Library

The RMCAD Library strives to contain anything and everything students need to be successful in their academic endeavors.

Our growing and specialized resources consist of:

• Over 14,000 book titles in a highly focused collection, specifically tailored to our College's curriculum needs
• Subscriptions to more than 100 art- and general education-related magazines and journals, archived for five years
• Over 8,700 digital images of artist work portraying painting, architecture, interior design, photography, and sculpture, available through the web-based MDID database
• Over 100,000 digital art and design images, retrievable through the Art Resource Image Database
• Over 1,700 carefully selected curriculum-supporting animated and feature film DVDs
• Access to 11 excellent full text databases: Art and Architecture, Art Full Text, Britannica Online, Building Green Suite, Ebrary (50,000 full electronic books), EBSCO, Green File, JSTOR, Maps A to Z, Oxford/Grove Dictionary of Art, and SIRS
• A reserve area of printed instructor readings and classroom textbooks, as well as secure web-accessible electronic readings organized by course
• Cooperative borrowing agreements with all the major academic and public libraries in Colorado using established individual student library accounts

The acquisitions of our Library collection are primarily based on feedback from faculty and students, with a flexible purchasing budget that welcomes suggestions.

The Library is open seven days a week, and our knowledgeable staff is happy to help you locate any information and provide services you may need to complete your assignments. Our facilities offer a variety of seating areas for individual or group work. A dedicated computer lab contains 24 new iMacs, a high-resolution color printer, a black & white copier/printer, and a large flat bed scanner. We also have wireless access to accommodate laptop use.

The Library website offers 24/7 access to the Library catalog, subscription databases, digital images, E-books, and hundreds of helpful web links. Other resources include instructional library usage tutorials, writing and research tips, citation/bibliography guides in various styles, grammar guidelines, and important information regarding copyright laws and plagiarism.

In addition, students can take advantage of Lynda.com, a subscription site which provides over 53,000 computer program tutorials on everything from Microsoft Word and Google Mail to Adobe InDesign and DreamWeaver - and much more. Tutorials are available 24 hours a day and can be "checked out" from the Library or the Student Learning Center for three-day periods.