Located in the E. William Doty Fine Arts Building, the Fine Arts Library contains materials on art, music, theatre, and dance. The art collection includes materials on all art movements and schools, the philosophy of art, and aesthetics. Artists of all periods and nationalities and studies of their works are represented, as well as all media and techniques. The music collection contains materials that support instruction and research in music performance, music composition and theory, music education, music history and literature, and ethnomusicology. The historical periods covered range from antiquity to the present for all materials.
Emphasis is on the European tradition, with a growing collection in music of other cultures.
Scores and sound recordings are collected for all major composers. The theatre collection concentrates on performance, especially play production, theatrical design, playwriting, drama education, and dance. Materials on magic, circuses, carnivals, burlesque, vaudeville, and pantomime are also included. The primary location for plays, however, is the Perry-Castaneda Library.