Once you have found images by searching or browsing in ARTstor, you might want to cite them in a research paper and then list them in the accompanying bibliography. ARTstor has developed tools to allow you to export bibliographic citations for any image, which include the following information: Creator/Artist, Title, Date, Repository, ARTstor Image ID number, and a stable URL. You can save citations for individual images, or for an entire Image Group that you have already saved in ARTstor. This list of citations can then be inserted into bibliographies, or shared as a group to form a virtual “playlist” of ARTstor images. In all cases, clicking on the stable URL will open that image in the ARTstor Image Viewer, provided that you are within the valid IP range for your institution.
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First, you will want to select the images whose citations you would like to export. Perform a search (see: "How do I search for images?") or open an Image Group (see: "How do I open an Image Group"), so that a set of images is displayed on the Thumbnail Page.
In both cases, you will get a confirmation message that the selected images were saved as citations. Click on the "OK" button in the window. You may continue to add items to your saved citations by repeating either of the steps listed above. Note: Both options for saving images as citations are also available from the right- (or "Control-") click shortcut menu. |
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After you have saved all the desired images as citations, you can view these citations by clicking back on the "Image Groups" toolbar button and selecting the "View saved citations" option. This option is also available from the "View" toolbar menu , as well as the right- (or "Control-") click shortcut menu. |
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This will open a new browser window that contains a list of your saved citations, as well as thumbnails of all the images in your list. Review this list of your "ARTstor Saved Citations" to determine whether these are the images that you would like to export as bibliographic citations.
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After reviewing your list, you have several choices for how to export your image citations. |
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Email Citations If you would like to email the list of saved citations to yourself, or someone else, click on the "Email citations" link listed under "Export Options" at the top of the "ARTstor Saved Citations" page. You will be prompted to enter your Email Address and the Recipient's Email Address. The default Subject line is "ARTstor Citations," though you may edit this field. At the top of the form, you can choose the export format for your email, whether "printer-friendly" or "tab-delimited." You also have the option to fill in a notes field, as well as a checkbox to include a copy of the citations as an attachment to the email.
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Direct export to citation management software If you use citation management or personal bibliographic software such as EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager, you can export ARTstor image citations directly into these programs. Please note that in order to use this feature, you will need to save a dedicated filter into the program files for that particular software on your computer. If you do not have this filter you may download them from the following locations: ProCite Filter: http://www.artstor.org/info/citations/ARTstor.cfg Reference Manager Filter: http://www.artstor.org/info/citations/ARTstor.cap
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Download citations If you prefer to save your citations as a file and download them from ARTstor, you can use the "View and Save Citations" option listed in the "Export Options" section of the "ARTstor Saved Citations" page. First, select the preferred export format for your citations, whether "printer-friendly" or "tab-delimited." Once you have made your selection, click on the "View" button to the right of the export format menu. This will launch your list of citations in a new browser window. |