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Molecular & Cell Biology, Microbiology, Medicine

PubMed Central: Searching in PubMed Central retrieves figures, charts and photographs linked to full-text resources. A project of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
The Big Picture Book of Viruses: Browse viral images by their taxonomic groups, structure/genome, host, or disease. A project of the Garry Lab of the Tulane Medical Center.
Biodic: Browse electron micrographs in the categories of anatomy; animal, cell, and plant biology; monera-prokaryots; fungi; and protists; or search by keyword. Hosted by Université libre de Bruxelles
The Cell: An Image Library: Browse by cell process, cell component, cell type, organism, or recent images; or search by keyword, biology, imaging method, anatomy, license or image type. This repository contains images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms. A project of the American Society for Cell Biology.
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM): Search or browse nearly 70,000 images relating to the history of medicine. A project of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Microbe Library: Browse images illustrating standard microbiology protocols, arranged by topic. A project of the American Society for Microbiology.
Public Health Image Library: Search by keyword or browse topic-specific collections of photographs, illustrations, and multimedia files related to public health. A project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Visible Human Project: Datasets of cross-sectional images of human male and female bodies, with links to several projects that use the data sets to create visualizations. A project of the U. S. National Library of Medicine.

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Integrative Biology, Environmental Science

Biodic: Browse electron micrographs in the categories of anatomy; animal, cell, and plant biology; monera-prokaryots; fungi; and protists; or search by keyword. Hosted by Université libre de Bruxelles
Botanical Society of America: Image sites: Browse links to sites containing botanical images, and sites for botanical gardens, herbaria, natural history museums and native plants, among others. A project of the Botanical Society of America.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Browse image galleries by family; thumbnail images link to full-size images on species detail pages. A project of the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University.
Calflora: Search by common or scientific plant name, elevation, or location, among other criteria. Results can include photographs, distribution maps and observation maps. A project of the Calfora nonprofit organization.
CalPhotos: Browse images by subject (plants, fungi, animals, people & culture, landscapes & habitats), common or scientific name, or search by common or scientific names, photo type, location, photographer or photo ID. A project of the Biodiversity Sciences Technology group (BSCIT), part of the Berkeley Natural History Museums at UC Berkeley.
CBA Teaching Section: Image Sites: Browse links to image sites arranged by major phyla, including cyanobacteria; eukaryotic algae; club mosses and fossil lycopods; flowering plants; fungi; and lichens. A project of the Teaching Section of the Canadian Botany Association.
eNature: Search data—including photographs—for thousands of species. Search by scientific or common name, description, habitat, and/or region. eNature is owned and operated by the Shearwater Marketing Group.
Encyclopedia of Life Images: A Flickr group containing over 70,000 photographs, videos and illustrations of organisms or their signs (tracks, nests, etc.). Searchable tags include taxonomic classifications, common names, and other data. All content is made available under Creative Commons licenses. A project of the Encyclopedia of Life.
Forestry Images: Browse images by categories including forest pests, trees, plants, stand types, and location, or search by common or scientific name or other keywords. A project of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health of the University of Georgia.
Fritz-Metcalf Photographs Collection: Photographs taken by Woodbridge Metcalf and Emanuel Fritz between 1900 and 1960 which relate primarily to forestry, conservation, and the lumber industry in California and the United States. Search captions or dates, or by photographer, location, aspect, people, or plot. A project of the University of California Berkeley's School of Forestry and Marian Koshland Bioscience Library.
Insect Images: Browse by insect orders, food sources, or related organisms, or search by keyword, photographer, scientific name, subject or image number. A project of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health of the University of Georgia.
Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery: Browse by species common name or by topic. A project of the Department of Entomology of Iowa State University.
IPM Images: Images related to integrated pest management, including crops, insects, animals, pathogens and plant diseases. Browse by commodity groups, taxonomy, damage types, and biological controls, or search by keyword, photographer, scientific name, subject or image number. A project of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health of the University of Georgia.
JSTOR Plant Science: Photographs, specimens, drawings, prints, paintings, letters and articles which can be searched or browsed by resource type, geography, collection or herbarium. A project of the JSTOR online archive.
Scott's Botanical Links: Browse links to a variety of pictorial resource sites in botany, organized by image type. A project of Scott Russell, George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Botany, University of Oklahoma.
Tropicos Image Search: Search by family, name, senior collector, collection number, country, and other access points. Part of the Tropicos.org website of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Visible Human Project: Datasets of cross-sectional images of human male and female bodies, with links to several projects that use the data sets to create visualizations. A project of the U. S. National Library of Medicine.
Wieslander Vegetation Type Maps & Photographs: A natural vegetation survey of California and adjacent areas of Nevada and Oregon begun in 1926 by Albert Wieslander. Search by quad number, quad name, photo number, keyword, or species, or browse photographs and maps for a specific location by clicking on an interactive map quad. A project of U.S. National Forest Service and the University of California Berkeley's Marian Koshland Bioscience and Natural Resources Library.

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Interdisciplinary Image Collections

PubMed Central: Searching in PubMed Central retrieves figures, charts and photographs linked to full-text resources. A project of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
ProQuest: Search results in AGRICOLA, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management, and GeoRef, display thumbnails of tables and figures. Figures include graphs, illustrations, maps, photographs, and transmission/emission images. Search results also provide a "Tables and Figures" tab, which shows caption snippets and larger thumbnails which link directly to full-size images.
IPM Images: Images related to integrated pest management, including crops, insects, animals, pathogens and plant diseases. Browse by commodity groups, taxonomy, damage types, and biological controls, or search by keyword, photographer, scientific name, subject or image number. A project of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health of the University of Georgia.
JSTOR: Searches can be limited to only results with images, which include figures, tables, drawings, and photographs. The page in which the image is found is shown in thumbnail beneath the link to the full text (if available), or the page can be accessed directly by clicking on the thumbnail.
Science.gov Image Search: Images from NBII's Library of Images from the Environment (NBII LIFE), covering animals, plants, microorganisms, the environment, weather, and research; the NASA Image Exchange (NIX), covering the Earth, the Solar System, aeronautics and space exploration; and the NOAA Photo Library, covering marine species, shores and coastal seas, and weather and space images. Search image metadata by keyword or browse individual collections by topic. A project of the interagency Science.gov Alliance.
Wikimedia Commons: Contains many scientific illustrations, photographs, and animations submitted by users. Contents can be browsed by topic or searched by keyword. The license conditions of each media file are given on its description page. A project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Image Search Engines

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Thumbnail image credits:

  1. Figure 1. φ29 DNA polymerase TPR2, a specific subdomain of protein-priming DNA polymerases. (A) Location of the TPR2 insertion of φ29 DNA polymerase. Adapted from "A specific subdomain in φ29 DNA polymerase confers both processivity and strand-displacement capacity." I Rodríguez, J Lázaro, L Blanco, S Kamtekar, AJ Berman, J Wang, T Steitz, M Salas, and M de Vega, 2005 May 3, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(18): 6407-6412. Courtesy of the authors. Accessed 20 Dec. 2010. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088371/figure/fig1/>

  2. Microtubules in fibroblast. Biodic. Université libre de Bruxelles, 2008. Courtesy Louis de Vos. Accessed 20 Dec. 2010. <http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/biodic/biodic/en/img_bcmeio_01_08.html>

  3. Image ID#138. This scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a number of Leptospira sp. bacteria atop a 0.1 µm polycarbonate filter. Public Health Image Library. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998. Courtesy of Rob Weyant/Janice Haney Carr. Accessed 20 December 2010.

  4. Image number 1523102. Black swallowtail: Papilio polyxenes. Insect Images. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, University of Georgia. Courtesy of Daniel Herms, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org. Accessed 20 Dec. 2010. <http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1523102>

  5. Image Number 1586797. Adelie penguin: Pygoscelis adeliae. IPM Images. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, University of Georgia. Courtesy of Joy Viola, Northeastern University, Bugwood.org. Accessed 20 Dec. 2010. <http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1586797#62;

  6. Photo Number 229557. Remains of a western yellow pine. Wieslander Vegetation Type Analysis Database. University of California Berkeley's Marian Koshland Bioscience and Natural Resources Library. Courtesy of Albert Everett Wieslander. Accessed 20 Dec. 2010. <http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/vtm/ucb/images/VTM00006517a_j.jpg>

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