Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)

This well-established online archive holds many thousands of images belonging to a diverse variety of art collections and is a well-utilised resource for students, teachers and researchers.

The archive holds a wealth of visual material, totalling over 100,000 images. All images are free and copyright cleared for use by the academic and learning communities. Subjects ranging from Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Sir Henry Dryden to Public Monuments and the collections of the London College of Fashion are represented.

The site also provides advice and case studies on building and maintaining digital art education collections, and links to detailed advice on creating digital images for use in learning projects.

This is a description of an Online Resource. Online Resources are websites that describe, interpret and provide access to archives. They often provide access to digital content but they may also describe physical materials. They usually cover a theme or topic, such as an individual, a movement, or an important historical event.

Access this resource online: http://www.vads.ac.uk/

A Jisc funded digitisation initiative. Publisher: University for the Creative Arts

This collection has both a broad and specialised appeal - it is invaluable to students, teachers and researchers in any visual media or design field, as well as anyone focusing on a particular subject represented in the archive, such as military history.