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AP Images Archive is a primary source database from the Associated Press that takes users on a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history.
AP Images Archive Contains ImagesGraphicsAudio
Main Screen
The Navigation Area Navigation Area
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The Image/Results Area
Tabs
Photo Tab Over one million photographs Content is added daily Content spans over 160 years of history Can be search by events, time periods, people or places.
Basic Search
Search Results
Item Descriptions Select Image Checkbox Drop – Down Menu Image Thumbnail Option Icons Image Details
Previewing an Image
Refining Your Search
Advanced Searching
Special Searches Specific Time Searching Today’s Photos Color Searching Concept Searching Photo Type Searching
Specific Times You can use the drop-down box to limit your criteria to a specific time period.
Today To see what images have been uploaded today. Select “FROM TODAY” from the drop-down list and click the search button.
Color Searching Searching can be done based on dominant colors within a photograph. There are 10 hues that are represented in the photos archive To perform a color search, type the color followed by a colon and then the word hue BlueRed YellowGreen OrangeWhite BlackBrown PurplePink
Color Searching Results
Concept Searching A user can search for photos based on a pre-defined concept. A concept corresponds to the idea the photograph is displaying. There are 70 different concepts To search by concept, type the concept name followed by a colon and then the word concept
Concept Searching Results
Photo Type Searching You can search the archive for a particular type of photo To search by photo type, type the photo type name followed by a colon and then the word phototype There are four (4) predefined photo types: PortraitAerial PatternSilhouette
Photo Type Search Results
Graphics Tab Contains thousands of charts, tables, maps, illustrations, graphs, timelines and logos from the AP graphics division Spanish and German graphics are also available REMINDER REMINDER: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to open these files.
Graphics
Special Searches Special searches can be performed on this database to locate –Timelines –How-To Guides –Logos –House of the Week floor plans –Spanish Graphics –German Graphics
Timelines There are over 1000 timelines available in this database To locate the timelines, use the keyword timeline
Timeline Example
“How-To” Guides There are over 300 “how-to” home improvement projects available for you within the graphics database. To search for these you would use the keyword apnh
How – To Results
Logos There are over 3000 graphic files that include logos. To search for a logo use the keyword logo To search for the election logos you would type in logo and election in the search box.
Logo Results
House of the Week There are over 100 house of the week graphics available in this database Each house of the week graphic includes the drafting plans To search for these items use the keyword hw
HW Results
Spanish Graphics The graphics database contains over 1100 Spanish graphics To search for these graphics you will need to use the keyword spangraph
Spanish Results
German Graphics There are over 3000 German Graphics in this archive. To search for these you can use the keyword GR.
German Results
Historical Tab
Publicity Tab
AudioTab
Calendar Tab
About Copyright Printed copies of images can be for book reports, term papers, class handouts and research “PowerPoint” type presentations, overhead projection, slide-shows, and other similar multimedia presentations whose usage is confined to the licensed institution.
Copyright Violations Archive photographs shall not be used or published in newspapers, magazines, brochures, catalogs, commercial announcements, calendars, posters, yearbooks, playbills, newsletters, on t- shirts or promotional items, or for commercial use or gain of any kind.