September 15, 2008

New Visual Resources Library Blog

Check out the new Visual Resources Library Blog to find all sorts of useful information about ARTstor, AP Photo Archive, Sources for Medical Images and more:

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/vrc

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August 28, 2007

Adding your ARTstor image groups to CTOOLS

Many A&D faculty members are using ARTstor to gather and show images to their classes. Listed below are the steps to add ARTstor image groups to a CTOOLS site. If you would like further assistance with ARTstor or CTOOLS I am happy to assist you.

Adding your ARTstor image groups to CTOOLS

IN ARTSTOR
1. Go to ARTstor http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI02915
and log in
2. Go to image groups
3. Open a group
4. Go to image groups again
5. Select Display Image Group URL
6. Click once on the URL so that the entire URL is highlighted (is is a long URL and scrolls past the text box).
7. Type C to copy the URL
Now the URL can be added as a resource in CTOOLS

IN CTOOLS
1. Go to http://ctools.umich.edu and log in
2. Go to your course site
3. Go to Resources
4. Click on "add" and select "add web links (URLs)"
5. Paste the ARTstor URL into the URL text box
6. Select email notification if desired
7. Click "Add Links Now" button

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