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Architecture has many resources available for research, yet it is a broad field and specialized aspects are located in a wide variety of resources, e.g., resources for cultural studies, land use, art motifs, and construction. Print and Internet sites complement each other when doing research.
Searching for journal articles or other research for architectural related subjects can be done in a wide variety of bibliographic resources. For book materials, use PantherCat, the online catalog (see searching techniques given below). The most specific indexes cover architecture, art history, and interior design periodicals: Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals Articles: Resources A-Z 1930's+
Architectural Index (REF) NA 1 .A57x 1950+
Architectural Publications Index (RIBA) (REF) NA 1 .A58x 1974-1998
see also RIBA
Art Full Text Articles: Resources A-Z 1984+ ArtStor Articles: Resources A-Z
Dates vary; a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Articles: Resources A-Z 1990+
RIBA British Architectural Library, Catalogue Online http://www.riba-library.com/
Catalog of materials held by RIBA, and indexes articles from over 300 journal titles.Other online journal/bibliographic indexes include, but would not be limited to:
Construction and technical aspects affect designs: Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Engineering Village 2
Civil Engineering Database
Building designs can affect and are affected by people's attitudes or social situations: PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts
Health care institutions have specialized architectural needs: CINAHL
MEDLINE
Studies of land use, soils, earthquakes, etc., are important in designing or constructing buildings: GeoRef
Geobase
Biological and Agricultural Index
Educational institutions of all levels will have specialized architectural needs: Education Full Text
ERIC
A broad overview of the table of contents of over 25,000 journals can lead to new resources: IngentaConnect
Doctoral dissertations and Master's theses can lead to often overlooked resources, especially for more local interests: Dissertation Abstracts
Anthropology, cultural studies, history, and religion may often cover dwellings and other structures: Anthropological Literature
HRAF
America: History and Life
ATLA with ATLASerials {Religion One Index}
Historical Abstracts
General U.S. historical interest on housing and other building styles, originally intended for the general public. Proquest Historical Newspapers: New York Times
American House Designs: an index to Popular and Trade Periodicals, 1850-1915 A bibliography of articles not readily found elsewhere.
Other specialized indexes would include the Web of Science (Arts & Humanites Citation Index) and Early English Books, covering books published in the 1500-1600's.
| SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES
Architectural research methods | NA 2000 .G76 2002
| Architect's handbook of professional practice | (REF) NA 1996 .A726 | (REF) NA 1996 .A726 2001 Art & architecture thesaurus
| Z 695 .1 .A7 A76 1990 | http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/index.html Terms of value in a search for materials, particularly in the Avery index. Art information and the Internet: how to | N 59 .J66 1999 | This title has a section concerning architecture. Building design and construction handbook 6ed |
available via Knovel: http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=608
| Dictionary of architecture and construction | (REF) NA 31.H32 2000
| Elements of architectural design: a | (REF) NA 2750 .B864 1995
| Elements of style | (REF) NA 2850 .E44 1996 | American and British domestic architecture, from Tudor to post-modern. Encyclopedia of architecture: design, | (REF) NA 31 .E59 1988 | A comprehensive encyclopedia, with bibliographic citations. Encyclopedia of 20th century architecture | (REF) NA 680 .E495 2004
| Encyclopedia of world architecture | NA 202 .S76 1994 | Includes drawings, plans, and elevations. Fowler collection of early architectural books | (MF) NA 29 | Guide: (MFC) NA 25 .F68x 1982 Text of nearly 500 books of historical architectural interest; individual titles are listed in the UWM Libraries catalog. Illustrated dictionary of architectural | NA 105 .B87 2004
| Index to architecture series bibliography | Z 5941 .A7 (various numbers)
| Knovel Scientific and Engineering Online | Knovel includes handbooks for a variety of scientific and engineering topics, including mechanical engineering resources; many titles are listed individually in the UWM Libraries catalog.
| Marburger index | (MC) N 2 | Guide: (MFC) N 6861 .M313x 1984 A collection of over 500,000 images of fine art, architecture, crafts, etc., from Germany of the Middle Ages to more current materials. Multilingual dictionary of architecture and | NA 31 .M89x 1998
| Phaidon atlas of contemporary world | (FOLIO) NA 687 .P43x 2004 | Photographs and floor plans with brief, general information for a wide variety of architectural buildings and styles. ProFile: the sourcebook of U.S. architectural | (REF) NA 53 .A39a | http://www.cmdfirstsource.com/profile/index.asp The print version has greater detail than the online version of this resource. Ramsey/Sleeper architectural graphic | (TH 2031 .R35 2000
| Time saver standards...... | Check the UWM Libraries catalog for holdings
| Visual dictionary of architecture | (REF) NA 31 .C44 1995 | Arranged by architectural detail with line drawings. World atlas of architecture | (FOLIO) NA 200 .W67 1984b | Predominately Western architecture by period, with illustrations. World architecture index: a guide to | (REF-Info Desk) NA 202 .T4 1991 | Indexing 7,200 illustrations from 100 architectural books, this is a good starting place in the search for illustrations. Writing for design professionals | NA 1996 .K57 1998 | | |
| GENERAL ARCHITECTURE INTERNET RESOURCES
About Architecture and Home Design and | House Building http://architecture.about.com/
| Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | http://www.achp.gov/ | Deals with the operations of the Council. Architecture and Building | http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/rsrce/webresources/
| Architecture Web Sites | http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archweb_noframes.html | A significant list of websites covering American architecture, image archives, interior design, ancient architecture, historic preservation, general, and other categories (last updated March 2002). ArtSource | http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/
| Infomine - Social Sciences & Humanities | http://infomine.ucr.edu/
| Intute: Arts and Humanities | {formerly ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway} http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/
| Resources in Architecture; Vassar College Art | Library http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/architecture.html
| Voice of the Shuttle: Architecture | http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2705
| VWW Virtual Library: Architecture | http://www.clr.utoronto.ca/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html | | |
| INTERNET RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC SPECIALTIES
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| Africa: Arts & Architecture | http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ About_African/ww_art.html A variety of resources for Africa, both North and South of the Sahara. ArchINFORM | http://www.archINFORM.de/ | A site accessing over 10,000 images of built and un-built structures, predominately from the 20th Century. Architecture.com | http://www.architecture.com/ | Resources on architecture, architects, and the Royal Institute of British Architects; includes a significant list of additional internet sites. ArchNet.org | http://archnet.org/lobby.tcl | Materials, including articles and images, on worldwide architecture, with an emphasis on the Middle East. Art & Architecture | http://rubens.anu.edu.au/ | ArtServe covers art and architecture, mainly from the Mediterranean Basin; this site includes over 185,000 images. Built in America (Historic American | Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ | Resource on historic buildings throughout the United States. Catalog: NA 707 .H45 1941 & Supp. Cities and Buildings Database | http://content.lib.washington.edu/buildingsweb/index.html | "A collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world." Digital Archive of American Architecture | http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/ | From a class at Boston college, taught by Jeffery Howe, this site has digitized images of 280 American buildings. Digital Archive of Architecture | http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/ | From a class at Boston college, taught by Jeffery Howe, this site has digitized images of worldwide structures. Digital Imaging Project | http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index2.html | Art Historical Images of Sculpture and Architecture from Pre-historic to Post-modern Great Buildings Collection | http://www.greatbuildings.com/ | A "gateway" to architecture from around the world and throughout history, this site also includes some photographic images and architectural drawings. Housing - Owning and Renting | Resource http://www.uwex.edu/ces/house/ | General questions on home maintenance. HUD Bibliographic Database | http://www.huduser.org/bibliodb/pdrbibdb.html | A bibliographic database for housing and community development, covering resources in journals, books, data sources, etc. Islamic Architecture, Art, and Urbanism | http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/islamicarchitecture/ | A guide of textual and visual resources from MIT, with links to WWW sites and online images. Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: | Architectural History 102 http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/ | A collection of images used for this course, the coverage is predominately French and Italian. Society of Architectural Historians | http://www.sah.org/Links to informational and image resources.
| S P I R O: Architecture Visual | Resources Library, Query form http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html | Search the UC-Berkeley collection for images and records in SPIRO. 20th Century American Architecture and | Interior Design (1935-1955) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/ | Over 29,000 images of architectural subjects, including both exteriors and interiors of a wide variety of types of buildings and structures. WWW Virtual Library: Landscape | Architecture http://www.clr.toronto.edu/VIRTUALLIB/larch.html | A site for resources relating to the field of landscape architecture. |
| CONSTRUCTION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, and related INTERNET SITES
Abacus Construction Index (UK) | http://www.archinet.co.uk/
| aecportico: Your Guide to Architecture, Engineering | and Construction (UK) http://www.thenbs.com/technical/aecportico/
| Buildings | http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/home.do?tabId=1
| Construction.com | http://www.fwdodge.com/ | (predominately fee-based resources) Construction WebLinks | http://www.constructionweblinks.com/
| Cyberplaces: the Internet Guide for Architects, | Engineers, Contractors & Facility Managers http://www.cyberplaces.com/home.htm
| Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, | & Reconstructing Historic Buildings (National Park Service) http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/standguide/index.htm
| Preservation Briefs (National Park Service) | http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/presbhom.htm | | |
| iNTERNET RESOURCES FOR AREAS RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE (art history of a culture, a religion, etc.)
African Studies Center | http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/
Ancient Egypt
East & Southeast Asia: an Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
Google Image Search
National Archaeological Database
Perseus Digital Library | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Religious Resources on the Net
Virtual Religion Index (Rutgers University)
WWW-VL: History of Architecture
Yale Africa Guide Interactive | |
The following are examples of subject headings that can be used when searching for information related to architecture in PantherCat, the online catalog. For additional subject headings, see the Library of Congress Subject Headings, (Ref) Z 695 .L6952x, located adjacent to the Information Desk, or ask a Librarian for assistance. The wide variety of search concepts will also be necessary in any resource. Terms, especially the general or type of building, can be narrowed by adding a country, a time period, or even a style.
Also search the holdings of the Resource Center, UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning http://gis.sarup.uwm.edu/sarup_lib/search.asp?referer=search |
UWM RIS Library Guides may assist the researcher:
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