The document summarizes various online databases and image resources for research and studio practice. It discusses reliable databases like Artstor which contain millions of peer-reviewed images across disciplines. It provides examples of collections on Artstor including artists' books, zines, and images related to art history. The document outlines how to search Artstor using keywords, Boolean operators, and filtering by collection. It also discusses properly referencing and organizing images from databases, and issues like copyright and evaluating the authority and accuracy of online resources.

1. Communication Design/
Illustration & Graphic
Design
Online Resources for Studio Practice & Research

2. What are Databases
Databases are: Giant
Online libraries of
credible information with
good search-tools
● Journal Articles
● Case Studies
● Reviews
● Analyses & Peer Reviewed Articles

3. DATABASES Versus Fake News & Images
Reliable - Critical - No Algorithms - Peer
Reviewed

5. Databases
Video

6. Types of Databases
● Open access refers to the practice of making peer-
reviewed scholarly research and literature freely
available online to anyone interested in reading it.
https://doaj.org/
● Closed access refers to peer-reviewed articles or
journals which appear in non-open access databases
are only visible to people at institutions which have a
licence for this specific content / resource
https://www.jstor.org/

7. Types of Sources

8. Find databases :capitadiscovery.co.uk/ncad
Go to the library's 'Search Catalogue' page
Beneath the search bar, there is a list of journal databases - ATHENS Login

9. Image Database:ARTSTOR
● The Artstor Digital Library includes
millions of high-quality images for
education and research across disciplines
from a wide variety of contributors
around the world.

10. Searching Artstor Search under
-Collection
-Name of artist
-Location
-Classification of art
type : Painting,
Sculpture etc
- Date

11. Collections on Artstor
● Public / Artstor Collections / Personal /
Group
Public: Architecture, Historical Images, World War Posters,
Artist books, Zines etc
● Bucknell University: Artists' Books Collection
● Bucknell University: World War II Posters
● Binghamton University Art Museum: Gil and Deborah Williams
Collection of American Art
● OCAD University Zine Collection (Ontario College of Art and Design)
● Joseph C. Sloane Art Library Artists' Book Collection

12. OCAD University Zine Collection
The OCAD U Zine Library is an ever-growing collection of self-
published and handmade objects located at OCAD University.

13. Cornell: Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers
The Cornell Hip Hop Collection features more than 500 party and event flyers ca.
1977-1984. This is the largest known institutional collection of these scarce flyers,
which have become increasingly valued for the details they provide about early
Hip Hop culture.

14. Andy Warhol Collection - 825 images
The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts: Oeuvre

15. Searching Tips
1. The asterisk (*) can represent zero, one, or
several characters. ren* will retrieve ren, rene,
renoir, renaissance, etc.
2. The dollar sign ($) will expand the search to
include terms that stem from a given root. $farm
will retrieve farm, farmer, farming, farmyard,
etc.
3. To search for an exact phrase, put it in quotes
(“…”). When searching for the painting Le Moulin
de la Galette by Renoir, enter “le moulin de la
galette”.
4. Boolean Operators - Words, such as AND, OR, and NOT which are used to
combine search terms to either broaden or narrow the results of a search.

16. Reference &
Organise
● Set up Personal Folders on the
Artstor database for your projects
● References for images includes
copyright, date(s), Materials,
Description, Location (NB) etc
(metadata)
● Download available and citation!
● Under the ‘Item Detailed’ Tab
● Check Copyright and dates!
● Zoom added

17. Accessing all Databases
Off-campus access via OpenAthens
-- manual authentication, need password

18. IMages: Copyright / Date
http://www.artstor.org/artstor-terms
Permitted Uses. Institutional Licensees and/or Authorized Users may search, view, reproduce, display,
download, print, perform, and distribute Content for the following Permitted Uses:
● research activities & classroom instruction and related classroom activities;
● student assignments
● public display or public performance as part of a noncommercial scholarly or educational
presentation, if such use conforms to the customary and usual practice in the field;
● in a student, faculty, or curatorial portfolio,
● Dissertations /Thesis

19. Other Online Sources - Free: Text, Images, Graphics
● https://vads.ac.uk VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) is a
portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 140,000 images that are
freely available and copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and
research.
● https://www.pexels.com/ Free images
● https://www.freelancer.com/community/articles
/free-design-resources# 120 Free Design Resources &
Tools ; Image, Graphics, Video

20. ● Is it Accurate?
● Is the image a true copy of the original and is the
information about it true/accurate? Check Sources!

21. The Child's Bath (or The Bath) 1893 oil painting by American artist Mary
Cassatt.

22. Authority and Evaluate online resources
● Date?
● Who created or wrote it? - Authority
● Is it Relevant? (to your research / project)
● Is it Accurate? (Is the image a true copy of the
original?)
● What is the Purpose?
● What are their Sources?
CRAAP TEST - Use for VC too!

23. Now for the Fun PArt!
Investigate the site:
https://library.artstor.org/#/home