[Yulpub] Trials for Image Databases CAMIO and AMIG

[Hannah Bennett]

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.)

The first is CAMIO 
(http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=1664) 
- a new RLG image database which:

"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....."

and includes...

"Photographs
Prints
Sculpture
Paintings
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Drawings and Watercolors
Costume and Jewelry
Textiles
Architecture
and more ... "

The second is WilsonWeb's Art Museum Image Gallery 
(http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=1665) 
which...

"is 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."

If you have questions or trouble with the trial subscription, please let me 
know.

Thanks,

Hannah Bennett

Public Services Librarian
Yale University
Art and Architecture Library
180 York Street
P.O. Box 208242
New Haven, CT  06520-8242
(203) 436-8052
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