Resources for Distance Library Users

This Collection includes over 1,000 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,000 short reference videos, nearly 300,000 high-resolution art images, and thousands of additional images across all subject areas. This is a great starting point when you need to begin research on a subject or brush up on a topic!

Choose your writing style for an overview, tutorials, handouts, and answers to frequently asked questions.

This a frequent assignment in many classes across most programs. Get started here.

What's a literature review and how is it different from an annotated bibliography? What are the different types? Have I exhausted the literature?

All you need to know about qualitative, quantitative, art-based, mixed methods, and more.

Subject guides, as the name implies, are resources built around specific subjects, written by Lesley librarians to cover different areas of study, and include discipline-specific information on books, articles, and more!

Includes information about and links to both library and external resources for research in the visual arts. Expertly curated for MFA students.