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The image database, AMICO, brought to us most recently through RLG by way
of Luna's Insight, has dissolved and much of its content (primarily
images from American art museum collections) has since been repackaged
within a few new products for which we have month-long trial
subscriptions. If you have the chance, please try a few searches in both
tools. I'm very curious to hear what people think. (ARTstor
is also negotiating to include AMICO content in its image collections but
so far, we only have CAMIO and AMIG to compare.) <br><br>
The first is <b>CAMIO</b>
(<a href="http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=1664" eudora="autourl">
http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=1664</a>
) - a new RLG image database which:<br><br>
"is a growing on-line collection documenting works of art from
around the world. Images, text and multimedia represent a broad range of
works of art from the collections of prominent museums, highlighting the
creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to
contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive
forms....."<br><br>
and includes...<br><br>
"Photographs<br>
Prints<br>
Sculpture<br>
Paintings<br>
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects<br>
Drawings and Watercolors<br>
Costume and Jewelry<br>
Textiles<br>
Architecture<br>
and more ... "<br><br>
The second is WilsonWeb's Art Museum Image Gallery
(<a href="http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=1665" eudora="autourl">
http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=1665</a>
) which...<br><br>
"i<font size=2>s an on-line collection of high-quality, digital
documentation of works of art from around the world. Works from major
European, American, and Canadian artists in the collections of member
museums are included. Cultures and time periods represented range from
contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman,
and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works. The database
includes numerous multimedia files. Art Museum Image Gallery
documents over 90,000 works of art."<br><br>
If you have questions or trouble with the trial subscription, please let
me know.<br><br>
Thanks,<br><br>
Hannah Bennett<br>
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Public Services Librarian<br>
Yale University<br>
Art and Architecture Library<br>
180 York Street<br>
P.O. Box 208242<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8242<br>
(203) 436-8052<br>
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