The Art Museum Image Gallery is a rich digital resource of art images and related multimedia gathered from the collections of distinguished museums around the world. Through an arrangement with The Art Archive of the Picture Desk Inc. an additional 62,000 images were added to the database in January 2007. Spanning works from 3,000BC to the 20th century, The Art Archive is a fine art and historical picture library with works from over 1,800 distinguished sources worldwide.

For a complete list of museums and image contributors please see: http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/artmuseum_museums.htm

Access to this resource allows users to manipulate the images to suit their educational needs outside the AMIG interface. This pedagogical flexibility is enabled by all the images being cleared for educational use.

AMIG includes:

• Over 155,000 superior quality images with a full bibliographic record. Many include curatorial text, provenance data, detail or multiple views for many images, and related multimedia where available.
• Full bibliographic records accompany every image. All images are offered in three sizes, including a high resolution based on the traditional 1024 x 760 pixel sizing.
• Superb coverage of contemporary and modern artists.
• Coverage of both fine and decorative art: painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, costumes, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, glass, books and manuscripts, archaeological finds, and more.
• Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian works, along with numerous Japanese and Chinese works. The database includes numerous multimedia files.

User Benefits:

• Users can illustrate papers, lectures, assignments, and password-protected websites with high-resolution images.
• AMIG enriches research in multicultural studies, area studies, archaeology, classics, history, religion, cultural studies, literature, and related subject areas.
• AMIG supports theatre department and community theatre research on set design, period costumes and period furniture.
• Teachers can use Art Museum Image Gallery works in class lectures, assignments, academic presentations, and password-protected course websites. The images are rights-cleared for educational use.
• Students can use Art Museum Image Gallery works in papers and classroom assignments.
• The Art Museum Image Gallery can be searched alone, or simultaneously with other WilsonWeb databases, including Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective and Biography Reference Bank.

Main subject areas

Art History, Studio Art, Design, Multicultural studies, Area Studies, Archaeology, Classics, History, Religion, Cultural Studies, Literature.

Academic level

All levels from post-16 onwards.

Date range

This resource covers time periods from 3,000BC to the present.

Comparable resources

ARTstor
Grove Art Online

Subscription charges for Art Museum Image Gallery for institutions without a subscription to Art Full Text or Art Abstracts:

Higher Education:

Further Education:

Subscription charges (full price -20%) for Art Museum Image Gallery for institutions that are also subscribed to Art Full Text or Art Abstracts:

Higher Education:

Further Education:

Subscription charges (full price -20%) for the Art Museum Image Gallery and Cinema Image Gallery Package:

Higher Education:

Further Education:

Notes

Year 1 runs from 1 August 2009 - 31 July 2010
Year 2 runs from 1 August 2010 - 31 July 2011
Year 3 runs from 1 August 2011 - 31 July 2012

All prices are exclusive of VAT.

An administration fee of £50 per invoice will be charged on invoices in excess of £600. This fee covers JISC Collections' administration and invoicing costs.

For institutions who subscribe to the Art Museum Image Gallery and Cinema Image Gallery Package, and who are also subscribed to Art Full Text or Art Abstracts, the discount offered will be "full price -30%".

How does JISC Banding and Charging work?

The agreement runs from 1^st August 2009 to 31^st July 2012. Institutions may subscribe at any time and may terminate the agreement in 31^st July 2010 or 31^st July 2011 by giving JISC Collections sixty days notice to that effect.

For instructions on how to subscribe to Art Museum Image Gallery and to access the sub-licence agreement please go to the subscription page.

The agreement complies with the terms of the JISC Model Licence

For further details of the JISC Model Licence please refer to the Guide to the JISC Model Licence.

Full text linking

WilsonWeb uses OpenURL technology for linking to full text Persistent URLs.

Technical information can be found at http://www.hwwilson.com/documentation/WilsonWeb/targetURL.htm

Federated searching

WilsonWeb is compliant with all major federated search engines.

Technical information can be found at http://www.hwwilson.com/documentation/WilsonWeb/Z3950.htm

Metadata standards

High quality cataloguing and metadata standards. Each piece of work has basic cataloguing information and some works are enhanced with associated information such as curatorial texts, detailed provenance history, multiple views of the work, sound and video.

Search options

There are 30 searchable fields and 16 browseable fields. Users can search by:

• Keyword
• Artist
• Title of Work
• Creation Year
• Subject
• Ownership
• Type of Object
• Culture or Nationality

Post-search options

Export records to EndNote and Refworks.

Users can also email results, save searches and set up SDI search alerts.

Users are also able to format citation records automatically in a simple form, using the MLA and APA standards.

Usage statistics

Usage statistics reports are ICOLC compliant. COUNTER compliancy approvals for Release 1 were received for Journal Report 1 and Database Reports 1, 2 and 3. COUNTER Release 2 approvals for these reports are expected shortly.

Authentication

Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens, and IP range.

Personalisation of the online resource

Personalisation possible for:

• Screen Display
• Results Display
• Saved Searches
• SDI Article Alerts
• Language Preferences
• Searching Parameters
• Cross-Database Searching
• Open-URL Searching
• Admin Password for security purposes

Institutions are able to control access through IP addresses or Patron ID numbers and restrict functions (email, print, save, search history).

Accessibility

WilsonWeb is compliant with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act, designed to improve access and functionality for individuals with disabilities. WilsonWeb also meets current international guidelines for user accessibility.

Login URL

http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/login.jhtml

Product documentation

http://www.hwwilson.com/ftabsind.htm

Introductory PowerPoint presentation: http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/media/documents/jisc_collections/amig_ice_pd_ebooks_rolling_ppt.ppt

Training materials

http://www.hwwilson.com/Documentation/WilsonWeb/training/wilsonweb_training.htm

Administrative and technical support

http://www.hwwilson.com/productsupport/psupport.htm

Trial access

To obtain a free 30-day trial, please contact trial_access@jisc.ac.uk. Please remember to include Art Museum Image Gallery in the title of your email.

Subscription help

Email subscriptionshelp@jisc.ac.uk for help with subscriptions.