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Photography
Subject guide
This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.
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Associations & organisations
Assignmentphoto
Network of corporate photographers
Association of International Photography Art Dealers
Provides information, publications , and up-coming events, specifically the annual Photography Show, an exposition devoted to fine art photography.
Australian Centre for Photography
Australian Commercial and Media Photographers
Australian Institute of Professional Photography
Australian Photography Association
Centre for Contemporary Photography
International Center of Photography
photoforum NZ
Women in Photography International
World Press Photo
Young photographers United
Links & articles
Daguerreian Society
Info about early photography
A History of Photography (From it's beginning til the 1920s)
A photo a day
Intute web resources - Photography
Art Department Photography
Digital Photography Review
Imaging news, reviews of the latest digital cameras and accessories, discussion forums, buyers guide and database of digital camera features and specifications.
Buy-n-Shoot.com
Australian online photography news, digital camera reviews and photography classifieds service.
Clarkvision articles
Photography Guide
Massive Dev Chart
Film developer chart
Yahoo directory - Photographers' resources
Photography-Now
International Fine Art Photography Index
Photo.net: A Community of Photographers
resources, tutorials and forums
Understanding image sharpness
ShortCourses.com
The On-line Library of Digital Photography
JISC Digital Media
Provides advise on the use of digital media to achieve solutions that are innovative, practical and cost effective.
Blogs
Digital photography blog
photoblogs.org
Related subject guides
Fine arts
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Museums, galleries & exhibitions
American Museum of Photography
MoMA
Click the link then select Photography.
National Gallery of Australia - Photography
Vivid - The Australian national Photography Festival
Directories and search engines
Adobe Photographers Directory
Global photographers search
PhotoSearch (National Archives of Australia)
Picsearch
Image service with more than 3,000,000,000 pictures.
Online collections & pictorial terms
Australian Heritage Database
Australian Pictorial Thesaurus
Australian terminology to describe objects, people, places and structures, activities and concepts depicted in an image.
Flickr
Online photo management and sharing application
Photo Study Collection and Database
Getty Research Institute
PICMAN
Manuscripts, oral history & pictures catalogue of the State Library
Picture Australia
Provides access to public domain images.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
World’s public photography archives
Government information
Culture and Recreation Portal
Gateway to Australian cultural resources
Legal information, copyright and standards
Arts Law Centre of Australia
Australian Copyright Council
Australian Government - Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Viscopy
Australasian visual arts copyright collecting agency
Photography and privacy (Australian Privacy Foundation)
Copyright information sheet G011 - Photographers and copyright [pdf, 280 KB]
NSW photo right directory
Art, Photography and Design - Copyright
Australian Standards Online
This subscription service gives TAFE NSW students access to over 6,500 full-text Australian standards. Search for relevant Australian standards by visiting Australian Standards Online. Full-text access only available in your NSI Library (For downloads USB drive required) - contact your librarian.
Standard Number e.g.
AS/NZS ISO 12029:2007 : Electronic imaging - Forms design optimization for electronic image management
AS/NZS 60432.3:2007 : Incandescent lamps - Safety specifications - Tungsten-halogen lamps (non-vehicle)
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eJournals & eBooks |
eJournals & newsletters
Freely available journals
EBSCOhost
Click the link of an EBSCOhost database or of one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET username and password.
Art & Architecture Complete
Business Source Premier
MasterFile Premier
Gale Cengage Learning
Click the link to the databases or of one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET username and password.
Gale databases
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eBooks
Free eBooks
NetLibrary
Click the link of any of the examples and then click on "URL". Log in using your DET username and password.
NetLibrary
eReference
Free eReference
Oxford Art Online
Log in to Oxford Art Online using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, do a keyword search or click on links to biographies, subject enties, images or links to reference works.
- Photography: History and influence
- Fiona Hall (Australian photographer)
Oxford Reference Online
Log in to Oxford Reference Online using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, click on Subjects & Books and go to e.g. Art & Architecture .
- Oxford companion to the photograph
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Databases covering Photography subjects
Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.
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Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered, including photography. |
DET username and password required. |
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Art & Architecture Complete - BETA is a comprehensive bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 630 academic journals, magazines and trade publications with full text for over 240 periodicals and 140 books, as well as selective coverage for over 50 publications. The database has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes art scholars, artists, designers, college students, and general viewers. |
DET username and password required. |
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Business Source Premier (BSP) is one of the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including art and photography marketing and management. |
DET username and password required. |
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Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription are the 'General Reference Centre Gold' and 'Fine Arts and Music Collection'. Search these databases on keywords related to photography. |
DET username and password required. |
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The Facts on File is a set of online reference databases. The Modern world history online and 'Ancient and Medieval history online data bases contain articles, illustrations and videos relating to history of photography.
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Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
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This multi-disciplinary database provides more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information. Covers virtually every subject area of general interest. It also includes nearly 500 full text reference books. Search this database on keywords such as aesthetics, visual art, photographers etc. |
DET username and password required. |
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NetLibrary provides full-text access to a wide range of online books, including business and management. Currently more than 800 eBooks are available in this collection as well as 3400 publicly-accessible eBooks of Project Gutenberg. |
DET username and password required.
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Is a new gateway into art research and access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications. It is the new home of Grove Art Online which provides access to 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images. |
Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
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A searchable collection of 175+ key Oxford reference publications covering 25 subject areas. Includes bilingual dictionaries, encyclopaedias, subject reference, quotations, maps & illustrations and 42 x 20th century timelines and fine arts reference titles such as the Concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists. |
Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
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ProQuest Central provides access to a set of databases containing more than 125 billion digital pages covering arts, literature, social science, general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. ProQuest includes the world's largest digital newspaper archive including ANZ Newsstand and periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles. |
DET username and password required. |
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Library catalogues
The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.
Subject headings
Catalogue links to photography topics and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the area of photography. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.
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Last updated: 12.02.2010
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