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Performance: 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.


 

Performance Subject Headings

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

Body art
Performance art
Site-specific art

Performance Call Number Guide

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

N6494.B63  Body Art
N6494.F55 Fluxus
N6494.I57  Interactive Art
PN3203 Happenings
NX456.5.P38 – 600.P47 Performance art

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