ARTstor Image Repository

About ARTstor

ARTstor is a repository that allows you to search for and view digital images of art, both online and offline. In the ten available collections to search from there are tens of thousands of digital facsimiles of art. Students, faculty, and staff on the Bucknell network may access these collections.

Using ARTstor

There are two ways to use ARTstor:

• Online Image Viewer
  The Online Image Viewer may be used by the Bucknell community. Once you log in, you will be able to search for and view digital images from the following collections:
  
  
  • The Image Gallery
  • Art History Survey Collection
  • Carnegie Arts of the United States
  • Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts
  • Huntington Archive of Asian Art
  • Illustrated Bartsch
  • Mellon International Dunhuang Archive
  • Museum of Modern Art Architecture and Design Collection
  • Native American Art and Culture from the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
  • The Schlesinger History of Women in America Collection
  
  To access these collections you must log in through the Online Image Viewer. When you log into ARTstor for the first time, you will be prompted to register to create an account. You must use your Bucknell e-mail address. For security purposes, please use a password that is NOT your Bucknell e-mail password. After you activate your account, click the Logon button on the right side of the screen.
  
  For help using the Online Image Viewer you may view the ARTstor online help, or alternatively go directly to one of these main topics:
  
  
  • Welcome Page
    Explains how to use the home page once you have logged in.
  • Collection Page
    Explains how to browse individual collections.
  • Thumbnail Page
    Explains how to use the thumbnail screen.
  • Image Viewing Console
    Explains how to manipulate images in the viewing console.
  • Image Data Window
    Explains how to view the historical information pertaining to the original artwork.
  • Frequently asked questions
    Answers several common questions.
  • Troubleshooting
    If you are using a computer on the network you shouldn't have any troubles, but in case you do, you may want to use this online troubleshooter.
• Offline Image Viewer
  The Offline Image Viewer is a tool for faculty to use to create and display presentations. To get started using the Offline Image Viewer, contact lit-artstor@bucknell.edu for an authorization code.
  
  For help on using the software you may view the Offline Image Viewer online help, or alternatively go directly to one of these main topics:
  
  
  • Overview of OIV 2.5
    Explains what the Offline Image Viewer is used for.
  • Assembling a collection of images
    Explains how to make a collection – your own group of images.
  • Managing a collection of images
    Explains how to manage images within your own collection.
  • Creating slides with images
    Explains how to create slides like those in Microsoft PowerPoint© presentations.
  • Presenting images or slides
    Explains how to create a PowerPoint-like presentation using the slides you have created.
  • Sharing your presentation
    Explains how to share your presentation with others in the Bucknell community.
  • Frequently asked questions
    Answers common questions about how to use the Offline Image Viewer.