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Image Research Guide: About

A guide for finding and using images and where to get help.

About

Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 1077, "Hartford, Conn. Trinity College." Germany, ca. 1890-1914.

Find Images Fast:

Are you hoping to use images from a recent exhibit, or having trouble finding something in our databases? 

Contact Amanda Matava to help you locate images.

We can also add them to our JSTOR Institutional Teaching Collection for you to use in your courses. 

Cite Source

Reminder

Before using any images please check the copyright statement for each database or site. Generally, most allow the use of their material for educational, noncommercial or personal use as long as the source is acknowledged.  ArtStor, for example, allows use of its images for educational purposes such as in papers and presentations, and on password-protected course Moodle sites, but prohibits use in publicly-accessible webpages and commercial publications.

Don't forget to cite the source of any images you use in papers or presentations, just as you would cite other resources!

Publication

Certain images in ARTstor provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other institutions are publication-quality images and are available free-of-charge for use in scholarly publications. These images will display an "IAP" icon beneath the thumbnail. Clicking on the icon will lead a user through steps for downloading the publication-quality image, including agreeing to a terms and conditions statement.

PowerPoint is the most commonly used presentation software and is available on all Trinity College lab & classroom computers.

It should be noted that users can choose to download ArtStor image groups as PowerPoint presentations, with a slide automatically created for each image in the group, and a title slide created using the name of the group.  

A jpg image file of 1024 x 768 pixels, at 72ppi resolution, is commonly recommended for use in PowerPoint presentations.  This is the output resolution of many projectors.

Inserting an image into a PowerPoint slide:

1  First open your presentation and select the desired slide.

2  Click on the "Insert" menu

3  Select "Picture", "From File..."

4  Navigate to where your image is located, and click on the filename.

5  Click "Insert"

6  PowerPoint will insert the image in the middle of your PowerPoint slide. If the image is too big and fills the screen, click on the page zoom button & choose a small number, enabling you to zoom out to see the entire image.

7  To scale the image without distorting it, click and hold with the left mouse button on any one of the corner "handles" & drag the handle to re-size the image smaller or bigger.

Trinity, Hartford & Connecticut Resources

Connecticut Digital Archive

The CTDA is part of the Digital Preservation Repository Program at the University of Connecticut. It serves the entire state and is dedicated to the maintenance, delivery, and preservation of a wide range of digital resources for educational and cultural institutions and State Agencies in Connecticut.

The CTDA includes collections from: 

JSTOR Images (includes ArtStor)

Nearly 2 million images of art, architecture, science and technology, and other forms of visual and material culture. Represents all time periods and cultures. If you were an ArtStor user, login with your ArtStor credentials to access your saved content and groups. New users can create a free account.

To find this page directly from the JSTOR homepage, go to BROWSE --> Images.

Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities

VADS

VADS provides a national collection of over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections across the UK, which are freely available for non-commercial use in education. The images cover the broad range of the visual arts including applied arts, architecture, design, fashion, fine art, and media. VADS is a service of the Library at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).

Asian Art & Architecture

JSTOR (formerly ArtStor)

Nearly 2 million images of art, architecture and other forms of visual and material culture. Represents all time periods and cultures. Includes online and offline tools for faculty and students.

Image: Gia Long Tomb, front facade roof details, photographed by Barbara J. Anello-Adnani, 2008.

General Arts & Humanities Image Resources

Sciences

Forestry Images

Explore photos of plant species, diseases, and pests relating to forestry.

Image: Organ Pipe Cactus, James Henderson, Golden Delight Honey, Bugwood.org

Digitization at Trinity