
Journal & Magazine Articles
Architecture: Design and History
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Art & Architecture Source
Art & Architecture Source covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,0000 images, it is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers. -
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, published by the Getty Research Institute, is the only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design.
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Architectural Digest Magazine Archive
The Architectural Digest Magazine Archive includes cover-to-cover access to issues of the iconic and influential design magazine from the 1920s to 2011.
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Architecture: Engineering & Materials
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Engineering Source
Engineering Source is a database for professionals and researchers across all engineering disciplines, including biomedical, civil, electrical, mechanical, environmental and software. It includes hundreds of full-text engineering journals, magazines and trade publications, plus books, conference papers and more. -
ASCE Library
The ASCE Library is the world’s largest full-text database of civil engineering research and practical publications, offering online access to more than 145,000 technical and professional papers. Gleeson Library provides access to the Journals and Proceedings only.
Multi-Subject Resources
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Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. -
Fusion
Fusion allows you to search, in one place, the majority of the library’s books, articles, videos, etc. It includes all the materials in our library catalog Ignacio, as well as the content of the majority of our many databases.
Reference Sources
Encyclopedias
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Gale Ebooks
A great place to find background information and concise overviews, Gale eBooks offers thousands of authoritative articles published in academic encyclopedias, and written by subject experts.
Bibliographies
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Oxford Bibliographies: Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
An annotated bibliography of the best scholarship in the discipline.
High-Resolution Images
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Artstor
Artstor features an unparalleled range of images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository. Artstor has moved to JSTOR. Registration on JSTOR is required to access your personal Workspace to save images and articles, organize your saved items with folders, share folders, and export your research.
Books, Videos and Multimedia
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AccessEngineering
AccessEngineering provides a collection of interdisciplinary engineering textbooks, reference handbooks, code commentaries, as well as Schaum's Outline series for review and practice. -
Art and Architecture in Video
Art and Architecture in Video delivers over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses, the works within this collection offer a dynamic tool to enhance understanding of visual media. -
Ignacio: Library Catalog
The library catalog lets you search across the holdings of Gleeson Library and Zief Law Library, including books, videos, and other materials.
Other suggestions for searching Ignacio:
- Search by Subject for the architect's name (last name first) to locate books ABOUT that person, including autobiographies, letters, etc.
- You might also try Subject searches for terms such as Architecture History.
Browsing the Book Stacks
Architecture books are on the 3rd Floor South of Gleeson, in the NA section.
Very large books are called "Folios" and have their own section on the third floor which includes many architecture books.
| Call Number Range | Topic |
|---|---|
| NA1–9428 | Architecture |
| NA1–60 |
General |
| NA100–130 |
Architecture and the state |
| NA190–1555.5 |
History |
| NA1995 |
Architecture as a profession |
| NA2000–2320 |
Study and teaching. Research |
| NA2335–2360 |
Competitions |
| NA2400–2460 |
Museums. Exhibitions |
| NA2500–2599 |
General works |
| NA 2599.5–2599.9 |
Architectural criticism |
| NA2695–2793 |
Architectural drawing and design |
| NA2835–4050 |
Details and decoration |
| NA4100–8480 |
Special classes of buildings |
| NA4100–4145 |
Classed by material |
| NA4150–4160 |
Classed by form |
| NA4170–8480 |
Classed by use |
| NA4170–(7020) |
Public buildings |
| NA4590–5621 |
Religious architecture |
| NA7100–7884 |
Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings |
| NA7910–8125 |
Clubhouses, guild houses, etc. |
| NA8200–8260 |
Farm architecture |
| NA8300–8480 |
Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc. |
| NA9000–9428 |
Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying |
Dissertations and Theses
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
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