Art & Design Library

• General Collection:  45,000 physical items including books, DVDs, and print serials relating to art, design, architecture, art history and other subjects
• Online Resources: VCU users have access to an expansive digital library that includes  100,000 ebooks and 60,000 digital journals
• Children's Illustrated Book Collection: A collection of around 400 award-winning  illustrated children's books to support coursework in book design 
• Print Periodicals: 200 print magazines, journals, newspapers and newsletter titles, including a small collection of bound back issues. Almost all of our print titles and backfiles are available in full text online from library databases
• Artists' Books: The library has a representative collection of artists' books to promote creativity and inspire our many VCUQatar artists and designers
• VCUarts Qatar Archives: The VCUarts Qatar University Archives collects materials related to the history of our University. The Archives provide an “institutional memory” for the university – its spirit of growth and development, its active campus life and its unique position as a branch campus of VCU. The collection includes digital materials (made accessible on the LUNA database) and a hardcopy collection including correspondence, programs, catalogues, posters and ephemera.