In general, we believe that users should defer to institutional preferences and standards for citation. If such standards do not currently exist, we can offer the following examples to guide users when citing images they find in ARTstor. These examples have been generated according to standards set forth in reference works, such as those listed on the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) site: http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm.
A museum object is cited as follows:
Brief Citation
Example:
Andokides Painter
Neck-Handled Amphora: Herakles & Cerberus, Ca. 510 B.C.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
ARTstor: UCSD_41822000405785
Artist's Name (First and
Last), Artist's Nationality and Dates
Title and Date of the Work
Materials and Dimensions of the Work
Museum Name and Location
Image Source and ID Number
Example:
Edward Hopper, American,
1882-1967
Early Sunday Morning, 1930
Oil on canvas, 35 3/16 x 60 1/4 in. (89.4 x 153 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
ARTstor: CARNEGIE_4840004
An internet resource (Electronic Database) is cited as follows:
Title of the Work
Artist's Name (First and Last)
Date of the Work
Image Source
Date of Citation
Electronic Database
Example:
Haystacks. Claude Monet.
1890. In ARTstor [database online].
[cited 22 October 2004]. Available from ARTstor, Inc., New York, New
York.
An internet resource (World Wide Web Site) is cited as follows:
Title of the Work
Artist's Name (First and Last)
Date of the Work
Image Source
Date of Citation
World Wide Web Site
Example:
Haystacks. Claude Monet. 1890. ARTstor
[online]. New York:
New York. [cited 22 October 2004]. Available from World Wide
Web: (http://www.artstor.org).