Exhibit Sources: Images
Aging America
- Associated Press Images Collection This link opens in a new window Associated Press Images Collection is a searchable collection of recent and historical photos from the Associated Press, plus AP graphics, articles, and brief sound clips.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window ARTstor is a database of images from museums, artists, libraries, colleges and universities, scholars, private collections, and photo archives available for teaching, education, and scholarship, with all images cleared for educational use.
- Finding ImagesLibrary guide to specialized image collections.
- Wikimedia Commons Media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Exhibit Sources: Newspapers
- Access World News This link opens in a new window Find full-text current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more. Includes local newspapers, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 10,000 sources.
- International Newsstream This link opens in a new window International, searchable, full text of selected newspapers. (Text only; does not include images, charts.)
- News & NewspapersLibrary guide to newspapers and news media currently available through BU Libraries.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni is a source for newspapers and magazines, trade journals, wire services and transcripts, as well as legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790, and information on U.S. and international companies and executives.
Exhibit: Multimedia
- Audio and Video: Streaming and Physical MediaLibrary guide to finding music, spoken word and video in BU's collections and beyond.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window CMMC indexes journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, discourse, rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication theory, language, logic, organizational communication and other closely related fields of study.
- Creative Commons Search CC Search is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.
- Television News OnlineLibrary guide to streaming TV archives with a focus on news and factual television.
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive This link opens in a new window Streaming video of news and commercials from NBC and CNN plus searchable archive of abstracts of news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, Fox News, and other channels.
Exhibit: Data and Statistics
- Business & Economics Data SourcesLibrary guide to business and economic data.
- Data.gov Data.gov is the United States government's open data website. It provides access to datasets published by agencies across the federal government. Data.gov is intended to provide access to government open data to the public, achieve agency missions, drive innovation, fuel economic activity, and uphold the ideals of an open and transparent government.
- Election News & Data (U.S.)Library guide to election-related news and data.
- Polls and Public OpinionLibrary guide to open access and by-subscription-only polls.
- Statistical ResourcesLibrary guide to statistical information sources for the U.S. and other countries.
Exhibit: Documents
- Access to Archives Database Online access to records in a small selection of historic databases preserved permanently in National Archives and Records Administration..
- Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window Presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents. Topics include U.S. foreign policy, U.S. civil rights, global affairs and colonial studies, and modern history. Select Additional Info for access to specific collections.
- Docsteach Access thousands of primary sources — letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types — spanning the course of American history.
- Primary SourcesLibrary guide to finding primary sources through BU Libraries and beyond.
- Smithsonian Institution Search over 14.1 million records of museum objects, archives and library materials including more than 3.0 million online images, audio & videos and blog posts.
