LibGuides: Art: Home

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Not sure how to start your research? The online tutorials below will get you started with using the library's resources. You can also request an individual instruction session with a reference librarian.

Library Tutorials
These tutorials will help you learn to find and critically evaluate information sources. By increasing your information literacy skills, you can more effectively search, select, and evaluate those sources. These tutorials will prepare you to explore and research the online world.
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Browsing the Stacks

Ely has a sizable collection of Art and Art History books in the stacks (mainly on the 4th and 5th floors) and in the oversize collection located on the second floor.

Search Ely Library QuickSearch on the homepage, or browse in the following areas:

Call numbers for Art and Design Books
Topic	Call number begins with
Museums, Collectors & Collecting	AM
Visual Arts in General	N
Architecture	NA
Sculpture	NB
Graphic Arts, Drawing, Design	NC
Painting	ND
Print Media, Printmaking, Engraving	NE
Decorative Arts, Applied Arts	NK
Arts in General	NX
Comics and Graphic Novels	PN 6700-PN 6790
Photography	TR
Arts & Crafts (pottery, paper, fabric instruction)	TT
Book Design, Typography, Book Layout	Z116-Z264.5