Biomedical Image Archive
This is a large collection of medical, dental and veterinary images for use in teaching. The site is maintained by the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, U.K. http://www.brisbio.ac.uk/

Clip Art for Health Communication
This site is an online database of illustrations for use in the development and production of health communication materials. The database can be searched by subject, region or type of art. Users can download illustrations from the database and can also submit pictures for the benefit of others. The site is maintained by the Health Communication Materials Network, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. http://www.hcmn.org/clipart/clipart.php

Google: Image Search
This site links to Google’s ‘Image Search’ engine tool that is described as the ‘most comprehensive image search on the web.’ Via keyword access, users can search for images on any subject, including health relatedsubjects. http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q=

HONmedia
HONmedia is a collection of over 3000 medical images and videos. Users are able to download images. http://www.hon.ch/HONmedia/

Images From the History of Medicine
The site provides free access to nearly 60,000 images from the collection of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, U.S. http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

MediaBank: a database of health communication materials
This site is an online database of international health education materials related to reproductive health, maternal and child health, development, and population worldwide. The use of these images is intended for educational purposes only. Prospective users must contact the organization listed as the producer to obtain permission. The site is maintained by the Center for Communication Programs, the Johns Hopkins University, U.S. http://db.jhuccp.org/mmc/mediabank/search.stm

Medical Images and Illustrations
This gateway contains an extensive subject-based list of links to sites containing biomedical related multimedia material (photos, illustrations, etc.) Some of the material may be downloaded and used free of charge. It is maintained by the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. http://www.mic.ki.se/Medimages.html

Medical Images on the Web
This is a gateway to Internet sites that contain medical images and video. Most of the site is subject based (eg history of medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology). http://www.unmc.edu/library/eresources/medimage.html

Pathology Image Collection
The site is an extensive collection of pathology images that are used as part of a medical school curriculum. Organized by broad subject category, it is maintained by the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, U.S. http://edcenter.med.cornell.edu/Courseware/PathologyImageCollection.html

Photoshare
Photoshare aims to help non-profit organizations to communicate health and development issues through photography. The online photo database currently contains more than 7,000 catalogued images that can be downloaded for non-profit educational use. Photoshare encourages users to send images and is maintained by the Information & Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) Project, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. http://www.photoshare.org

Public Health Resources Library
This is an extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health. It includes links to related (image) sites. The site is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/

TDR Image Library
The site contains over 12,000 tropical disease images. The contents may be freely copied, in whole or in part, for non-profit use only. Access is via a keyword search engine. It is maintained by WHO’s Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). http://www-nt.who.int/tropical_diseases/databases/imagelib.pl

Urbana Atlas of Pathology
This website provides a very large collection of photographs of gross pathology, histopathology, and histology. It is divided into five sections: general, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary and renal. Each image includes a brief description. Images may not be reproduced without permission. The collection is maintained by the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. http://www.med.uiuc.edu/PathAtlasf/titlePage.html

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