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LIBRARY
RESOURCE GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE
FINDING ARTICLES
Academic SearchPremier
Humanities, social scienes, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals. Includes many full text articles.
Art
Full Text
"Art Full Text provides indexing and
abstracting of art periodicals published throughout the world.
Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included.
In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions
of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals."
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals
"The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on
archeology, city planning, interior design, and historic
preservation, as well as architecture. Coverage reaches from
the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s)
to the present. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals,
with more than 229,000 records, is updated daily."
Urban Studies, Sage Fulltext
Full text of Sage Press social science journals of interest in urban studies.
Anthropology, economic development, economics, education, planning theory,
political science, public administration, urban policy. Coverage varies per
title with most journals covered from the 1990s to the present; some date
back to the 1980s.
FINDING
BOOKS:
PSU Library Online Catalog Vikat: http://vikat.pdx.edu/
Some possible Keyword searches:
Brunelleschi = 29 items. Send Brunelleschi search to Summit
= 120 items.
history architecture renaissance = 80 items . Send search to Summit = 269 items.
FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Oxford Art Online:
The online version of a 34-volume print encyclopedia, this database contains 45,000 articles by more than 6,800 scholars on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day.
Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to
the Virtual World. HM756.E53 2003 (4 vols.)
Oxford Reference Online:
Searchable database of full text dictionaries, reference works, and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press. Subject coverage includes Art & Architecture, Classics, Economics & Business, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Mythology & Folklore, Names & Places, Religion & Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences. Check for included titles by broad subject area.
Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering
and Construction. NA31.E59 1988 (5 vols.) Reference shelves.
Encyclpedia of the Renaissance:
CB361 .E52 1999 6 volumes. Reference shelves.
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the
World. NA208.E53 1997 (3 vols.) Reference shelves.
Encyclopedia of Interior Design. Nk1165.E48 1997
(2 vols.) Reference shelves.
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures. HT108.5.E53 2002 (4vols.) Reference shelves.
Design Links: Prominent
Designers - Individuals / Groups
Magazines (The
LC call number is listed for those journals the library holds.)
Museums