Getting Started with ARTStor

Because of the graphic nature of ARTStor, there are specific technical requirements that may have to be set on your computer.
Below is a list of those requirements. For additional information refer to the "Help" section of ARTStor.

1. To Access ARTStor, click on "Journal Articles/Databases" from the homepage.

2. If you are on campus, select "Fine Arts" from the subject grid and then click on ARTStor.

3. If you are using ARTStor from home, refer to the "Login Information" guide.

4. At the ARTStor screen, click on "Search and Browse for Images".

5. Due to the nature of this database, the next screen may take a little while to load. Once loaded, there is no need to register for ARTStor unless an instructor has set up class folders or you wish to create your own folders.

Browsing Collections

6. To browse a collection, click on collection either from the toolbar or select the Collections, Classification or Geography link underneath the "Browse Collections" area of the page.

7. Selecting the ARTStor Collections link takes you the the Image Gallery page. On this page you can select a collection. For example we will select The Hartill Archive collection below. The plus signs in front of each heading will expand and show the topics for that heading. In this example "Prehistoric Art" has been expanded. Selecting the minus sign will collapse that category.

7. Clicking on "United Kingdom" returns thumbnail images of the collection. Fifteen images appear on a page. To move through the pages, click on the next arrow near the number of pages returned. In this example 2 pages of images have been returned.

8. To return to the collection page, click on the Back button in the toolbar shown below. To select another topic within that collection, select the "Browse Collection" button.

Searching ARTStor

9. To perform a keyword search, type a search term into the "keyword search" box (for a phrase use quotes, "stained glass" for example). The advanced search screen on the right allows you to search by keyword, classification, geography and date.

10. The result screen shows that number of images returned and the number of pages containing those results. In the results below 288 images were returned over 19 pages.

11. To enlarge the image, double-click on the image (see the orange box below). To view information about the image, double-click on the title beneath the image (see the red box below).

The information screen that pops up when the user double-clicks on the image title appears below.

12. Double-clicking on the image enlarges the image to half screen. It is possible to enlarge the image to full screen size or, if desired, it is possible to view two images side by side. When opening the second image, the first image will close to the lower computer toolbar. Clicking on the desired toolbar icon will enable both images to be viewed on the screen. See below for results.

13. The icons on the lower right side of each picture are as follows: print, view image information (see image above step 11), list all the images in this collection, enlarge the image to full screen, hide these control buttons and download the image.