African art
- Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art

African American history and culture
- Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History and Culture Library
- National Museum of American History Library

Anthropology
- Anthropology Library
- National Museum of the American Indian Library (Suitland, Maryland)

American art
- Smithsonian American Art Museum / National Portrait Gallery Library

American history
- National Air and Space Museum Library
- National Museum of American History Library

Asian and Middle Eastern art
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library

Aviation history and space flight
- National Air and Space Museum Library

Design and decorative arts
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library (New York, NY)
- National Museum of American History Library

Environmental management and ecology
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Library (Edgewater, MD)

History of science and technology
- The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology
- National Museum of American History Library

Latino history and culture
- National Museum of American History Library

Materials research
- Museum Support Center

Modern and contemporary art
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library
- Smithsonian American Art Museum / National Portrait Gallery Library

Museology
- Museum Studies & Reference Library

Native American history and culture
- National Museum of the American Indian Library (Suitland, Maryland)

Natural history
- Botany and Horticulture Library
- Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History
- National Museum of Natural History Library

Postal history
- National Postal Museum Library

Tropical biology
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Library (Republic of Panama)

Trade literature
- Botany and Horticulture Library
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library (New York, NY)
- The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology
- National Museum of American History Library

World's Fair ephemera
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library (New York, NY)
- The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology
- National Museum of American History Library
- Smithsonian American Art Museum / National Portrait Gallery Library