Visual Arts Information Resources: Media

Library Catalogue

Films, videos, DVDs / Sound recordings / Slides

Limiting a search in the library catalogue through the advanced keyword search page can help you find specific types of media:

• For films, videos, and DVDs on your topic, limit your search to Movies (DVDs, Videos, etc) or choose Format: DVD/FILM/VIDEO.
  • For example, a SUBJECT search with art or artists or "art history" or " performance art" or "art, modern", limited as above, will locate specific types of films.
• For sound recordings, limit your search to Music, Sound recordings or choose Format: SOUND RECORD.
• For slides, limit your search to Slide or choose Format: SLIDES.

Note that the Media Resource Centre holds the SFU Library's:

• Film Collection
• Sound Recordings Collection
• and Slide Collection

The Slide Collection includes painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, multi-media, performance art and architecture slides.

Digital media online

Images

SFU Library provides access to the following digital image databases: 

• ARTstor  A collection of hundreds of thousands of digital images on all types of art and artifacts from all time periods.
• Art Images  An in-house collection of images with an emphasis on Western art history.
  

For more sources see SFU Library's comprehensive guide:  Finding and Using Online Images.