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MFA Visual Art Research

A research guide created for students in the MFA program at Lesley University College of Art and Design.

Group 1 Library Orientation

The library pays for a TON of information and tools that aren't available for free on the Web, but you can access almost everything we pay for with your normal Lesley username/password. There are a couple accounts you do have to set up separately:

  • Register your Inter-Library Loan account. This is how you'll request PDF scans of articles or book chapters if Lesley doesn't have them.
  • NYTimes.com access is free if you sign up with our link. We have other newspapers that are included in article databases, so you don't need to do anything special to sign-up/access them, you can just log in with your Lesley username/password; here's the full list: research.lesley.edu/newspapers
  • While you're on campus, stop by the library desk to set up your library account (we just need to attach the barcode on your student ID card to your library account!)

Resource Tutorials

1) @LL Search is your first stop if you're looking for a book, book chapter, or article. Here are some tips to use our search tool, which searches through our book catalog, eBook catalogs, streaming video databases, and article databases.

2.) JSTOR is an article database, but now it also has ARTSTOR for high-quality art historical images. They are slowly getting more contemporary art. Try it!