ArtStor Help

ArtStor can be accessed from campus (recommended) or remote locations. A high speed internet connection is required to access from remote locations. Riverland students will need a library cards to access Artstor from off campus locations.  Off campus user are required to authenticate through our proxy server.

The ArtStor has a very usefull training wiki that includes YouTube videos explaining the basics of using Artstor.

YouTube videos:
Introducing Artstor
Registering for an Artstor account
Downloading images to powerpoint
Making image groups

Digital training materials (PDF) include:
Finding images
View, print, download
Organize images into groups
Artstor for Undergrads is a helpful guide for the basics

Other helpful materials:
Instructional handouts
Offline Image Viewer (OIV) which is presentation software, much like Powerpoint.

Unregistered users can:
*access help
*search and browse the database
*print a single image
*save a single image into folder residing on 'C' or 'H' drive
*open and image group created by someone else
*print images groups created by someone else

Registered users can:
*do all the unregistered users can plus
*create folders with images
*print image groups
*add personal notes
*download OIV *programs cannot be installed on campus computers

Online Help:
ArtStor has an extensive online help menu.

Training:
In addition to online help, there are online training options.

Tips using ArtStor:
Popup blockers need to be disabled
Off campus access is very slow and clearing the cache in Java and the browser may help
Java cache -- http://www.artstor.org/webhelp/Clear_my_Java_cache.htm
Browser cache -- http://www.artstor.org/webhelp/Clear_my_browser_cache.htm Software tends to open a number of browser windows which can be very confusing
There have been issues with firewalls, help suggestions http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/ARTstor_Troubleshooting#Set_ARTstor_as_Trusted_Site