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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 (VRL) offers the Digital Image Collection, a valuable educational tool, and the Digital Compass, an online resource that gives students access to many useful and exciting image databases. The VRL also houses a collection of over 95,000 circulating slides representing the entire history of art.
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 (VRL) is a valuable educational
resource. Students have access to the VRL's Digital Image Collection.
Digital imaging services are offered to students including digital
photography and slide scanning.
The Digital Compass, a feature of this Web site, points
students to a comprehensive index of image collections accessible
for educational use only. New and innovative image
resources are added regularly to support the curriculum of the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts.
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