ARTstor

Attention: The system configurations recommended for the optimal use of the ARTstor Digital Library and the Offline Image Viewer (OIV) presentation software are listed here.  It may be necessary to disable popup blockers.

ARTstor is a non-profit organization created by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The name ARTstor is derived from JSTOR, a digital library initiative previously sponsored by the Mellon Foundation whose name stands for Journal Storage.  ARTstor content includes approximately 700,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology.  These images may not be used for any commercial purpose.

Subject Guides for using ARTStor in a number of disciplines are now available.  In addition to highlighting relevant collections in each subject, these one-page handouts highlight unique interdisciplinary content in ARTstor, search strategies, and search terms that greatly aid discoverability across disciplines in the Digital Library

Using ARTstor

Keyword Search

Keyword searches can be performed within a single collection or across the entire ARTstor Digital Library.

• Enter a keyword in the field and select a collection to narrow your search.

• Clicking “Go" will bring up a thumbnail page of the search results.

Advanced Search

ARTstor also has an Advanced Search feature that allows users to build searches based on the contents of specific data fields.

• Data fields include: creator, title, location, repository, subject material, style, work type, culture, description, technique or number.

• The advanced search supports Boolean logic (and/or/not) searches.

Browse by Collection or Category

• From the top menu, click on Find

• Click on "Browse ARTstor by"

• Select a category or subcategory to browse

Displaying Results

Attention:  If using Windows XP with Service Pack 2 you may need to modify your security settings to access the following features.  Please set the pop-up blocker to "always allow pop-ups from this site" if prompted by your web browser.

Data for each image will appear beneath each thumbnail. 

• Double clicking on the data beneath a thumbnail, launches a window with detailed information. 

• A thumbnail image can be double-clicked to launch the Image Viewer, which provides an enlarged view of the image and image analysis tools to zoom on a detail or pan across the image.

• A full screen view is also available by clicking on the 'maximize window' icon at the bottom of the viewer.

Two images may be opened at once for easy, side-by-side comparison.

Exporting Images

Export options include downloading and printing low resolution images.

Download: Click on the Download Image icon to download a jpg file to local computer or disk.

Print: Click the Print icon to print displayed image.  The print-out will contain the image and descriptive information.

Advanced Features

To access features such as adding personal notes to an image and saving groups of images to a folder for presentation purposes you will need to register your e-mail address with ARTstor and create a password.  Click on "Register" in the top right corner of the ARTstor search page to create an account.