LibGuides: EDUC0550 Current Issues in US Higher Education: Images and Plans

Image Resources

Luna Insight This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the Brown University Instructional Image Collection and Luna Commons
Web browser LUNA allows viewing and exporting of images, including the contents of the Brown University Instructional Image Collection. LUNA also provides free access to the Luna Commons, image resources contributed by other institutional users of this software.

Download VPN to access Luna
In order to access Luna Insight from off-campus, you must first log into the VPN. The software may be downloaded on this CIS page. If you are on campus, the VPN is not necessary.

Some historical newspaper clippings about the origins of the university and its first building can be found in Luna by searching the Brown University Collection: Go to Advanced Search: All Words: Search by Subject: Brown University History.

Images of Brown
This collection in the Brown Digital Repository contains more Brown postcards, photographs and other digitized materials from University Archives.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to 2.5 million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, social sciences, and history of science
ARTstor is a digital library of close to two million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, social sciences, and history of science with a set of tools to view,-present, and manage images.

Providence Public Library Digital Collections
Includes 5000 images of Rhode Island history, including architecture and postcards, which may be freely downloaded.

Plans

Note: Luna and Artstor, listed above, may have plans, depending on the building.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Covers architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation, 1930s-present
1930-present; (with selected coverage back to late 19th century) the Avery Index treats architecture and related subjects, such as city planning, historic preservation, and interior design.

Computer Aided Design Office
Computer Aided Design (CAD) Office is responsible for creating and maintaining accurate information for all of Brown University's facilities....The CAD staff supports the University by producing building floor plans and campus maps, creating presentation graphics.
Google Advanced Image Search
The Google Advanced Image Search form allows you to carry out a much more focused search.
Brown University Archives
University Archives contains materials that document all aspects of the history of Brown University.

Carrie Tower. Postcard, ca. 1910-1920. Luna Collection.