CHRISTINE LOVE-RODGERSNEW COLLEGE LIBRARIAN

&ACADEMIC LIAISON LIBRARIAN, DIVINITY

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Picturing heaven : online image resources for

religious art

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Picturing heaven : online image resources for religious art at the University of Edinburgh

Library Essentials

How do I find online image collections?

How can I use the images I find?

Song School St Mary, 1897, f.13r. Phoebe Anna Traquair, (b.1852, d.1936) . Edinburgh University Library

A-Z of Library Databases

Databases by subject

• Images• History of

Art

University of Edinburgh Image CollectionsChronology of Ancient Nations, Or.Ms 161

a self-contained, searchable collection of images made available online for either a limited group of users (e.g. University of Edinburgh students) or the general public.

museum and gallery collections

commercial image libraries, subscription-only services Many invisible to Google

because of password-protection or technical issues.

What is an image database?

University of Edinburgh Image CollectionsBiblia (German) Inc.45.2

Made by human beings!

Added value research information

FindabilityQualityCopyright

Why use an image database?

University of Edinburgh Image CollectionsCharles de Croy. Book of Hours, c. 1500.

Permitted use varies from collection to collection.

Usually allows one copy of an image to be downloaded or printed for personal use or private study

Some collections will allow further educational use such as reproduction in essays or teaching materials.

Some are public domain and can be freely used for any purpose

Watch out for restrictions on electronic use e.g. publication on blog

Check help pages or contents – look for a link to “copyright information” or “terms and conditions”.

Image database copyright

Thematic / iconographic index of Early Christian and medieval art objects, from early apostolic times up to A.D. 1550.

120,000 images in the database.

Copyright permits use for private study, scholarship, or research only

For copyright reasons approximately 35,000 of these are restricted access

Image databases to try : Princeton Index of Christian Art

All use Luna Insight browser software

Password access to subscription collections

Permits downloading

Register for additional functions

Image databases to try : University of Edinburgh Image Collections

6000+ images and links to 4000+ image links

Choose Advanced Search - Images

Copyright for educational use

Image databases to try : Oxford Art Online

One million plus digital images

Rich search options to explore by period, media or geographical location

Copyright for educational use but check restrictions

Image databases to try: ArtStor

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