In stead of browsing through the large databases of search engines and directories, or waiting for automated image bots to catch up with the increasing domination of multimedia on the Web, try using one of the meta image resources listed below. A very good starting point for image research.
Site takes the user directly to the source of the image on the Web.
American Memory from the Library of Congress Over 70 historical collections for the National Digital Library. Find images by broad topic, such as art, education, sports and technology. Corbis - The Place for Pictures on the Internet Corbis Media owned by Microsoft inventor Bill Gates. An image archives with a built-in search engine. Contains 65 million images, 2.1 million of which are available online.