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CINAHL Image Quick View Collection (Duke users only)
From the CINAHL home page, click on More (at top of page). Then choose Images.
MediaBeacon: a Photo Resource for School of Medicine
A School of Medicine Digital Asset Management System (MediaBeacon), is available for all School of Medicine faculty and staff to easily search and download recently taken, high-quality, vetted imagery to use in a variety of ways (presentations, website, social media, publications, etc.). To request access to MediaBeacon, email SOM-Communications@duke.edu and include your name and netID.
NIH Image Bank
Contains general biomedical and science-related images, as well as patient care and microscopy images.
NIGMS Image Gallery
A searchable database of photos, illustrations, and videos.
ARTstor
A nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with software tools to view, present, and manage images. ARTstor is useful for images of medicine related to culture and art. Copyright information can be found at: http://www.artstor.org/what-is-artstor/w-pdf/terms-conditions-iap.pdf
Health Education Assets Library
Search database for images, video clips, animations, presentations, and audio files.
Wellcome Images - 2000 Years of Human Culture
Includes a biomedical collection with more than 40,000 images, covering topics such as disease, surgery and general healthcare and sciences.
The Virtual Microscopy Database
Thousands of virtual slides available for educational use (creative commons license) donated by faculty at many Universities. You need to subscribe to get an account but it is free to use. Designed for researchers and educators, not students.
Stanford University Newborn Collection
This material was compiled by Janelle Aby, MD for educational purposes only. Reproduction for commercial purposes is prohibited. Utilization of the materials for educating those who care for newborns is permitted with proper citation of source.

Image Resources to Support Inclusive Care

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This clinical tool is designed to visually represent variations of diseases, enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid in therapeutic decisions, and improve patient care. It contains thousands of images, including those for variations in skin color. You can search the database by disease across general medicine, infectious disease, dermatology, STDs, travel medicine, and more. Mobile device access is available once you Create a Personal Account (located below the graphical tiles).
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Atlas of Black Skin by Ali Moiin (Editor)
ISBN: 9783030314842
Publication Date: 2020-01-25
Clinical Cases in Skin of Color: Adnexal, inflammation, infections, and pigmentary disorders by Porcia B. Love (Editor); Roopal V. Kundu (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319223926
Publication Date: 2015-11-06
Clinical Cases in Skin of Color: Medical, Oncological and Hair Disorders, and Cosmetic Dermatology by Porcia B. Love (Editor); Roopal V. Kundu (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319236155
Publication Date: 2015-11-25
Dermatology for Skin of Color by A. Paul Kelly; Susan C. Taylor
ISBN: 9780071446716
Publication Date: 2009-04-29
Physical copy only
Dermatology Atlas for Skin of Color by Diane Jackson-Richards (Editor); Amit G. Pandya (Editor)
ISBN: 9783642544460
Publication Date: 2014-07-19
Disability As Diversity by Lisa Meeks (Editor); Leslie Neal-Boylan (Editor)
ISBN: 9783030461867
Publication Date: 2020-06-18
Ethnic Dermatology by Ophelia E. Dadzie; Antoine Petit; Andrew F. Alexis
ISBN: 9780470658574
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Ninth Edition by Arturo P. Saavedra; Ellen K. Roh; Anar Mikailov
ISBN: 9781264278015
Publication Date: 2023-04-17
Living Color by Nina G. Jablonski
ISBN: 9780520953772
Publication Date: 2012-09-27

Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin
Authored by Malone Mukwende, Peter Tamony, Margot Turner

Pigmented Ethnic Skin and Imported Dermatoses : A Text-Atlas by Constantin E. Orfanos (Editor); Christos C. Zouboulis (Editor); Chalid Assaf (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319694214
Publication Date: 2018-08-29
Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color 2/e by A. Paul Kelly; Henry Lim; Ana Maria Anido Serrano; Susan C. Taylor
ISBN: 9780071805520
Publication Date: 2016-03-04

Skin Deep
Skin Deep is led by the international medical education team, Don’t Forget the Bubbles (DFTB) and the Royal London Hospital (RLH). The aim is to develop a free, open-access bank of high-quality photographs of medical conditions in a range of skin tones for use by both healthcare professionals and the public.

Hutano
Hutano is an online community for Black and Brown individuals to discuss skin issues and share relevant resources

Non-Medical

AllGo Plus Size Stock Photo Collection
Collection of free stock photos featuring plus-size models in office, home, and fun settings. Photos are free to use, but attribution is requested.
The Gender Spectrum Collection
The Gender Spectrum Collection is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés. All photos are available via a Creative Commons license, attribution is requested.
Classroom Clipart
Features standard clip art, animated clip art, icons, photographs and illustrations.
Copyright Free Photos
Includes photographs of animals, buildings, nature, places and technology.
Openverse (formerly Creative Commons Search)
Find and use some 300 million images from openly licensed and public domain works.
Duke Digital Collections
Browse collections held by Duke University Libraries or organizations affiliated with Duke University.
Library of Congress Photostream on Flickr
Contains of variety of historical images from the Library of Congress' extensive collection of photographs.
morgueFile Public Image Archive
"Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work".
Pics 4 Learning
A copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.
The Noun Project
Over 5 million free icons to use via a Creative Commons license. There are also subscription options.

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