JSTOR Library Resources for Students

The University of Arts & Design is proud to provide students with access to an extensive collection of academic resources through JSTOR. These include:

• JSTOR Archive Collections: A comprehensive range of scholarly articles and historical journals across multiple disciplines.
• JSTOR Primary Sources Collections: Explore unique archival materials that bring history, culture, and art to life.
• JSTOR Global Plants: A digital library of plant specimens, reference works, and primary sources, perfect for studies in botany, environmental design, and related fields.

All of these resources are part of the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection, offering invaluable tools for research, learning, and creative inspiration.

Log-in information is available to all enrolled students. To access, please go to https://www.jstor.org and use our provided university login and password for students.

 

Copyright procedures are governed by federal law, so this is not something you want to make mistakes with! You can find all the information about copyright at copyright.gov.

Never just use images, or words, or music, or anything else you find online unless you know you have the creator’s permission to use it. This protects you too: if anyone else takes your designs, you can stop them. Copyright law can make some things more challenging for you – but it is here to protect your creative work.

So, what images are okay to use? Look for things that are marked as “open access” or “copyright free.” You can also use things that are licensed under Creative Commons licensing. (Scroll down for more information on that.)

Here are a few places you can find open access images:

• National Gallery of Art
• Art Institute of Chicago
• The Met
• MoMA UK
• Smithsonian
• Artvee
• Pixabay

There are many more options out there! You just want to be careful to use material that is licensed to reuse.

You can use Google’s image searching tools to find specific images. Here are the Google instructions for finding images with info available on how to reuse them

1. On your computer, go to images.google.com.
2. Search for an image.
3. Under the search box, click Tools.
4. To narrow results to images with available license info, click Usage rights  choose a type of license. Learn about types of usage rights.
5. Click the image you want.
6. To find info on how to license and use the image, below the image in the right panel, click License details.

 

“Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, What can I do with this work?“

You can browse these six different licenses from Creative Commons. This will help you to identify material you can use, and any restrictions you should follow (such as: attribution to the creator, not selling it, etc.). Look for one of these licenses below on any kind of images, or other creation, you may want to use.

• CC BY This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. 
• CC BY-SA This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. 
• CC BY-NC This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
• CC BY-NC-SA This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
• CC BY-ND This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
• CC BY-NC-ND This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
• The CC0 Public Domain Dedication CC0 (aka CC Zero) is a public dedication tool, which enables creators to give up their copyright and put their works into the worldwide public domain. CC0 enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, with no conditions.

How do you know which license to put on your own work? Creative Commons makes it easy for you! Check out their tool for choosing a license.

 

Questions? Need more resources? Students and employees can work with Dr. Mary Jordan, Librarian.