Art Resources: Where to Start?

Classic Catalog/Locate
The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system uses the letter N to categorize Fine Arts. Subclasses within N, denoted by additional letters, further refine the subject. View an example of how to read a call number. Use these call numbers to browse the stacks for arts-related materials:

Fine Arts are Classification N:

• • N -- Visual Arts (including Art History, Exhibitions, and Galleries and Museums)
  • NA -- Architecture
  • NB -- Sculpture
  • NC -- Drawing, Design, Illustration
  • ND -- Painting
  • NE -- Print Media
  • NK -- Decorative Arts

Technology (Classification T) also has arts-related material:

• TP -- Chemical Technology
  • Especially TP785-945 which covers ceramics, glass, textiles, and paints
• TR -- Photography
• TT -- Handicrafts. Arts and Crafts.

Especially TT180-927 which covers woodworking, metalworking, painting, furniture making, furnishings, dressmaking, tailoring, and home crafts (including sewing, embroidery, and decorative crafts).
You may wish to also consider these related subjects:

• PN1560-3300- Performing Arts, Drama, Theatre, Film
• ML- Music History and Criticism
• GV1580-1799.4- Dance

SUBJECT HEADINGS - For more precise results use any of these subject headings when searching the catalog:

Art

Art -- Ancient

Art -- History

Art -- Medieval

Art -- Modern

Art and technology

Art appreciation

Art criticism

Art objects

Commercial art

Decorative arts

Drawing

Folk art

Graphic arts

Painting

Painting -- History

Photography, Artistic

Public art

Women artists

Women artists --Biography

Women in art

The library offers you access to a number of databases, here are a few ideally suited to those interested in art.

Below is a sampling or magazines and journals the library provides access to, either in print or through one of our many databases.

Interested in eBooks? We have an impressive collection of them you can access from home!

Some of our eBook titles come from OverDrive.

To access them you will login with your college ID# followed by the letters SC 
(this is the number on your ID card or in the corner of your course schedule, not the number in your email address - it will look like this example: 0123456sc)

For easier access, download the Libby app.

Here's just a taste of what we have on hand...