Library: Advertising & Marketing: Finding Advertisements

Web Sites - Contemporary Ads

YouTube
Look for your brand or company's "channel" on YouTube by entering the term in the Search box (e.g.: "Apple") and then checking the "Search Options" drop-down menu for Results Type "Channels."
Ad Council
Public Service Advertising campaigns.
Ads of the World
Search for ads and limit by industry, by medium (Film, Print, Digital, Outdoor, etc.), or by country.
Adforum
Some free ads available, some by subscription only.

Ad*Access
This collection of ads are from the J. Walter Thompson Collection of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke University.
AdViews
Also from Duke University, this is an archive of vintage television ads. See this site for other collections from the John W. Hartman Center.
Advertising Archives
A large and comprehensive European advertising archive, with over 50,000 images searchable online. Click on "Gallery" to browse by decade.

Most advertising agencies include samples of their work on their websites. The following have a good selection, sometimes including video clips:

To find other agencies and locate their websites, search the Winmo database, available on the Library website.