Donna McPartland
SLM 521
Clip Art Elective #6
Clip Art 
Discovershcool.com – This
site has over 3000 images, which compared to other sites, is not a large
number. However, this is an
education web site and therefore would actually be a subtopic for the larger
image search sites. The clip art is
subdivided into 20 categories. All
images on this site have been illustrated by one individual. The site includes a link on how to use
clip art with suggestions for its use.
Clear instructions are given for inserting images into word documents,
and on to your hard drive. Another
link takes you to copyright and use information which clearly explains the
legal use of the images.
Navigation is smooth and quick.
Once in a specific category, the user is informed of the number of
images on each page and the total number of images for that category. The user
has the option of viewing all images on one page which saves time when
browsing. Date visited – 6/06/06.
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Microsoft Clip
Art and Media - This site has 48 categories, and
provides over 1200 images in the academic category alone. Naturally some of the same pictures fit
into many categories. You can
narrow your search by typing in a more specific keyword as a subtopic of the
category. You can get a larger
preview picture if needed. The
images are downloaded by first clicking on the pictures you want, and this gets
them into your selection basket.
When you have made your selections you download them. There is a limit on how many you can
download at a time but you are not informed of this until you try to download
them. As I recall you can download
12 at a time. I have Microsoft
Office 2003, so I don’t know if this happens in earlier versions, but
Microsoft categorizes the pictures when they download. You will only be asked the first time
you download. Pictures are easy to
access and downloading is fast and easy. Date visited – 6/06/06
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
The Big
List of Clip Art Topics - A – There is an A-Z browser on this site to
help you find what you’re looking for. The site has many images, although
it does not appear to have as many as the other sites in this list. There was
no number specified on the site, but there were about 50 pictures under the
letters A and S, and much less under the letters I and Z. The site does not
provide education or academic images specifically, but the holiday, seasonal,
animal and any number of other images would still be useful to teachers.
Navigation through this site is a little difficult and the user has to wade
through a lot of junk on each page – junky advertisements, besides the
ones for clip art purchases. A distinction is made between clip art and
original clip art on this site, and the user must get permission to use the
original. The illustrator of the clip art is the same for all of the clip art
on the site. Directions are given
for downloading images, and it is very easy to do. Date visited – 6/06/06. http://webclipart.about.com/od/webclipartatoz/l/blnettop.htm
Teacher Files, Free Educational
Clip Art – This is a useful site for teachers to look for clip art,
since all the clip art is educational.
There are 10 categories of clip art, plus a general education category. The number varies in how many images are
available in each category, but the larger ones have around 50 images. Besides
images, there are icons, cartoons, and text boxes to download. Additionally, the site has educational
headlines, theme and subject signs, month and year signs, clip art phrases and
page dividers. These images are
free, but the site would like to be given credit when the images are used. This
would be a valuable resource for any teacher because of the variety of types of
clip art available. Date visited – 6/07/06.
http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
Hassle Free Clip Art
– The images on this site can be downloaded for personal and commercial
use, as long as the images are used to enhance a project. Images are to be downloaded one image at
a time and never a full page download.
There are 21 cartoon categories and 21general categories, one of them
being school. Clicking on the
thumbnail opens the image so the user can see what it really looks like. The images are appealing and easy to
download. This is a useful site for
teachers. Date visited –
6/07/06. http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com/page_clipart.html