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Visual Resources Center: ARTstor

The Vanderbilt University Visual Resources Center is located in Cohen Hall 134 and is your source for finding and properly using high-quality images resources for your papers, presentations, and projects.

New!

ARTstor is the new home of the Vanderbilt History of Art image repository!

The collection is now available to Vanderbilt-affiliated users. To view, navigate to "Institutional Collections" under the Browse tab at the top of any ARTstor page.

ARTstor Tutorials

ARTstor Help
Need help getting started? This video series is a great introduction.
How to register for ARTstor
How to create image groups
How to download images to PowerPoint

ARTstor Blog

What is ARTstor?

ARTstor
The ARTstor database contains over 1.9 million images of the arts, architecture, humanities and sciences. It's one-stop shopping for images and an essential starting point for projects or papers!

Note: You must create an account from a computer logged on to campus Internet, but then you may use the database from any location.

ARTstor Tips and Tricks

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