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 or at another FLO institution, we may be able to find it for you via Interlibrary Loan.
Please contact Lauren Kimball-Brown for more information:
Try browsing these Library of Congress subject headings in the FLO catalog:
Visit the following call number ranges, related to Illustration, in the SMFA Library's print book collection:
| NC15 - 850 | Drawing | NC2900 - 3399 | Illuminated books and manuscript |
| NC748 - 750 | Perspective | NK1510 | Decoration and ornament - Design |
| NC760 | Anatomical drawing | NK1530 - 1535 | Collections of designs (clip art, etc.) |
| NC765 | Figure Drawing | PN6700 - 6790 | Comic books, graphic novels, etc. |
| NC850 - 950 | Illustration in colored pencil | PZ5 -90 | Children's books |
| NC960 - 978.5 | Illustration | N6494.I56 | Installation art |
| NC965 | Illustration of Children's books | N8700 - 8846 | Public art |
| NC997 - 999.4 | Commercial Art - Advertising art | NA | Architecture |
| ND1500 - 1625 | Painting materials and techniques | NB198 - 198.7 | 20th and 21st century sculpture |
| ND1700 - 2495 | Watercolor painting |
The art of instruction : vintage educational charts from the 19th and 20th centuries
Q161.7 .A73 2011
Ways of telling : conversations on the art of the picture book
NC965 .M345 2002
John James Audubon : American birds
QL674 .A938 1999