Research Guides: Multimedia Resources (Health Sciences): Images

Library Licensed Resources with Images

These sources include multiple images relevant to health sciences education. You must search each source individually to find relevant images.

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Searches within health sciences materials created by Elsevier publishers. Go to Browse--More--Multimedia to browse, or run keyword search then limit to Content Type -> images.
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health This link opens in a new window
Conduct a search and filter results to images.
MedOne Education (Thieme) This link opens in a new window
Conduct a search and filter to Images / Videos / Audio.

McGraw-Hill Medical search
Use this site to search inside the full text of all materials in all subscribed McGraw-Hill online book collections (All Access... products like AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, etc., FA Davis PT collection, etc.). Limit results to multimedia to find videos.
Lippincott Discovery
Use this site to search inside the full text of all materials published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (LWW Health Library Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Basic Sciences, and Medical Education, Bates Visual Guide, and Ackland Anatomy). Limit search results to multimedia to find images and videos.

Orthopaedic Surgical Anatomy Teaching Collection (USC Digital Library) This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of images from the collection of Dr. Irving Regman, who took images of freshly dissected cadavers on interest to orthopedic surgeons. These images are useful for orthopedic residents reviewing anatomy.
Primal Pictures This link opens in a new window
Most 3D images allow user to download in 2D or link to original.
R2 Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Searches large collection of ebooks. Conduct a search and filter to images.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
Conduct a search and filter results to graphics.
VisualDx This link opens in a new window
Each differential diagnosis includes images.

Tips for finding more images

In addition to the image resources listed in this guide, many ebooks contain images. Search the library catalog and limit your search results to Availability > Available Online AND Material Type > Books.

Publicly Available Images

This is a selection of recommended free sites. An internet search may retrieve more free online image collections.

American Society of Hematology (ASH) Image Bank This link opens in a new window Comprehensive public collection of high quality, peer-reviewed hematologic images presented in digital and case-based format, useful for reference or instruction. Includes atlas and reference cases.
Anatomy Atlases This link opens in a new window Free online collection of five anatomical atlases, including detailed drawings and photos of human body tissues, bones, and organs.
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy This link opens in a new window Collection of stereoscopic anatomy images from the Lane Library at Stanford. Use and copyright discussed on home page of Bassett collection.

CDC Parasites A-Z Index Images for parasite identification.
Disabled And Here Collection

Dermnet: Skin Disease Atlas This link opens in a new window Free online image-based dermatology resource. Some text accompanies topic overviews.
HEAL, the Health Education Assets Library This link opens in a new window This resource is a freely accessible, national library of high-quality digital multimedia to support all levels of health sciences education.
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) was formed to facilitate sharing of multimedia resources in a freely accessible, highly searchable digital library. HEAL's mission is to provide free digital resources of the highest quality that meet the needs of today's health sciences educators and learners, and the librarians who serve them. The HEAL collection currently contains a number of collections of multimedia resources for health sciences undergraduate and professional education, as well as resources for patient and consumer health.

Human Anatomy Online Presented by SUNY Downstate. Includes Head & Neck Anatomy.

Images from the History of Medicine This link opens in a new window Access 70,000+ digitized images from the U.S. National Library of Medicines (NLM) Prints and Photographs collection.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Conduct a search, and then narrow your results to images.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Image Gallery This link opens in a new window Images from the collections of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the NIH. Includes general biomedical and science-related images, clinicians, computers, patient care, and microscopy.
National Cancer Institute Visuals Online This link opens in a new window Public domain and copyright protected images collected to assist in communicating complex meanings and issues through photographs. Check each image to determine use and availability.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Image Library This link opens in a new window Free anatomical, medical, instructional, and lifestyle images related to diabetes, digestive, and kidney diseases.
Open-i - Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine This link opens in a new window Open-i searches for images in all Open Access articles indexed in PubMed Central. Search over 600,000 copyright compliant images by keyword, topic, or image to find relevant or visually similar images.
Public Health Image Library (PHIL) by CDC This link opens in a new window Indexes photographs, illustrations and multimedia files held by the CDC. Most of the images in the collection are in the public domain. Check beneath each image for a fair use statement that will tell you if there are any restrictions on image usage. Great for finding photos to illustrate presentations.
Web Path: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education This link opens in a new window 2700 images with text to illustrate gross and microscoping pathological findings. Radiologic imaging associated with disease. Examination items and tutorials.
Wellcome Collections This link opens in a new window Images from British Wellcome Museum holdings including historical, contemporary, biomedical, and clinical collections.

Whole Brain Atlas Collection of MRI, MRA, PET images of normal and diseased brains from Harvard.