The Collection: The Academy’s collection provides broad-based coverage of the history, theory, criticism, and making of fine art, with special emphasis in the areas of drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. The Academy’s collection contains 16,000 volumes of print materials, 55 current periodical subscriptions, and over 20,000 slides.

Periodicals: (Journals, Magazines & Newspapers)
The Academy subscribes to approximately 55 magazines, journals, and newspapers. Back issues are located in the first aisle behind the circulation desk.

Slide Collection: A collection of over 20,000 art and design slides is located behind circulation desk. This collection is primarily for use by faculty and museum staff, although students (with instructor approval) may use the collection for on-campus presentations.

Thesis Collection: The Library acts as a depository of graduate theses, the final academic project required for graduation from The Academy’s MFA program. The thesis collection is a non-circulating collection. They are located in the far left aisle of the Library, next to the video collection.

Video Collection: The video and DVD collection is located in the far left aisle, behind the circulation desk. Videotapes (VHS), and DVDs can be viewed at the back of the Library

Artist Files: The Artist Files contain items representing more than 7,000 artists (painters, sculptors, etc.) Many lesser-known and local artists are included, so the information in the Files may be the only documentation on a particular artist. The contents of the files may include gallery invitations, press releases, correspondence with art dealers and collectors, posters, newspaper clippings, price lists, and thin exhibition catalogs. The files are arranged alphabetically by the artist’s last name.

Faculty Files: The Faculty Files are Artist Files for the Academy’s current faculty members. They may contain resumes, gallery invitations, press releases, posters, newspaper clippings, thin exhibition catalogs, and/or slides of their work. The Files are located behind the circulation desk, and are available upon request. They do not circulate.

Subject Files: The Subject Files contain of over 30,000 images, which have been clipped from various sources. The images are intended for reference purposes, and include subjects such as automobiles, animals, flowers, etc. The Subject Files are contained in the file cabinets next to the computer work- stations. Subjects are filed in alphabetical order.

Digital Collections:
ARTstor: ARTstor is a digital library of images (including art, architecture and archeology) created by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ARTstor also provides software tools to analyze images, save groups of images online, and create and deliver presentations. The ARTstor Charter Collection currently contains approximately 300,000 images; by 2006 it is expected to contain 500,000.

Art Full Text: The online version of H W Wilson's Art Index provides indexing, abstracting, and full text coverage of over 378 peer selected journals. Art Full Text contains full text from nearly 108 journals going back to 1997. Art Full Text covers indexing of periodicals from 1984 and abstracting from 1994.