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Ceramics: Books

Accessing Books

To begin checking out books, bring your SMFA ID to the Library (3rd floor, B side of the Fenway building) and set up an account. 

Through our membership in the Fenway Libraries Online (FLO) consortium, we offer access to over 1 million print and electronic books. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to explore the collections in one, some, or all of the following ways:

  • Search the FLO catalog (below). Ebook titles can be accessed directly via the catalog by logging in with your Library barcode.
  • Browse the SMFA Library's print book collection using the call number guide below, or let serendipity work its magic.
  • Request books from other FLO libraries via the catalog. Most arrive at the SMFA Library in less than a week.
  • Visit the other libraries in the FLO consortium and check out books directly. 

Contact us!

Please feel free to get in touch with a librarian at any stage of your research process. Stop by the library (located on the third floor of the B side of the Fenway building), or get in touch directly with:

Ashley Peterson

  • apeterson@smfa.edu
  • 617-369-3653

Darin Murphy

  • dmurphy@smfa.edu
  • 617-369-3651

Circulation Desk (evening and weekend contact)

  • library@smfa.edu
  • 617-369-3650

Can't find it at the SMFA?

If you can't find what you need at the SMFA Library, we may be able to obtain a copy for you elsewhere.

Visit our Interlibrary Loan page, or contact Lauren Kimball-Brown for more information:

  • lkimball-brown@smfa.edu
  • 617-369-3971

Search the FLO catalog

Search the FLO Library Catalog to find print and electronic books.


 

Ceramics Subject Headings

Try browsing these Library of Congress subject headings in the FLO catalog:

Ceramic sculpture
Ceramics
Clay
Glazes
Kilns
Porcelain
Pottery

Ceramics Call Number Guide

Visit the following call number ranges, related to Ceramics, in the SMFA Library's print book collection:

NK3710 - 4670

Ceramics

 

NK4210

Individual potters

 

NK4670

Tiles

 

TT919.5 – 924

Pottery craft

 

Featured Ceramics Titles

The ceramic surface
TT920 .O84 2002

Full & spare : ceramics in the 21st century
NK4008.2 .F85 2008

Postmodern ceramics
NK3930 .D45 2001

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