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You’ll find plenty of library support for your work at the SMFA. On campus is
the W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library, designed to aid your research
with 20,000 volumes. The Visual Resources Library houses a collection of
more than 95,000 slides and offers the Digital Compass, a new online
resource that gives students access to many useful and exciting image
databases. Degree students and
students enrolled in classes through the
ProArts Consortium also have
access to the Tufts University library and
the
libraries of ProArts member institutions.
W. Van Alan Clark,
Jr. Library The W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library in the Museum
School is
the circulating branch of the William Morris Hunt Memorial
Library, the main
library of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The school library collection
focuses on 20th century and contemporary
art with artists’ monographs, art
history books, periodicals, video,
CDs, and original artists’ books. New this year, the Services for Faculty page helps instructors prepare library materials in advance for the coming semester.
In addition to the print materials in the Main Library, students have access
to an array of electronic resources and databases such as the
ARTbibliographies
Modern, Grove Dictionary of Art, Art Index, and the
Design and Applied Arts
Index. The library is a member of the Fenway Libraries FLO along
with eight
other local colleges, giving students access to an expanded
collection of over
909,000 books and other materials.
Visual Resources Library
The Visual
Resources Library is a valuable research tool; students have access to a comprehensive collection of slides representing the the entire span of art and art history. Special collections include Artists' Books and New York Contemporary Art.
The Digital Compass gives
students online access to image databases including the Perseus Digital Library, Tate Online, and Artnetweb.
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