Unlock the power of visual learning with Artstor on JSTOR
Artstor on JSTOR brings over 2 million high-quality, rights-cleared images into the same trusted platform your students and faculty already use. For community colleges that subscribe to JSTOR, adding Artstor is a seamless way to enhance visual learning, support general education, and strengthen cross-disciplinary instruction.
Designed to strengthen core curriculum and student engagement
Community colleges play a pivotal role in preparing students for transfer and career success. Artstor on JSTOR supports that mission by providing:
- Curated image collections across disciplines, including U.S. and world history, art history, literature, and the sciences
- Visual content aligned with essential skills such as critical thinking, visual literacy, and cultural awareness
- Built-in tools for teaching and research—no extra training or additional platform required
- Seamless integration with JSTOR content for easier cross-disciplinary research
Why add Artstor?
By combining text and image content in one research environment, Artstor on JSTOR helps:
- Make abstract or complex topics more relatable through visual examples
- Engage students with diverse learning preferences
- Support instructors across departments with teaching-ready materials
- Build visual literacy in line with 21st-century academic expectations
Maximize the value of your JSTOR access
You’ve already made a valuable investment by providing your faculty and students access to JSTOR. Adding Artstor:
- Enhances your library’s support for visual literacy and interdisciplinary teaching
- Simplifies faculty access to visual resources within the same research environment
- Expands your institution’s ability to meet teaching and learning goals across disciplines
Artstor on JSTOR in action
Discover stories, resources, and updates on how educators, librarians, and researchers are using Artstor on JSTOR to enrich teaching, learning, and scholarship.
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Artstor promotional toolkit
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Slow art: Analyzing art in an image-saturated age
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Teaching slow looking: Guiding students to engage deeply with art
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Now available on JSTOR: Highlights from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Bring the world to your classroom: Using Artstor on JSTOR for engaging virtual field trips
Discover how to create virtual field trips with Artstor on JSTOR to bring the world into your classroom. Explore ways to foster equity, visual literacy, and engagement—no travel required. Includes a ready-to-use sample lesson plan.
Monthly-wrap up: Spotlighting pride, prison newspapers, and a painter in June
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Monthly wrap-up: Maps, movements, and miniature pills in May
May’s additions to JSTOR opened new ways to engage with visual culture, political history, and everyday life.
Digitally archived primary sources are imperative to higher education
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Adding Artstor is simple
Expand your institution’s JSTOR access with Artstor. Support visual literacy, cross-disciplinary research, and classroom engagement—all in one trusted platform.
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Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute. Silverfish Scales. n.d. Part of Open: Wellcome Collection, Artstor.
Christopher Dresser. Wave Bowl. ca. 1880. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artstor.
Katsushika Hokusai. Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura), Also Known as The Great Wave, from the Series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Sanjūrokkei). ca. 1830–32. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artstor.
Chinese. Jar with Winged Animals over Waves. Mid-15th century. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artstor.
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