Please note: If you are off-campus and you need the user/passwords for the electronic resources, they are posted on MyAiCampus.com.
Log in to your student account and then go to the Academic page and click on Subscription Databases & E-Books(PDF) in the Library section.
You can also pick up the list in the library.
The Art Institute of Philadelphia Library currently subscribes to several indexed databases. Below are descriptions and login information for each.
For help accessing or using any of them, call, email or visits the Library.
ONLINE
RESOURCES
The AP Multimedia Archive is an electronic library containing the Associated Press' current year's photo report
and thousands of images from their vast negative and print library dating back to the 1840. Photographs are at a resolutions of 72dpi, and can be downloaded and used for any
educational (not commercial) use. Additional access to graphics, audio and text files.
No password needed for on campus. User name and password information
off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or
from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
CAMIO® — OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.
CAMIO is licensed for use by students, faculty, and researchers at subscribing institutions. Works of art may be used for educational and research purposes during the term of the subscription, if they are properly credited. Images may not be published or otherwise distributed.
CAMIO includes ...
* Photographs
* Prints
* Sculpture
* Paintings
* Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
* Drawings and Watercolors
* Costume and Jewelry
* Textiles
* Architecture
* and more ...
No password needed for on campus. User name and password information
off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or
from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a weekly newspaper, with a Web site updated daily,
reporting on all aspects of higher education and intellectual life. The Chronicle is searchable from 1989 to the current issue, and
full-text issues from 1995 to the current can be browsed.
If you create an account with an @aii.edu email domain, you will be able to acess The Chronicle from off-campus.
Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news, covering health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
No password needed for on campus. User name and password information for
off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or
from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Find articles and citations about modern and contemporary art, architecture, and all aspects of design. Includes ARTbibliographies Modern, Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals, Criminal Justice Abstracts, and Design and Applied Arts index (DAAI). Mostly indexes and abstracts, not full-text.
Please log out if you’re finished before your three hours is up! Set up your own user account using your school email domain, stu.aii.edu (or, faculty and staff, aii.edu).
Bigchalk Elibrary is
a comprehensive general reference database containing
full-text newspapers, magazines, national and international
news wires; complete works of literature; photo, image and
map collections; television, radio and government transcripts;
book, movie and software reviews. It also provides access
to an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, almanac, and
fact books.
User name and password information for
off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from
the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus,
Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopedia
Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
User name and password information
for on and off-campus use may be picked up in the library,
or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Access music and special effects (more special effects will be added to this website later this year). Over 2400 discs of music, 140,000 tracks, and 100 new CDs of REAL music every year. Mix it, sample it, or use it as background loop for school projects.
1. Turn off your pop-up blocker. This site will not function properly with your pop-up blocker on.
2. Enter site.
3. Sign in using "aiphlibrary1@gmail.com" as both username and password for on and off-campus.
Please do not change any profile settings or passwords. All students are sharing this account!!!! Please set up your own folder for your projects.
Getty Images + Video contains close to one million non-digitally watermarked royalty-free images and over 300,000 rights-ready and royalty free video clips. Students may download up to, but no more than fifty (50) high resolution images and ten (10) video clips per person per quarter. All Getty content downloaded from the Getty database may be used for non-commercial educational purposes only, and only for classroom, school, and portfolio related projects. Using Getty content for any commercial or non-school related purpose is prohibited. To obtain the username and password, click the 'Obtain the Password' link to the right. Access by username and password only. Password updated every quarter.
Click on subscription. You`ll need the username and password for both on and off-campus. This is a temporary situation.
Business information on more than 28 million public and private companies, key executive profiles, and complete industry coverage. View detailed company fact sheets with financials, executives, and more. Also searchable by industry, including winemakers, advertising & marketing, trade show exhibition and event planning, multimedia, graphics and publishing software, apparel, toys and games, window coverings and wall coverings, food, candy and confections, restaurants and cafes, film and video, radio broadcasting and programming, television, and many others.
User name and password information
for off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from
the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Literature Online is a fully integrated service that combines the texts of over 357,000 works of literature with huge resources of criticism and reference. There are over 246 current literature journals in full-text.
User name and password information for off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Information on 10,000+ companies, 2000+ industries and 50+ countries.
Among the industries covered are Food Industry, Technology & Telecoms,
Textiles, Media, Retailing, Leisure & Arts.
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of markets including: industry interviews, competitive analysis, market trends, product innovations, buyer behavior and market share.
User name and password information
for off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from
the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Materials database that identifies materials trends for particular industries and a comprehensive overview of today's innovative material solutions from various industries, from aerospace and apparel, to textiles and toys. Emphasis is on sustainable materials. Aside from news, manufacturers’ specs and descriptions, there is a physical library of thousands of material samples in New York City, if you happen to be there. Address is on their website.
User name and password information for on and off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
OmniMusic has a large collection of production music with more than 16,000 tracks in six libraries. This includes one library of sound effects. Can be used for educational (not commercial) use.
If being used for any sort of public broadcasting, you must check with OmniMusic first!
User name and password information for off-campus
use may be picked up in the library, or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
OxfordArt Online is a comprehensive reference resource on all aspects of
the visual arts from prehistory to today. Now includes: Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
User name and password information for off-campus
use may be picked up in the library, or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Online access to the world's
most trusted reference collection. Oxford Reference Online
brings together over 120 language and subject reference
works into a single cross-searchable resource. You can access
a comprehensive and growing collection of Oxford's acclaimed
reference titles.
User name and password information
for off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from
the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Proquest is a bundle of many full-text and indexed databases, with newly enlarged coverage. Multidisciplinary.
Some noteworthy recent additions include:
Off-campus use of this site will require entering your 14-digit AIPH library barcode, which should begin with 21910.
If you do not have a barcode issued by the AIPH Library, please come to the Circulation Desk to get one, or use the Reference USA database on-campus.
Powerful tools for fashion designers and merchandisers including forecasting and trend analysis in trend board format. Search tens of thousands of digital images for inspiration from runway to celebrity to vintage and more.
First time users must access Stylesight from an on-campus computer to register for an individual account. Once registered, you will receive an email with your username and password which can be used on or off campus. Students will need to re-register your account every 90 days from a campus computer. You will receive a notice that it is time to re-register and you will be able to use the same password.
VTC Online access to over 407 software tutorials in streaming video! The library has a license for 30 users. Requires Quicktime 7.
User name and password information for on and off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
Art Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text,
Biological & Agricultural Index, Education Full Text,
General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Index to
Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature &
Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text,
Social Science Full Text, Wilson Business Full Text.
User name and password information for on and off-campus use may be picked up in the library, or from the Academics link on the MyAiCampus site.
The fashion industry bible! At their home page, go to subscriber
log in and use our user name and password. You'll have access
to the full text, with images, of over 75,000 articles searchable
by keyword and date. Our subscription is limited to 10 simultaneous
users. If you cannot log in immediately, please try again
later!
Access is restricted to ten users
at the same time.
