon Digital This link opens in a new windowA collection of historical and recent talks given by some of the world's most important architectural professionals.
Open Source Resources
Images
- American MemoryHosted by the Library of Congress, this national digital library contains material from more than 100 historical collections relating to the history and culture of the United States. Browse or search the Art & Architecture collections.
- Catena - Luna Commons CollectionCatena, the Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes, is a collection of historic and contemporary images, including plans, engravings, and photographs, intended to support research and teaching in the fields of garden history and landscape studies.
- e-Flora BCBiogeographic atlas of the vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, algae, fungi and slime molds of British Columbia.
- History of Landscape ArchitectureA collection of images provided for non-commercial, educational purposes only, including faculty research, teaching, and student projects.
- hort.net: Gallery of PlantsAn online horticulture reference for professional gardeners and hobbyists on the Internet.
- RIBApixA growing database dedicated the unique images from the collections of the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the world’s most extensive visual archive devoted to architecture. RIBApix covers world architecture of all periods together with related subjects such as interior design, landscape, topography, planning, construction and the decorative arts.
- UBC Library's Open CollectionsUse the advanced search in UBC Library's Open Collections to limit to images.
Videos
- UBC's SALA - Youtube ChannelBrowse the various playlists of lectures, forums & events.
- Harvard Graduate School of Design - Youtube ChannelBrowse the various playlists of lectures, symposia, and other school events.
Need Help?
For help with images, see UBC Library's Finding & Using Images guide, visit the Music, Art & Architecture Library's Information Desk, or contact the Architecture Librarian.