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Databases (12 results)

NOAA Photo Library
This digital photo collection includes "the work, observations, and studies that are carried on by the scientists, engineers, commissioned officers, and administrative personnel that make up" NOAA. This "collection spans centuries of time and much of the natural world from the center of the Earth to the surface of the Sun" and "includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from the great whales to the most minute plankton. ... The geographic range of NOAA work encompasses polar region to polar region and much of the World's oceans."
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

The Los Angeles Public Library’s History and Genealogy Department’s Photo Collection emphasizes the history of Los Angeles, Southern California, and California.

Tags: California, History, Los Angeles
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

This is a collection of millions of digitized photographs drawn from the LIFE Magazine archives. Many have never been published. A joint project of Life Magazine and Google, it is searchable through the standard Google interface.

Tags: News
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
A free collaborative collection of photos and videos from amateur and professional photographers workwide with 93.86% of all known bird species included. As of October 2020 includes: 117,471 videos; 207,800 photos; and 14,531 sound files.  Collection managed by Macauley Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and eBird. "The Internet Bird Collection (IBC) is a non-profit endeavour with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna. ... While the initial aim is to post at least one video or photo per species, the long-term objective is to eventually include material showing a variety of biological aspects (e.g. feeding, breeding, etc.) for every species."
Reefbase
VPN
Reefbase is a valuable resource for information on coral reefs.   It includes: full-text to coral reef-related publications, including the International Coral Reef Symposium Proceedings; coral reef maps and GIS; and a photo gallery. ReefBase is a project by WorldFish, an international, non-profit research organization dedicated to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. WorldFish is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor.
White House

Official White House site presents issue positions, news, Cabinet, appointments, offices and major speeches. Includes biography, video tour and photo essays.

NIH Image Gallery

More than 15 institutes with a variety of their photo galleries are presenting ranging from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Each gallery indicates guidelines for permissible use.

Digitised Diseases

This Beta (work in progress) site is an open access resource featuring human bones which have been digitised using 3D laser scanning, CT and radiography. The resource focuses on a wide range of pathological type specimens from archaeological and historical medical collections, specifically examples of chronic diseases which affect the human skeleton for which many of the physical changes are often not directly observable within clinical practice. Of major interest to many will be high fidelity photo-realistic digital representations of 3D bones that can be viewed, downloaded and manipulated on their computer, tablet or smartphone. “

California Fish Website

Portal to UC researchers, centers and research groups including: Center for Aquatic Biology & Aquaculture; California Fish Photo Library; and California Freshwater Fish Laboratory. {RG 12/13/13}