Visual Resources Center

Artstor

Artstor is a digital library of more than 2 million images covering the arts, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences, and includes many of the most familiar works of art taught in Art History courses. Artstor also includes the following collections:

Shared Shelf

Shared Shelf allows the University of Delaware to integrate its own local content into Artstor. Our Shared Shelf collection, UD Art Histor​y: Visual Resources Center, contains more than 90,000 images that are available only to UD users in Artstor.

University Museums and University of Delaware Library Collections

Images of objects in the collections of the University Museums and the University of Delaware Library are available to UD users in Artstor. The Library's images are also available to anyone worldwide through the open-access Shared Shelf Commons.

Archivision Library

Archivision is a digital library of approximately 47,000 images of architecture, parks, gardens, and works of public art. The Archivision Library is available to UD users in Artstor.

Connect to Artstor

How to Register for an Artstor Account

Artstor Help

Artstor Training Materials

All current University of Delaware faculty, staff, and students have access to the digital collections in Artstor.

​All images in the Visual Resources Center are intended solely for teaching and research purposes at the University of Delaware, and may not be reproduced or published in any form. For more information on copyright and the use of images from the Visual Resources Center, see our Co​pyright page.​