Visual Resources

The Library's Visual Resources include digital images, slides, videos, and related materials for classroom lectures, instruction, research, study, assignments and presentations.

 Available to the Laurier Community Available to the Laurier Community    Freely available on the web Freely available on the web  

Video Collections
Videos, including streaming video collections, for in-library, home use and classroom viewing.
ARTstor Digital Library Available to Laurier community
More than one million high-resolution digital images of material and visual culture from prehistoric to modern times, including dynamic presentation and study tools. Laurier Library Art and Architecture Collection is hosted here, searchable right within ARTstor.
Images on the Web Available on the internet
Selected websites, most allowing free use of images for non-commercial, educational use, generally suitable for Powerpoint and ARTstor Offline Image Viewer. A few sites are for private research & study only.
Image Innovations: Beyond PowerPoint
Selected online projects and resources using innovative technologies for images, including very high resolution zooming, and 360-degree panoramas.
Images for Publication
Sources of free images for scholarly publication, and fee-based licensing for all publication purposes.
Laurier Archives Images Available on the internet
The University Archives collection of digitized photographs, documenting WLU life, people and history; searchable separately or as part of the Ontario-wide digital initiative at Our Ontario.
Slide Collection
50,000 35mm slides and related materials, providing valuable pictorial documentation of world art, architecture, and artifacts from prehistoric to modern times.