ArtStor has a collection of pdf subject guides available for download and highlighting aspects of certain collections and offering search tips on subjects. Some of the topics include Architecture, American Studies, Music History, Mid Evil Studies, Maps, Decorative Art and Photography among others. They also have a new series on their blog called Teaching with ArtStor This week the topic is “Re-historicizing Contemporary Pacific Island Art” by Marion Cadora, a graduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

John La Farge, Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa, 1891. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art