FAQ: Medical Stock Sources (Sources of Medical Images, Photographs and Videos)
Question: Where can I find medical "stock shots," videos, photographs, slides or images?
Answer:
Use these resources to find medical "stock shots," videos, photographs, slides or images:
U.S. Government Medical Stock Image & Footage
Other Medical Stock Image & Footage Resources:
NLM does not recommend or endorse the products or services at the following Web sites. We provide this list as a service to you.
If you know of other sources you think should be added, please forward your suggestions to us at
custserv@nlm.nih.gov.
U.S. Government Medical Stock Image & Footage
Most of these images and graphics are available for use in the public domain. However, some images may be protected by license. Read the disclaimers on each site before use. For information about obtaining seals of Federal Agencies and the United States, please see the Government Printing Office website, http://www.gpo.gov/
U.S. Government Photos and Graphics
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) database of more than 60,000 historical images. They document social and historical aspects of medicine from the Middle Ages to the present.
Pictures in the database come from NLM's collection of caricatures, photographs, fine prints, ephemera and portraits and from illustrations drawn from books and journals held by NLM. The URL is http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/. You can also search IHM through
LocatorPlus, the NLM online catalog (http://locatorplus.gov).
Search the NLM Catalogs for items:
NLM Catalog: start here to find books, journals and audiovisuals
LocatorPlus: for holdings and item availability
Our
Interlibrary Loan Fact Sheet explains how to borrow items from NLM's audiovisual collection
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/ill.html
The
Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/visible_human.html
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
- NCI Visuals Online
- telephone: 301-402-7488
- e-mail: nciocomm-r@mail.nih.gov
- URL: http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/
- National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Photograph, Image & Video Catalog
- 2020 Vision Place
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3655
- telephone: 301-496-5248
- e-mail: 2020@nei.nih.gov
- URL: http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/
- PHIL - Public Health Image Library
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- e-mail: mbr1@cdc.gov
- URL: http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/default.asp
U.S. Census Bureau Broadcast & Photo Services
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/photos/index.html
U.S. Library of Congress collection at the
flickr Web site.
Medical Stock Image & Footage Reources: A - E
- Adventure Imagery
- 6 Bayview Avenue
- Belvedere, California 94920
- telephone: 415-992-7718
- e-mail: stockfootage@AdventureImagery.com
- URL: http://www.AdventureImagery.com
- Archive Films
- 530 W. 25th Street
- New York, New York 10001-5516
- telephone: 212-620-3955
- fax: 212-645-2137
- An American historical images library with stock footage and film clips plus historical photos, engravings & drawings.
- The Art Archive
- 27 W 20th Street, Suite 1004
- New York, New York 10011
- telephone: 212 673-5600
- e-mail: info.usa@picture-desk.com
- URL: http://www.picture-desk.com
- Biology Image Library
- BioMed Central Ltd
- Middlesex House
- 34-42 Cleveland Street
- London W1T 4LB United Kingdom
- telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 0323
- e-mail: info@biologyimagelibrary.com
- URL: http://images.biologyimagelibrary.com/
- Blackstone Stock Footage
- 509 Upsall Drive
- Antioch, Tennessee 37013
- telephone: 615-731-5310
- e-mail: g.clifford@worldnet.att.net
- URL: http://www.blackstonestockfootage.com/
- Bond Street Studios, Inc.
- 8737 Glen Nevis
- Ada, Michigan 49301
- telephone: 616 676-2398
- e-mail: orders@bondstreet.com
- URL: http://www.bondstreet.com/
- Budget Films Stock Footage, Inc.
- 4427 Santa Monica Boulevard
- Los Angeles, California 90029
- telephone: 323-660-0187
- fax: 323-660-5571
- e-mail: filmclip@aol.com
- URL: http://www.budgetfilms.com/
- Burns Archive Historic Vintage Photographs
- 140 East 38th Street
- New York, New York 10016
- telephone: 212-889-1938
- fax: 212-481-9113
- e-mail: burns@inch.com
- URL: http://www.burnsarchive.com/
- CASCOM International, Inc. - see Blackstone Stock Footage
- CELLS alive!
- Quill Graphics
- 568 Taylor's Gap Road
- Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-7619
- telephone: 434-296-8994
- e-mail: inbx@cellsalive.com
- URL: http://www.cellsalive.com/
- Corbis Images International
- 902 Broadway Avenue
- New York, New York 10010
- telephone: 800-545-4514
- fax: 212-228-1835
- e-mail: infointernational@corbis.com
- URL: http://www.corbisimages.com/
- Custom Medical Stock Photo, Inc.
- 3660 West Irving Park Road
- Chicago, Illinois 60618-4132
- telephone: 800-373-2677 or 773-267-3100
- fax: 773-267-6071
- e-mail: info@cmsp.com
- URL: http://www.cmsp.com/
- CVMD
- 2632 North 20th Street
- Phoenix, Arizona 85006
- telephone: 877-664-2863
- e-mail: help@cvmd.net
- URL: http://www.cvmd.net/
- Dorling Kindersley Limited - DK Clip Art Online Department
- 80 Strand
- London, England WC2R ORL
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7010 3000
- fax: +44 (0)20 7010 6060
- e-mail: customerservice@dk.com
- URL: http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html
- Doctor Stock
- 535 Boylston Street
- 8th Floor
- Boston, Massachusetts 02116
- telephone: 877-DRSTOCK [877-377-8625] or 617-536-3352
- fax: 877-DRSTOCK [877-377-8625]
- e-mail: info@doctorstock.com
- URL: http://www.doctorstock.com/iphoto/main2.htm
- The Doe Report
- 900 Circle 75 Parkway
- Suite 720
- Atlanta, Georgia 30339
- telephone: 800-338-5954
- fax: 770-805-0430
- e-mail: info@doereport.com
- URL: http://www.doereport.com/
- Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation
- 310 South Michigan Avenue
- Chicago, Illinois 60604-9839
- telephone: 800-621-3900 or 312-347-7900
- fax: 312-347-7903
- URL: http://www.eb.com/
Medical Stock Image & Footage Reources: F - L
- FAST Multimedia Search
- URL: http://multimedia.alltheweb.com/
- Search for images (you may specify the format) or video.
- Footagehouse
- telephone: 920-336-8937
- e-mail: support@footagehouse.com
- URL: http://www.footagehouse.com/
- A diverse collection of royalty free stock footage for the video professional.
- FOOTAGE.net--Stock Footage, On-Line & On-Demand
- Full Circle Productions, Inc.
- 35 S Main Street
- PO Box 168
- Hanover New Hampshire 03755
- telephone: 603-643-0288
- fax: 603-643-0515 fax
- e-mail: info@footage.net
- URL: http://www.footage.net/
- Foto Search Stock Photography
- 21155 Watertown Road
- Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186-1898
- telephone US:1-800-827-3720
- telephone international: +1 262 717 0740
- URL: http://www.fotosearch.com
- LifeART is part of Foto Search
- Four Palms, Inc.
- 11260 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 502
- Reston, Virginia 20190-5203
- telephone: 800-747-2567
- fax: 703-834-0219
- URL: http://www.fourpalms.com/
- framepool AG - within North America
- Schwere-Reiter-Strasse 35 Haus 14
- 80797 Munich
- Germany
- telephone: 386-428 0586
- fax: 386-427 0968
- e-mail: americas@framepool.de
- URL: http://www.framepool.com/
- framepool AG - outside of North America
- Schwere-Reiter-Strasse 35 Haus 14
- 80797 Munich
- Germany
- telephone: +49 (89) 307 648 60
- fax: +49 (89) 307 648 70
- e-mail: info@framepool.de
- URL: http://www.framepool.com/
- gettyimages
- Getty Images, New York office
- 75 Varick Street
- New York, New York 10013
- telephone: +1 646 613 4000
- telephone: Sales: +1 800 462 4379
- URL: http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspx
- Global Village Stock Footage
- PO Box 1818
- Sebastopol, California 95437
- telephone: 800-798-FIND
- e-mail: search@videosource.com
- URL: http://www.videosource.com/
- System allows searching of a database of video clips by country and subject.
- GotFootage.com
- 5250 South Rainbow Boulevard
- Las Vegas, Nevada 89118
- telephone: 702-257-8822
- e-mail: support@gotfootage.com
- URL: http://www.gotfootage.com/
- images.MD - within North America
- Current Medicine, Inc.
- 400 Market Street
- Suite 700
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
- telephone: 215-574-2266 x2265
- fax: 215-574-2270
- e-mail: marniev@phl.cursci.com
- URL: http://images.md/
- images.MD - outside of North America
- Science Press Internet Services
- 34-42 Cleveland Street
- London W1T 4LB
- United Kingdom
- telephone: +44 (20) 7631 9138
- fax: +44 (20) 7631 9926
- e-mail: spissales@sciencenow.com
- URL: http://images.md/
- Index Stock Photography, Inc.(now, part of photolibrary)
- 23 West 18th Street
- 3rd Floor
- New York, New York 10011
- telephone (toll-free): 800-690-6979
- telephone: 212-929-4644
- fax: 212-633-1914
- e-mail: ussales@photolibrary.com
- URL: http://www.photolibrary.com/
- Hon Media Gallery
- Health on the Net (HON) Foundation
- Medical Informatics Division
- University Hospital of Geneva
- 1211 Geneva 14
- Switzerland
- telephone: +41-22-372-62-73
- fax: +41-22-372-61-98
- e-mail: info@hon.ch
- URL: http://www.hon.ch/Media/media.html
- Indexed Visuals
- 12655 Ward Drive
- Chesterland, Ohio 44026
- telephone: 440-729-8115
- fax: 440-729-9356
- e-mail: info@indexedvisuals.com
- URL: http://www.indexedvisuals.com/
- Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
- Medical Images and Illustrations
- Links to US and international sources
- Box 200, SE-171 77 Stockholm
- Berzelius väg 7B, Solna
- (visiting address)
- telephone: +46 8 524 84 000
- fax: +46 8 524 84 320
- email: e-mail: ub@ki.se
- URL: http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html#GENERAL/
- LifeART is part of Foto Search
- URL: http://www.fotosearch.com/lifeart/
- Lycos Image Gallery
- URL: http://www.lycos.com/
- Click the "Image" tab to search for images.
Medical Stock Image & Footage Reources: M - Z
- Medical-On-Line Ltd
- 2nd Floor Patman House
- 23 - 27 Electric Parade
- George Lane
- South Woodford
- London, England E18 2LS
- telephone: +44 (0)20 8530 7589
- fax: +44 (0)20 8989 7795
- e-mail: info@mediscan.co.uk
- URL: http://www.mediscan.co.uk/
- Medmovie.com
- 167 West Main Street
- Suite 1210
- Lexington, KY 40507
- phone: 859.225.6400
- fax: 859.2215.6401
- URL: http://www.medmovie.com/
- Nucleus Medical Art
- 1275 Shiloh Road N.W.
- Suite 3130
- Kennesaw, Georgia 30144
- telephone: 800-333-0753
- e-mail: service@nucleusinc.com
- URL: http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/catalogindex.php
- PBS Video
- 1320 Braddock Place
- Alexandria, Virginia 22314-1698
- telephone: 800-424-7963 or 703-739-5380
- fax: 703-739-5269
- URL: http://www.PBS.org/
- Photos To Go
- 23 West 18th Street
- 3rd Floor
- New York, New York 10011
- telephone: 800-486-7118 or 212-929-1068
- e-mail: info@photostogo.com
- URL: http://www.photostogo.com/
- Stock photography for graphic designers and small businesses.
- Phototake - The Creative and Biomedia Link
- 224 West 29th Street, 9th Floor
- New York, New York 10001
- telephone: 800-542-3686 or 212-736-2525
- fax: 212-736-1919
- e-mail: phototake@earthlink.net
- URL: http://www.phototakeusa.com/
- Robert Berning Productions
- 710 Patworth Avenue
- Metairie, Louisiana 70005
- telephone: 504-834-8811
- fax: 504-834-8864
- URL: http://www.berning.com/
- RoyaltyFreeHD.com
- PO Box 743
- Needham, Massachusetts 02494
- telephone: 781-449-RFHD
- e-mail: Info@RoyaltyFreeHD.com
- URL: http://www.royaltyfreehd.com/
- High Definition, royalty-free footage.
- Science Source
- Division of Photo Researchers
- 60 East 56th Street
- New York, New York 10022
- telephone: 800-833-9033
- e-mail: info@photoresearchers.com
- URL: http://www.photoresearchers.com
- Stock Footage Index Online
- 32 Queensway
- London W2 3RX
- United Kingdom
- telephone: +44 (0) 207 727 4236
- fax: +44 (0) 207 792 4034
- e-mail: space@creativecityonline.com
- URL: http://www.stockfootageonline.com/
- Stock Photo
- 116 East 27th Street
- Fifth Floor
- New York, New York 10016
- telephone: 212-453-3410
- e-mail: info@stockphoto.com
- URL: http://www.stockphoto.com/
- The Stock Solution
- 307 West 200 South, #1003
- Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
- telephone: 801-363-9700
- fax: 801-363-9707
- e-mail: info@tssphoto.com
- URL: http://www.tssphoto.com/
- TV Data
- Goncharova str. 8/13-60
- 1287254 Moscow
- Russia
- +7(095) 502-6511
- +7(095) 219-6757
- e-mail: info@tvdata.ru
- URL: http://www.tvdata.ru/
- URL is not working, as of 17 September 2008
- Video Tape Library, Ltd.
- 1509 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, Suite 2
- Los Angeles, California 90046
- telephone: 213-656-4330
- fax: 213-656-8746
- e-mail: vtl@videotapelibrary.com
- URL: http://www.videotapelibrary.com/
- Washington Stock Photo, Inc.
- 6112 Old Telegraph Road
- Alexandria, Virginia 22310
- telephone: 800-955-7468
- fax: 703-329-0910
- e-mail: washstock@aol.com
- RL: http://www.washingtonstock.com/
Additional stock libraries (general topic coverage) may be found in the book, AV Marketplace (New York: Information Today, Inc.)
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