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Photography: Recommended Resources

A research guide for finding Photography resources in the BC3 Library and on the Internet, complied by the BC3 Librarians.

Suggested Databases for Photography Articles

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
This is currently a collection of four online reference resources: Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness, Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Posthumanism: The Future of Homo Sapiens, and the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture.

Britannica Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Britannica, and the resources bundled within the collection, supply topic overviews, biographies, word and concept definitions, a world atlas, historical timelines, quotations, illustrations, photos, videos, links to relevant articles and websites, primary sources, and the World Data Analyst, supplying customizable charts and tables of statistics on countries of the world. Users can suggest edits and additions to content.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides Topic Pages, which offer background information on a particular topic that can give you an easy starting point and pathways for further research; Access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks covering every major subject from Accounting to Art History and Shakespeare to Einstein; and Mind Maps that visually show relationships between topics and keywords.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Collection of academic, peer reviewed, research journals as well as some popular magazines.

MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's MasterFILE Premier database is designed specifically for public libraries. Indexes primarily popular and news magazines.

Google Scholar includes both books and articles. Be careful when selecting that the source is reputable. If an article is not made freely available online, remember that you can use the BC3 Library's Request an Article service to request it and we will do our best to obtain it and email it to you - free of charge.

DOAJ This link opens in a new window
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Open Educational Resources

For more OER Resources, see the Open Educational Resources LibGuide.

Annenberg Learner Videos

Essential Lens: Analyzing Photographs Across the Curriculum is a multidisciplinary professional development course designed to inspire teachers of all subject areas to use photographs in their teaching. The course resources include five videos that introduce the ways photographic images impact our lives and what we know about the world and its history. On the course website, 11 curated photo collections with more than 250 rights-cleared photographs for classroom use include background information and detailed thematic classroom activity plans. Essential Lens provides everything a teacher needs to begin using photographs to engage students in deeper understanding and learning of a range of subjects from history to biology.

Related Guides by the BC3 Library

Featured Books

Books on Photography Techniques

Books

The BC3 Library has both print and electronic books about photography, digital photography, processes, techniques, and equipment, and related subjects. They are all listed in the BC3 Library Catalog where you will find Dewey call numbers to locate books on the shelves (lower level of the library) and links to connect you to e-books. E-books can also be searched separately in our two e-book collections: e-Book Central by Proquest and e-Book Collection by EBSCO.

Browsing the Stacks

Photography books in the library can be found in the 770-779 area of the shelves.

BC3 Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
EBook Central This link opens in a new window
EBook Collection This link opens in a new window

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