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:
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
Darin Murphy
Circulation Desk (evening and weekend contact)
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:
Try browsing these Library of Congress subject headings in the FLO catalog:
| Charcoal drawing | Pen drawing |
| Drawing | Pencil drawing |
| Figure drawing | Perspective |
| Map drawing | Shades and shadows |
| Pastel drawing |
Visit the following call number ranges, related to Drawing, in the SMFA Library's print book collection:
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NC15 - 850 |
Drawing |
NC765 | Figure Drawing |
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NC95 - 96 |
20th and 21st Century Drawing |
NC780 - 783.8 | Figure Drawing |
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NC730 |
Technique |
NC850 - 950 | Graphic art materials |
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NC748 - 750 |
Perspective |
NC960 - 978.5 | Illustration |
| NC760 | Anatomical Drawing | PN6700 - 6790 | Comic books, graphic novels, etc. |
Catalogues raisonnés present a definitive overview of an artist's body of work; all known works that exist at the time of publication are included. You can use the following sites to find catalogues on a particular artist, and then search the FLO catalog to see whether a title is owned by the SMFA Library or one of our consortium partners. If you can't find something through FLO, contact Lauren Kimball-Brown at lkimball-brown@smfa.edu or 617-369-3971.
