Visual Resources

Image Collections

ARTstor

ARTstor is a library of digital images of works of art and other cultural materials, descriptive information about the works recorded in these images, and tools to work with the images and their documentation. ARTstor currently includes over 1,000,000 digital images covering art, architecture, archaeology, the sciences and other areas,  from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures.  Selected images from the Puget Sound Content DM Image collection are also available through ARTstor.  Access to these images is available to registered Puget Sound users.

See ARTstor's Terms & Conditions of Use.

If you have any inquiries about ARTstor's Terms & Conditions of Use or their implementation, please contact ARTStor at userservices@artstor.org.  ARTstor provides online user support.  Some frequently consulted links are:

Puget Sound Images for Teaching
Supplementing ARTstor’s holdings is our own expanding collection of digital images, largely scanned from print publications.  For online access go to Puget Sound Images for Teachiing.   In addition you can find on the web various sources for copyright-free images.  For a selection go to Other Sources

Like ARTstor, access to the Puget Sound teaching collection is restricted to campus community members, and off-campus use of this collection requires a valid Puget Sound User ID and password.  Puget Sound Images for Teaching are also available (up through fall 2012) through ARTstor's Shared Shelf. Access to theses images is available to registered Puget Sound users.  Follow the link on the ARTstor webpage titled University of Puget Sound Image Collection.

Requesting Images
Can't find the images you require for teaching in either ARTstor or Puget Sound Images for Teaching collections?  Images for teaching may be requested by sending an email with detailed information to CollinsVRC@pugetsound.edu.  A member of the Visual Resources staff will contact you.

Copyright Information
The visual resource collections are intended for teaching and learning at the University of Puget Sound. The collections include licensed images, images under copyright, and copyright free images. Reproduction of copyrighted slides, photographs, and digital images in any format, is regulated by law and subject to prior agreement with the owner, publisher, or vendor of the item. When using these images, it is your responsibility to observe the rights of the license and copyright holders. For copyright information see the source information with each image description.

The Collins Memorial Library adheres to the Visual Resources Association recommended practices outlines in Statement on the fair use of images for teaching research and study.