ARTstor: What is it and What can we do with it?

EILEEN FRY, IMAGE LIBRARIAN, HENRY RADFORD HOPE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

VISUAL RESOURCES CENTERAnd

NICOLE BEATTY, BRANCH LIBRARY COORDINATOR,

FINE ARTS LIBRARY

What is ?

Access ARTstor:IUB Libraries homepage http://libraries.iub.edu/

1. In search box, type Artstor.2. Click ARTstor images.

URL:www.artstor.org

To enter the digital library click Go.

On Campus- direct accessOff campus or away - VPN

Browsing ARTstor

Classification

Geography

Collection

Sample Topic

Some of the great features of ARTstor

•Data connected to the images•Maximize the window and not lose any of the other features.•Zoom in and out•Put it in zoom mode and move throughout the image.•Pan the image.•Rotate the image.•Print•Download•Save view to an image group•Save Details•Save Images to Powerpoint

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Understanding the Icons

http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Searching

START WITH ARTSTOR’S OWN SEARCHING TIPS

Advanced Searching

You can search by:• Words or phrases•Dates•Geography•Classification•Collection – can specify a collection keyword in a search

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Wildcards

underscore (_)

The underscore (_) can represent any one character. m_net will retrieve "monet“ and "manet”

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Wildcards

asterisk (*)

The asterisk (*) can represent zero, one, or several characters. Find: Quentin Metsys or MassysMetsys = 41Massys = 138 Quentin & Jan

Quentin M*sys = 59. all Quentin

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Wildcardsdollar sign ($) The dollar sign ($) will expand the search to include terms that stem from a given root.

$poison will retrieve "poison", "poisoned", "poisoning", "poisonous", "poisoner", etc.

Capitalization There is no need to capitalize words in ARTstor, even in titles or artists' names.

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Wildcards

Articles You do not need to use articles (a, the, le, la, etc.) before titles or other terms. When searching for "The Judgment of Paris", you may simply enter: judgment of paris

ARTstor Tips for Searching

Exact phrase To search for an exact phrase, put the phrase in quotes ("..."). When searching for manuscripts showing “Romance of Alexandre" enter “romance of alexandre“

ARTstor Tips for Searching

If judgment paris produces too many false hits, use “Judgement of Paris”

Quotation marks are also useful when all words are common words

New Old South Church (all common words) - 97, many false hits “New Old South Church” – 4, all true hits

Punctuation When searching for phrases or words that include punctuation such as "self-portrait", you can either use the punctuation or leave it out. The following searches will both yield the same results: self-portrait or self portrait

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Wildcards

Word order Unless your search phrase is enclosed with quotation marks ("..."), the order of terms will not affect the search. The following searches will both yield the same results: albrecht durer or durer albrecht

ARTstor Tips for Searching: Wildcards