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- UpToDate: Useful for finding graphics (tables, figures, algorithms, etc.); see also this brief tutorial for finding graphics in UpToDate.
- AccessMedicine
- ClinicalKey
- VisualDx provides limited access for educational and non-commercial use; see further information on reuse of VisualDx images.
- Openi - Open-i service of the National Library of Medicine enables search and retrieval of abstracts and images (including charts, graphs, clinical images, etc.) from the open source literature, and biomedical image collections.
Other image sources
Anatomy
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Illustrations Collection (HEAL) - The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.
Cardiology
- ECG Learning Center - Hundreds of ECGs that range from the sublime to the ridiculous, from simplicity to complexity, and from boring to fascinating.
- Knowledge Weavers ECG Collection (HEAL) - The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.
Dermatology
- DermAtlas (dermatology digital image resource) - 10,000+ dermatology images from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Genetics
- NHGRI Genome Gallery - provides imagery related to the genomics research, people, and programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Hematology
- ASH (American Society of Hematology) Image Bank - a comprehensive reference and teaching tool, accessible by physicians and hematology students around the world
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Gallery of Hematology Images (HEAL) - The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.
Histology
- Poja Histology Collection (HEAL) - The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.
History of Medicine
- Epact - scientific instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
- National Institute of Health Images - provides access to the nearly 60,000 NIH images from the collection of the History of Medicine Division of the US National Library of Medicine
- OneSearch - organizes books composed primarily of illustrations, with the phrase "pictorial works" included as part of their subject heading. To find particular subject items, try a keyword search. For example: "surgery and pictorial works" the filter by books - see the record for American Surgery: An Illustrated History. Books which contain even a few pictures are generally given the designation "ill." or "illus." Color pictures are generally designated "col. ill." or "ill (some col.)" Portraits are usually designated "ports." - see the record for This is Our Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
- Images from the History of Medicine - an image database compiled from full text resources at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Neurology
- The Whole Brain Atlas - images and videos of the brain
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Emergency Ultrasonography: OB/Gyn Ultrasound Images - Images © 2017 Geoffrey Hayden, MD.
Pathology
- The Cell Image Library - This Image Library is a repository for images and movies of cells from a variety of organisms. It demonstrates cellular architecture and functions with high quality images, videos, and animations.
- PEIR Pathology - A collection of over 10,000 curated pathology teaching images, from 1999 to the present. The images in this library are © University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology.
- PathoPic - PathoPic is a Public access image database providing images of high quality for use in medical education and public health information. Each image has an unique identification number and is classified according to its topography, diagnosis, stain, etc.
Public Health
- Public Health Image Library (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC pictures
- DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern - from the CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM)
- Wellcome Images - almost 200,000 images available free of charge
Radiology
- PEIR Radiology - A collection of over 4,000 curated radiology teaching images, from 1999 to the present.
- Radiopaedia - Radiopaedia is a rapidly growing open-edit educational radiology resource which has been primarily compiled by radiologists and radiology trainees from across the world.