Art & Architecture Images Help

The Art & Architecture Images collection (AAI) is one of many digital collections provided by the UO and OSU Libraries using CONTENTdm management software. The Help with CONTENTdm Collections page gives a succinct introduction to using the UO-OSU collections. For information on the AAI collection please see the About page.

Browsing AAI

Images from the AAI collection can be browsed using the links on the lower left of the page. These lists are the controlled vocabularies for those fields. Creator (Person) contains the names of individuals responsible for or contributing to the creation of a work. These can be the names of artists and architects or designers and patrons Creator (Group) contains the names of groups or corporations responsible for or contributing to the creation of a work. These can be the names of architectural or construction firms, or corporate bodies such as cities Culture contains terms referring to the nationalities of the Creators or cultural context within which a work was created. Examples include Spanish, Islamic or Toltec

Style/Period contains terms referring to the style, period, school, group, society or dynasty with which the work is identified. Examples include American Colonial, Hoosier Group, Qing, Red-figure, Eighteenth Dynasty (Egyptian) or Kano School Repository contains the name and locations of institutions where the work is or was held or individuals who own or owned it Cities, State, Province & Country contains the names of geographic locations associated with the work. These can include current, creation or discovery sites as well as places that the image references Sub-collections contains the names of groups or individuals who have donated materials to the VRC or to large, purchased image collections on specific topics

Searching AAI

The search boxes on the left side of the home page search across: Art & Architecture Images Building Oregon Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art The format of your query returns may unexpectedly change because of searching across multiple collections Remember: AAI includes images not found in Artstor

Search Tips:

• To search a specific phrase you must use the Search across all fields box

• All the Search specific fields boxes act like keyword searches for that field--there is no phrase searching

• Use the Search across all fields box if you don't know exactly what you're looking for

• Click on any green word in an image record to perform a search in that field for that term

• Dates can currently be searched only from the Search across all fields box

• Use the Browsing lists to find terms in the controlled vocabularies with which to search

• Minimize the use of articles (the, an, a) and conjunctions (and, or) to increase your query returns

• Don't use abbreviations: use "Saint" not "St.", "Mount" not "Mt.", etc.

• A search using the Title field searches both the title and the view fields

• All plans have the word "plan" in the title or view, as do elevations, sections, etc.

• A search using the Creator search box searches both the Creator (Person) and Creator (Group) fields

• Try searching on just the surname of a Creator, or look in the Browsing lists if you can't find works that should be in AAI

• Japanese City, State / Provinces are formatted City (Prefecture), Region or Prefecture, Region

• The Source field refers to the object from which the digital image was produced (book, photograph, slide). Click on the Source to return all images from that object