Did you know you can download over 250 art books for free from the Getty Museum?

[redqueen]

http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html

[Metatron]

1. Thank you, redqueen!

K&R

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Wow! Many thanks, requeen!

[redqueen]

5. The pleasure is all mine.

I get to be the lucky person who gets to share it here

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Thanks-- another excellent source...

for ebooks.

BTW, make sure you have Calibre to organize your ebooks

http://calibre-ebook.com

I can't begin to describe everything it does.

[Electric Monk]

11. Project Gutenberg has over 45,000 free e-books as well. Another good resource.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

[TreasonousBastard]

15. That's usually my first go-to...

and I have a few others on a retired computer that I have to dig off of it.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Thanks you!

[KittyWampus]

6. This will keep me very happily busy.

[mrdmk]

7. Book marked, K & R

Thank you very much!

[el_bryanto]

8. That's amazing - thanks for posting. nt

[closeupready]

9. Thank you, redqueen. K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

10. I did, but then again I used to live with a Getty librarian....

So I have heightened Getty awareness. We used to get to harvest herbs and veg after hours at the Villa in Malibu. That was always a lovely time.

[cyberswede]

12. Looks like you can buy some - I found a $100 book for $10.

Free online is great! But sometimes, I like to flip through the shiny pages of art books. Looks like I might be in trouble! LOL

[truedelphi]

14. Wowie Zowie! That is kuhl. n/t

[JI7]

25. where's does it cost 100 ?

And there is something appealing with paper books that you don't always get with electronic

I like the option of having both. Electronic gives me the chance to see many I would not have considered if only in paper form

[cyberswede]

26. The book I looked at was originally $100 marked to $10...

that said, it could probably be found elsewhere for a marked down price, as well.

Another book I looked at had really cool zooms of old photographs, which allowed the viewer to see much more detail than would be available in a paper copy of the book. There are definitely pros and cons to both!

[truedelphi]

13. Thanks for this information. I didn't know it. n/t

[MFM008]

16. thank you

[Half-Century Man]

17. New Folder in Bookmarks

Thank you very much everyone.

[starroute]

18. Here are a few more links

Getty Open Content - 10,000 public domain images to use for any purpose
http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html

British Library Open Content - 1 million public domain images released to Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary

Los Angeles Art Museum image search
http://collections.lacma.org/

Penn Museum image search
http://www.penn.museum/collections/

Internet Archive stock film footage
https://archive.org/details/35mmstockfootage

[Lady Freedom Returns]

21. COOL!

Saving these! Thank you!

[cyberswede]

27. Another reason to bookmark this thread! Thanks! nt

[kiva]

31. Thank you starroute and Redqueen...

These will guarantee hours of browsing...beautiful!

[AtheistCrusader]

19. Excellent, and thank you!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. Thank you!

I just downloaded "Introduction to Metadata"! Thank you! Now I don't have to keep waiting for the Library to have a copy open! It is a long waiting list.

Thank you again!

[jakeXT]

22. After looking at Florida, I'm trying to figure out what the Mystery Ship Roadside Bar was

http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/0892365668.html?subject=phtg

[tanyev]

23. *gasp* Antiquities! Archaeology!

Thanks so much!!!

[etherealtruth]

24. No, I did not know ... thank you! n/t

[Sheldon Cooper]

28. Bookmarking.

Thanks!

[Octafish]

29. Thank you, Getty Museum!

Mille grazi, redqueen!

[ismnotwasm]

30. No

I do now-- heavan!

[KurtNYC]

32. a kick for the Getty

great museum

[niyad]

33. did not know this. MANY thanks, redqueen. bookmarking this wonderful, enlightening thread.

[stage left]

34. K&R

This is great! Thanks, redqueen!

[Hekate]

35. I'm on it!

Love me some free books.

[starroute]

36. Also the Open Access Map project at the New York Public Library

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/03/28/open-access-maps

[burrowowl]

37. K&R!