Picture Resources from NISD Databases

World Book Online http://www.worldbookonline.com
Click in Advanced Search (to the right of the main Search box on first page). Go to Search for Word or Phrase: What content do you want to search? Click on "Unclick All" and then click Pictures. Type word (for example, giraffe) in search box and click GO.

Facts on File: http://www.fofweb.com
Image Gallery in many of the individual databases, such as American History Online. Click on American History Online. In search box type in Earl Warren, click on images (8). Image Gallery can also be browsed. Also diagrams within databases, especially science diagrams. Excellent for maps and flags!

Britannica: http://school.eb.com
Within each level: Britannica, Compton’s and Britannica Elementary, after you search your topic there will be multimedia sources, including images, on the right hand side of the results. Search giraffe and you will see images on the right hand side of the page. In Britannica (the high school level) you can use the advanced search feature, choose content to search, and limit to multimedia.

Enciclopedia Universal en Español (from Britannica: http://spanish.eb.com
Search perro. Choose illustraciones under article to see images. In Enciclopedia Juvenil (link at top of Spanish Britannica), search your topic (perro) and click on imágenes in side panel.

EBSCO: http://search.epnet.com
In EBSCOhost Web you can click on images in bar at the top of the screen (if available in that database). Click on Academic Search Premier, Click on images, search giraffe. In EBSCOhost Web you can refine search and limit to text with graphic. The camera by the citation for the article also indicates a picture. In Student Research Center, you can limit to photos, maps, and flags by selecting/deselecting on search screen or use advanced search to limit to photos, maps, and flags. In Kids Search, there is a button for images. In Searchasaurus, there is a button for pictures.

GALE: http://infotrac.galegroup.com
In cross searchable databases, you can search your topic and click on multimedia or in advanced search you can limit the results to articles with images. In Quick Search, type giraffe, click button for all cross searchable databases, and click search, click on multimedia. In Kids Info Bits, you can also search your topic and click on images or in advanced search you can limit document type to image. Also articles which have pictures will have a camera to the right of the citation.

United Streaming: http://klrn.unitedstreaming.com
In Search box put topic (giraffe) and use pull down to select images.