{"id":3476,"date":"2013-01-14T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2013-01-14T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T22:51:00","slug":"collins-library-links-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/collins-library-links-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Library Links: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/files\/2011\/04\/CollinsLibraryLinks_blue1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/files\/2011\/04\/CollinsLibraryLinks_blue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words \u2013 but where can I find a good one, <\/strong><strong><br \/>\nto spark up my presentation or to illustrate a crucial point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/Artstor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3477  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/Artstor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probably everyone has used Google Image search at one time or another.<br \/>\nIt is quick, easy and often you can find a suitable image to represent a concept.<br \/>\nBut at the same time, you also find poor quality color, limited image size, lack of documentation,<br \/>\nand limited copyright information.\u00a0 So, the Collins Library has put together some resources and<br \/>\nservices to assist you with finding the right images to enhance your teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace Weston, Visual Resources Specialist, is available to assist you with your image needs.\u00a0 Wallace can assist in finding images, provide ARTstor training, and advise on scanning and creation of digital images.\u00a0 Visit our new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/collins-memorial-library\/visual-resources-collections-a\/\">Visual Resources page<\/a> for further information and also take advantage of these great online digital resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ARTstor<\/strong>.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let the name, ARTstor fool you.\u00a0\u00a0 Subjects now covered, besides art and architecture, include a broad range of the humanities and sciences, from many periods and countries.\u00a0 The site provides very useful downloadable PDF study guides for finding images in such fields as African and African-American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History of Medicine and Natural Science, Languages and Literature, Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Music History, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies, Renaissance Studies, Theater and Dance, Women\u2019s Studies, among others. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artstor.org\/what-is-artstor\/w-html\/interdisciplinary.shtml\">ARTstor study guides<\/a> are a great place to start. With over 1,000,000 images isn\u2019t that enough?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Puget Sound Images for Teaching<\/strong>.\u00a0 These are images requested by faculty, usually scanned from books, and they supplement what ARTstor has.\u00a0 These are unique images that are not available in the ARTstor collection and Information for making requests is found on the Visual Resources page. To give an idea of the variety of what is already available, some of the topics of recently completed projects are:\u00a0 modern Mexican and Guatemalan art and folklore, recent archaeological discoveries from China\u2019s distant past, intaglio and non-intaglio prints,\u00a0 Ancient Roman sculpture and metalwork, illustrations of material culture in Ming and Qing China, the art of Buddhist pilgrimages, and paintings and drawings by Pierre Matisse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copyright Free Images<\/strong>.\u00a0 This links to a selection of image-rich websites, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/\">Library of Congress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sirismm.si.edu\/siris\/sirisimagegallery.htm\">Smithsonian<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalgallery.nypl.org\/nypldigital\/index.cfm\">New York Public Digital Library<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital Library of the Week Archive: <\/strong>This provides links to some incredible digital library projects packed with images:\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovelibraries.org\/articles\/digitallibrary\">http:\/\/www.ilovelibraries.org\/articles\/digitallibrary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Collins Library Digital Collections:<\/strong> And, last, but not least, our own University of Puget Sound collections are great teaching resources, including:\u00a0 <em>Bird Wings, Abby Williams Hill<\/em> and <em>Flora and Fauna of the Northwest<\/em>.\u00a0 If you have an idea for a digital collection, please contact <a href=\"mailto:CollinsVRC@pugetsound.edu\">CollinsVRC@pugetsound.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The world of images is wide-open, and the new VR page will provide you with roadmaps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fun Image \u201cDid you Knows?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Science:<\/strong> The Smithsonian image collection has over 139, 552 specimen images in the <strong>paleogeneral<\/strong> category?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music:<\/strong> The New York Public Library has digitized over 2000 pieces of <strong>illustrated sheet music<\/strong> from Broadway musicals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> The Voices of the Dust Bowl project, provides access to images and audio files documenting <strong>migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>African American Studies:<\/strong> The complete <strong>migration series from painter Jacob Lawrence<\/strong> is available online via ARTstor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Languages and Literature:<\/strong> ARTstor has access to the Magnum Photo Collection that includes\u00a0 <strong>portraits of writers, poets, and playwrights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business\/History:<\/strong> <strong>Child Labor Photographs<\/strong> available through the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History of Science and Technology:<\/strong> The Dibner Library of History of Science and Technology provides access to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sil.si.edu\/ondisplay\/ramelli\/\">Ramelli&#8217;s Machines<\/a>: Original drawings of 16th century machines for Agostino Ramelli&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Le diverse et artificiose machine<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And for something completely different: \u00a0Some Seasonal Images,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sil.si.edu\/digitalcollections\/SeedNurseryCatalogs\/CF\/TL_SeedsSelectImages.cfm?subject=Gourds\">Seed Catalog Digital Collection<\/a> of the Library of Congress. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/artstor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3478\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/artstor2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/artstor2.jpg 653w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/artstor2-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2013\/01\/artstor2-624x186.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" \/><strong>Need Information?<\/strong> Don&#8217;t forget the Collins Memorial Library <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/collins-memorial-library\/research-gateway\/databases-a-to-z\/\" target=\"_blank\">Database List A-Z<\/a><strong><br \/>\nQuestions?<\/strong> Contact your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/collins-memorial-library\/explore-the-library\/academic-department-liaisons\/\" target=\"_blank\">liaison librarian<\/a><strong><br \/>\nComments:<\/strong> Contact <a title=\"http:\/\/www2.ups.edu\/content\/contact-form.php?recipient=jcarlin@ups.edu\" href=\"mailto:jcarlin@pugetsound.edu\">Jane Carlin<\/a>, Library Director<strong><br \/>\nRemember<\/strong> \u2013 Your best search engine is a Librarian!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words \u2013 but where can I find a good one, to spark up my presentation or to illustrate a crucial point? 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