Research Guides will help you sort through research collections, database resources, and services availabe through VCU Libraries. Explore by subject, research tools, academic program, or patron groups. There are also researcher support guides.
Welcome to the Media, Art & Text Guide, where you'll find resources for scholarly study at the intersection of media, art, and text.
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Arts | Humanities | Innovative Media | Special Collections & Archives |
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The Workshop provides hardware, software, spaces, and expertise to help the VCU community produce creative work of all kinds. Practically, that means concentrating in three main areas: graphics, audio and video projects; the world of hands-on making; and exploring new and emerging technologies.
Contact Oscar Keyes, Multimedia Teaching & Learning Librarian for consultations and advice on using multimedia resources.
The Special Collections and Archives departments at James Branch Cabell Library and the Health Sciences Library
provide access to rare publications and primary source materials. Featured collections include:
Contact Special Collections for research consultations and advice on using archival materials.
Now part of JSTOR, this image database features a range of images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. Collections have been contributed by leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists.