ImageQuest

I am doing my presentation over imagequest so I thought it might be helpful to jot a few notes about it down here. First of all this database is very very simple. It really is just a conglomeration of pictures where the rights have been cleared to use for educational purposes. It is also very user friendly. The search is very straightforward, not the least bit complicated. When you search something, like barn for instance, little thumbnails of the photos are returned. You can click on the picture and it will bring up the larger photograph. There is a little background information to the right of most photos and a citation can be found in the bottom right hand corner of each page. Users can also chose which citation style they prefer.Users can also start a lightbox, which is basically just a folder where you can store all the pictures you may be interested in using. One draw back of the light box is that is does not allow you to save your photos for future use if you were to leave the database you lightbox will empty as well. This has it up side also, because users are not required to make an account to utilize the lightbox. Personally I think i will get a lot of use out of this database. I think it it a really great resource for education majors and teachers and would be great to use for making bulletin boards or presenting in the classroom.