Architecture
Architecture refers to the profession of designing and constructing buildings as well as to the structure or building itself. The literature concerning architecture is incredibly diverse, ranging from scholarly analyses to building codes to professional and industrial reports.
Getting started with academic research | Overview of architecture | Recommended databases | Architectural drawings, case studies, and plans | Building materials
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals from EBSCOhost
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals from EBSCOhost
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes citations, abstracts, and full-text articles in architecture and design from American and international scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and publications of professional organizations. In addition, this database also provides citation records for architects' obituaries. Full text, when available, is in PDF and HTML. 1800s-present.
Art & Architecture Complete from EBSCOhost
Art & Architecture Complete from EBSCOhost
Art & Architecture Complete indexes citations, abstracts, and some full text from journals, magazines, trade publications, and books covering all aspects of art and architecture. It also includes a large image collection. 1901-present.
Art Full Text and Art Retrospective from EBSCOhost
Art Full Text and Art Retrospective from EBSCOhost
Art Full Text indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journals and other publications in art, architecture, design, and cinema. It also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Some full text available as HTML and PDF. Allows limiting to peer reviewed sources. Citations 1929-1984, abstracts from 1994, full text from 1997.
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index from ProQuest
DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index from ProQuest
DAAI indexes citations and abstracts from journal articles, news reports, and reviews on design and applied arts (including performing arts-related design). You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1973-present.
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) from ProQuest
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) from ProQuest
ARTbibliographies Modern provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. Links to full text in Art Full Text and Art Retrospective from EBSCOhost when available. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1960s-present. Limited to simultaneous users.
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