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ARTstor Guide

ARTstor is a subscription database of nearly a million images from a wide range of cultures and time periods. Check online guides on how this database may be used in various disciplines. It is available through Fogler Library's list of databases

With ARTstor you can:

• Access images by classification, geographic area, or from various art collections
• Organize your collection of images
• Zoom in on details or highlight parts of your images
• Share high-quality images with other users

Levels of Access

• Unregistered Users
  Search and browse for images, save, print data and images, and view contents of public Shared Folders

• Registered Users (any UMaine person with a First Class email)
  One-time registration required with FirstClass e-mail address and password.
  Save selected images to Image Groups, add personal notes to images, view contents of password-protected Shared Folders, and use Offline Image Viewer

• Instructors (Contact Joe Fernandez at Fogler Library for Instructor Privileges registration)
  Create Image Folders for sharing collections of selected images in Image Groups with students and colleagues, add instructor notes to images, upload personal images to Personal Collection (1 GB), and use Offline Image Viewer for presentations

Technical Requirements

• Enable pop-ups
• Enable cookies
• Java Sun Version 1.3 or above
• Flash Player Version 6 or above
• Firefox is the recommended browser

Accessing ARTstor

• ARTstor is available through Fogler Library at http://library.umaine.edu/indexesdb/Indexes.asp

Registration

• Access ARTstor through http://library.umaine.edu/indexesdb/Indexes.asp
• Use FirstClass email address to register.
• The default password will be "artstor"
• Change the default password by logging on to ARTstor and clicking "Edit my profile" icon

Browse ARTstor collections by:

• Geography (Afghanistan, United States, ...)
• Classification (Paintings, Photographs, ...)
• Collection (Carnegie Arts of the United States, Cornell Museum of Fine Arts, ...)

Using the images

• Create folders for selected images
• Save selected images to Image Groups within each Folder
• Add personal notes to selected images
• Use viewer options to zoom, pan, rotate images

Presenting images

Users can present their selected images:

• Online in ARTstor's Image Viewer
• Offline with presentation tools such as PowerPoint
• Offline with ARTstor's downloadable Offline Image Viewer

HOW TO:

• Create a folder
  Share ==> Create a Folder

• Delete a Folder
  Share ==> Manage Folders ==> Delete

• Save selected images to an Image Group within a Folder
  Organize ==> Save selected images to

• Delete an image
  Share ==> Manage folders ==> Delete

• Add Personal/Instructor notes to image
  Click open caption below image

• Generate URL for an image
  Share ==> Generate URL

• Pan an image
  Click Zoom icon first and then click the Pan icon

• Present images using Offline Image Viewer
  http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Presenting

• Cite ARTstor images
  Tools ==> Save citations for selected images or image group ==> View and export citations
  (This provides image details needed for citations)
  Using image details generated by ARTstor, create appropriate citations using citation styles preferred by individual departments.
  For more details, see http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Citing.

For further information on using ARTstor:

• Online Handouts
• ARTstor Help Topics

Where to go for assistance

• Ask at the Reference Desk:  Hours
• Ask a Librarian:

If you wish to email a query or make an appointment with the Art Librarian, contact Joe Fernandez.

 Revised: 07/08/2009

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