How to Use ARTstor

ARTstor is a digital resource that contains more than 500,000 images of world art, architecture, design, photographs, and other forms of visual culture. Images are drawn from museums, archaeological teams, photograph archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. There are a number of specialized collections in this database, such as the Carnegie Arts of the United States, the Huntington Archive of Asian Art, the MoMA Architecture and Design, and an Art History Survey Collection comprised of images from ten standard art history texts.

ARTstor allows users to zoom in on images, view two images side-by-side for comparison, save groups of images online, add personal notes, and create presentations. The ARTstor "Faculty Quick Guide" and "Student Quick Guide" are excellent introductions and are available at http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/instructional_handouts.jsp. When using ARTstor, you are subject to the "Terms and Conditions of Use," which ask you to limit your use of ARTstor images to non-commercial, educational, and scholarly activities. For example, you may download a copy of an ARTstor image to illustrate a research paper or include in a classroom presentation, but you may not post an ARTstor image on an unrestricted web site that is not password-protected.

HOW TO ACCESS ARTSTOR

1. Go to the Visual Resources Collection website at http://vrc.binghamton.edu
2. If you are on-campus, click on ARTstor and it will load. Each time you log into your account (see below "Register with ARTstor") from any authorized IP address (i.e. on campus or through a proxy) you will have 120 days during which you may access ARTstor from any computer, no matter where it is located.
3. To access ARTstor from off campus, log into Binghamton University's proxy site here.
4. Click on Launch under Search and Browse For Images.

HOW TO FIND IMAGES

1. Click on the Collections tab and select the desired collection.
2. A hierarchy appears in the center of the screen which you can expand using the plus sign or collapse using the minus sign.

1. Enter a search term or phrase in the blank field on the main menu of ARTstor. There is no need to use "and" in between words since ARTstor will automatically combine your terms.
2. Select the collection you wish to search from the drop-down menu or choose to search across All Collections. Click on the Search button and your search results will appear on the Thumbnail Page.

1. Click on the Advanced Search tab and the window to the right pops up:
  
2. Enter your search terms and use the drop-down boxes to limit the use of the term (i.e. enter Klee, then use the drop-down box to change All Fields to Creator).
3. Click on the Search button and your search results will appear on the Thumbnail Page.

HOW TO VIEW IMAGES

• To view the data for an image: click on the caption beneath the thumbnail. This will open the Data Information window.
• To view an image: double-click on the thumbnail image itself. This will open the Image Viewer window:
• While in the Image Viewer, click the Zoom Mode button and then anywhere on the image to zoom in for details. To zoom out, click the Zoom Out button.
• If you would like to view the image full-screen, click on the Maximize Window icon.
• You may also use these icons to print or download a copy of the image that you are viewing. Once you download a copy of an ARTstor image and save it locally, you can import that JPEG into a Word document or a PowerPoint presentation just like any other image file.

HOW TO GET HELP WITH ARTSTOR

HOW TO REGISTER WITH ARTSTOR

1. Access ARTstor using the directions above.
2. Click on the Register button on the upper right corner of the screen:
3. Fill in your email address, make up a password, and click Register.
4. You will receive a "Registration Successful" message once your registration is complete.

HOW TO LOGON TO ARTSTOR

1. Once you have created a user account, you can logon to ARTstor to access the full features.
2. Click on the Logon button on the top right corner:
3. Fill in your email address and password and click Logon.
You will see a window that says "Successful Logon! Welcome [your email address] to the ARTstor online library." Click OK.

HOW TO EXIT ARTSTOR

1. Click the Exit button on the top right corner:
2. When you are asked if you are sure you want to close the ARTstor application, click Exit. The ARTstor browser window(s) will close.

HOW TO SAVE IMAGES TO A GROUP

1. Find your images by keyword searching or browsing collections. When you locate an image that you would like to save, single-click the thumbnail so that it
2. becomes highlighted in yellow. To de-select an image, simply single-click on it once more so that the highlight disappears. Once you have selected all of the images that you want to save, click on the Image Groups toolbar button and choose the option to Save Selected Images to New Group.
3. A new window will open, giving you the option to save the Image Group into a folder, called My Work Folder which was created for you when you registered for an account. Enter a name for your Image Group in the appropriate field, and click the Save and Open button (the Create New Group button at the bottom will be preselected). Your new Image Group will open on the Thumbnail Page.
4. You may drag and drop the thumbnails to rearrange them. You may toggle between List and Thumbnail Mode by going to the View menu and selecting Display Images in Thumbnail Mode or Display Images in List Mode.
5. You can add additional images to a group by conducting more searches and selecting new images. To save these new images to your existing group, highlight the images you want, go to Image Groups in the toolbar and select Append Selected Images to Existing Group. The Append to Group button at the bottom will be preselected. Choose which group to save to and then click Save.

HOW TO VIEW IMAGE GROUPS

1. After you have logged onto ARTstor, click on Image Groups > Open Group.

2. Choose the appropriate folder and select the image group you wish to view.

HOW TO VIEW SLIDESHOWS ONLINE

1. Follow the instructions above to view an Image Group.
2. Double-click on one of the images in the Image Group.
3. Navigate through the slides by using the navigation buttons located at the bottom of the window:

To go to the next image, click the Next Image button 
To go to the previous image, click the Previous Image button 
To go to the first image, click the First Image button 
To go to the last image, click the Last Image button 


4. To quit the slide show and return to your Image Group, close the slide show window.

HOW TO ADD PERSONAL NOTES TO IMAGES

1. Double-click on the caption beneath the thumbnail image of choice.
2. When you are logged onto your account, you will see an additional tab in the Data Information window marked Personal Notes.
3. Click on this tab to access a free text field where you may key in any commentary that you wish to attach to an image. You may also cut and paste text from another electronic document. Click the Save button to preserve your Personal Notes.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE OFFLINE IMAGE VIEWER (OIV)

1. Logon to your ARTstor account.
2. Go to Tools > Offline Image Viewer Download.
3. You will receive a "Terms and Condition of Use" pop-up. Click Accept.

4. You will be asked to choose which version of the OIV you would like to install (choose OIV 2.6.1 for your computer). After making your selection, click the Submit button.

1. Double-click on the OIV_2.6.1_Win_Install.exe file that was downloaded to your desktop.
2. You may get an "Open File - Security Warning" window that says "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?" Click Run.
3. Click Next in the "Introduction", the "Choose Install Folder", and the "Choose Shortcut Folder" windows and click Install in the "Pre-Installation Summary" window.
4. Click Done in the "Install Complete" window.

1. Double-click the OIV Installer.dmg file that was downloaded to your desktop.
2. Double-click on the OIV2.6.1 mounted image that appears on your desktop.
3. Drag the Offline Image Viewer into your Applications folder in your hard drive to copy it there.
4. Drag the OIV_Installer.zip file, the OIV Installer.dmg file, and the OIV2.6.1 mounted image to the Trash.

HOW TO ADD IMAGES TO THE OIV

1. Click on the Download Images from ARTstor button within the Image Palette in the OIV.
2. It will prompt you for your e-mail address and ARTstor password. Enter your information and click OK.
3. Choose the group you wish to download, and click Open. You can select the files you want to download.

1. Click on the Import Images button within the Image Palette in the OIV.
2. Navigate to where the files reside, select the ones you want, and click Add. Note that the OIV cannot browse the network, so if you want to import image files from another computer or server you have to first copy those image files from the server to a folder on your computer.

HOW TO PRESENT IMAGES WITH THE OIV

1. Within the Image Palette, you can rearrange the order of the images and edit the information associated with each image. The images will be presented full-screen against a black background, and you will have the option of zooming in to images or comparing two images side-by-side.
2. To rearrange the order of the images in the Image Palette, simply click on the image you would like to move, and drag it to the desired position. The aqua arrow indicates the new location of the image.

3. To display the Image Palette images in a simple slideshow, double click on one of the images in the Image Palette or press the View Image Palette Slideshow button.
4. The first image will appear full-screen against a black background. Controls for the slide show are located in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
5. To view text data that accompanies any image, click on the information icon in the control bar. A single-click brings up a brief summary of the information; clicking twice on the "i" displays the full object information.

The second and more powerful method is to create a slide presentation using the Slide Editor located in the upper-right pane of the OIV. With this option you can use images from the Image Palette as source material, but you will also be able to customize the overall look of each of the slides in your presentation. Each slide can contain images and text, and you can include backgrounds, borders, etc.

Additional information about using the OIV is available from ARTstor. Particularly useful is the ARTstor "OIV: Getting Started Guide" located at http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/instructional_handouts.jsp.