RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
6.9.7 Image collections on the Internet
Clipart for Health Communication
http://www.hcmn.org/clipart
A reference tool for health communications material development. The artwork
in the database includes materials in the Media/Materials Clearinghouse, as well
as art that is sent in from Health Communication Materials Network members
from their own project work. Users can search the database, and use the images
they find as models for developing their own illustrations. High-resolution
images suitable for reproduction are not distributed. Each item is catalogued
noting the producer, artist, country, subject, format (eg colour, black & white,
line art, cartoon, photo), etc.
DevArt: Artwork for Development
http://developmentart.com
A collection of copyright-free, downloadable, publication-quality line drawings,
drawn by professional artists in Asia and Africa. Access to and use of the
artwork is free, but users are asked to credit the original artist.
International Labour Organization (ILO) On-line Photo Library
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/media/mediasearch.home
A database of 1,500 images of developing countries. NGOs, institutions and
journalists may search the database on-line and then request high-resolution
copies of photographs by e-mail to Béatrice Mann ([email protected]).
MediaBase
http://www1.fao.org/media_user/_home.html
Over 3,000 images from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, searchable by country, region, human content (eg ‘parent’, ‘crowd’) or
subject (eg ‘nutrition’, ‘forestry’).
Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC)
http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc/index.php
A single interface for several databases of health communications resources:
Mediabank for images of posters and other visual materials; Netlinks for links to
websites, listservs and organisations; Photoshare for photographs; POPLINE for
the latest documents. Hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication
Programs.
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