Sourcing accurate micrographs

Hi, welcome!

This is possible by searching scientific journal article libraries. Luckily many of these are open to the public.

Do you plan on doing it manually, or having a computer analyze the document and extract the micrographs?

Hi, I'm going to do it manually. I was thinking there are micrograph databases that are maintained by professional bodies such as a hospital or university. My searches (like your suggestion) have been directed toward relevant research papers but usually the mechanisms are too complex so I often come away with more questions asked than answered.

To make things easier, is there a database that operates like google images? It would be a big help to simply correlate a ton of different micrographs that were taken under different conditions and with different techniques. Perhaps you can point me in the right direction with a few links?

The closest thing I can think of as is PubChem (first link), it operates like a public search you'd find on Google. Also use the Public Health Image Library (second link), I used this when I wrote ppdictionary.com