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Lucy Scribner Library

Art & Art History: BOOKS

Finding Books

To find books, use either the library catalog or our discovery search. The library catalog works best if you're searching for print books.  
You can search for a specific book by author or title or search for books on a particular topic.

Browsing Art Books

Art books are mostly located on the 3rd floor.
Photography and folio (oversized) books are on the
4th floor.

Scribner Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize books on the shelves.

AM Museums/Museology
BH Aesthetics

GT
Costume, Dress, Fashion
N
Visual Arts (General)
NA
Architecture
NB
Sculpture
NC
Drawing, Graphic Design
ND
Painting
NE
Print Media
NK
Decorative Arts, Design
NX
Arts in General
PN 6700-6790 Graphic Novels
TP Ceramics
TR
Photography
TS
Industrial Design, Product Design
TT
Crafts and Fashion
Z  
Book Arts, Letterpress, Typography

Art eBook Collections

eBook Collections

  Suggest a Purchase!

Use this form to suggest an item for the library to purchase for the collection.

  Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

If the Library does not own the book you want, search for it in WorldCat and request it through Interlibrary Loan.