What's a research guide? It's a website that pulls together a diversity of resources on a single subject. The resources highlighted in our guides span the full breadth of the SVA Library collections and beyond, gathering articles, ebooks, artist books, digital archives, DVDs, databases, and many other types of materials into one spot from which you can begin your research.

The SVA Library has created many of these research guides on various topics in a more significant effort to support the SVA community in beginning their research, discovering resources and developing skills like learning to code or getting acquainted with understudied art historical movements. Topics include Sound Effects, Art History, Film, Typography and Distance Learning Support.

The Library provides access to seemingly limitless resources in many formats and the sheer amount alone can be overwhelming. Research guides are a tool we create to help shed light on the gems of information that live in our databases, on our shelves, and across the sprawling open internet so that our community will be inspired to look deeper and discover relevant content to suit their needs.

In the spirit of our new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) appointment—Dr. Jarvis Watson as the new DEI director—below you will find just a few highlights from our Research Guide collection that center on ideas of diversity and intersectionality.

The complete list of research guides can be found here. Interested in a guide for your department or class? Reach out to the SVA Librarians here and we will work with you to create one!

Features

The SVA Library’s research guides conveniently compile a variety of resources on a single subject.