General Resources - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories

Encyclopædia Britannica: Includes complete encyclopedia (15th ed.). Users can simultaneously search the encyclopedia, reviews of the Web sites, articles, and related books. More than 65,000 subjects are addressed in articles ranging from concise explanations to comprehensive expositions and from historical treatments of subjects to current-events coverage. Print versions available in Sterling's Starr Reference Room - AE5 E52 2001 (LC)+ Coverage: 2001 - Present

Grove Dictionary of Art: The Dictionary of Art Online is a fully searchable copy of the print dictionary (published in 1996), including some but not all of the illustrations and photographs in the print version. Online version includes annual additions of new material. Although not specific to architecture, the dictionary includes biographical entries (signed and incl. biblioography) for architects and a broader coverage of the discipline in general. Print version available in A&A Reference - N31 D5X 1996 (LC). Coverage: 1996 - Present

Architecture Related Resources

archINFORM: This database includes information over more than 14000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database. It's possible to look for a special project via an architect, town or keyword with the indices or by using a query form. For most entries you get the name, address, keywords and information about further literature. Some entries include images, comments, links to other Websites or internal links. You may have to register (for free.)

Contemporary Architects, 3rd ed.(1994): Biographical dictionary which broadly covers architects and partnerships working over the last fifty years from publication (1944 - 1994); includes landscape architects, theorists, and engineers. Each entry includes biographical data, awards received, listings of works / projects, major exhibitions, publications by and about, and evalutive essay by an architect or academic. A&A Reference - NA53 +P76 (LC).

History of Architectural Theory: From Vitruvius to the Present (1994): Core resource on the history of architectural theory. Available in CCL and the A&A Libraries - NA2500 K7513 1994 (LC).

International Dictionary of Architects & Architecture (1993): Available through the Biography Resource Center. The first volume features biographical information on 523 architects, theorists, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, and urban planners; the second volume features 467 buildings ranging from Ancient Greece to postmodernism and deconstructivism. Entries on buildings will include dates of construction, architec (if known), listings of additions or alterations. Focus is primarily on Western architects and structures with special attention given to Eastern European architects and architecture. 1993 edition available online through the Biographical Resource Center and in print at the A&A Reference - NA40 I48X 1993 (LC)+.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982): Biographical entries for 2,450 architects, planners, engineers, designers, landscape architects, and firms. Includes discussions of architects and their works, lists works with dates and locations. Coverage from ancient Egypt to architects born before 1931 or those already deceased. Available in Starr Reference and A&A Reference - NA40 M25 1982 (LC)+.

ProFile: Sourcebook of U.S. architectural design firms: (2003): Entires include vital details, e.g., services rendered and the types of project expertise, staff make-up and key individuals, street and website addresses, phone and fax numbers, other office locations, and a listing of representative projects. Searchable commercial database available online. 18th ed. available at A&A Reference - NA53 P76 2003 (LC)+.

General Resources

Academic Search: Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for 4,450+ scholarly publications, including 3,500+ peer-reviewed publications. Offers full-text and indexing and abstracts for all 7,888 journals in the collection. Covers most disciplines. Although this resource is not specific to architecture, it covers magazines / journals specific that do, e.g. Architectural Heritage, Architectural Digest, Architectural Review, etc. Coverage: Varies with each magazine but general coverage is 1975-Present.

Historical Newspapers Online: Features the index to The Times (London) - based on Palmer's Index to the Times - which covers the period from 1790 to 1905. Palmer's Full Text Online covers 1785-1870, providing access to the full articles referenced in Palmer's Index to The Times. Coverage varies: Palmer's Index to the Times - 1790 to 1905; Official Index to the Times - 1906 to 1980; Historical Index to the New York Times - 1863 to 1905, and 1913-September 1922; Palmer's Index to the Times 1790-1905 and the Official Index to The Times, 1906-1980 are complete and fully available.Print version of Palmer's is in SML Reference Ai21 T543 (LC).

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Full-text news and information service that provides access to newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information. Coverage varies with each title: 1990s - Present.

New York Times Online: 1) 1851 - 1999 (Proquest); 2) 1980 - Present (Academic Universe); 3) 2001 - Present (Proquest)

Nineteenth Century Masterfile: This index searches across six periodical indexes and seven patent and government indice. Dates of coverage vary with each index: Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906); Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922)l Index to Periodical Articles in Religion (1890-1899); Psychological Index (1894-1905); Index to Periodicals (1890-1906); Cumulative Index to a Selected List of Periodicals (1896-1899).

Web of Science: The ISI Citation Databases collectively index more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals cover-to-cover, providing users with complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references from the world's most influential research with online backfiles access now completely matching the print editions. Years of coverage for: Science Citation Index Expanded 1945 to present; Social Sciences Citation Index: 1956 to present; Arts & Humanities Citation Index: 1975 to present. For a source list of all titles indexed, click here.

Architecture Related Resources

Architectural Index: Indexes architects, designers, and architectural firms; searches combinations of architect / designer, location, magazine (~ 20), building type or subject. Less scholarly than the Avery Index, but great for architect information. Coverage varies w/each magazine. General Coverage: 1982-Present

ARTbibliographies Modern: Index to full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, with approximately 12-13,000 new entries being added each year. While the emphasis is on art, there is modest coverage of modern architecture and architects. Useful for interior design topics. For a complete list of journals indexed, click here. Coverage: 1974 to Present.

Art Full Text: Indexes articles from American and foreign periodicals (300+ titles) and museum bulletins dealing with the arts and related disciplines, e.g., archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, fine arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, photography, films and museums. For a list of journals covered, click here. Print equivalent is "Art Index"; Art & Architecture Library has volumes 1 (1929) through 44 (1996). Later volumes are located at Sterling and the British Art Center. Indexing coverage began in 1984; abstracting coverage began in 1994; full-text coverage (of select journals) began in 1997.

Art Index Retrospective: Citations to articles from American and foreign periodicals (300+ titles) and museum bulletins dealing with the arts and related disciplines such as archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, fine arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, photography, films and museums. Cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984. Print equivalent is "Art Index"; Art & Architecture Library has volumes 1 (1929) through 44 (1996). Later volumes are located at Sterling and the British Art Center.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: Comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Expanded coverage includes obituary citations. Include is the entire Burnham Index to Periodical Literature. Coverage: 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the Present.

BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art: Extensive and comprehensive index of current writing on Western fine arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing, and prints) as well as decorative and applied arts, industrial design and architecture, popular and folk art, and material culture of interest to art historians. Photography, new media and the performing arts are also covered in connection with the visual arts. Indexes and abstracts articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs. BHA includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989. Print versions of the following are available in A&A: BHA (1991-1999), RAA (1910-1989); in LSF or Sterling: RILA (1975 - 1989). BHA Coverage: 1973 to Present.

Burnham Index to Architectural Literature: Begun in 1919, this index covers approximately 600+ monographs and serials with an emphasis on Midwestern materials; 3% overlap with the Avery Index before 1940 and 30% overlap afterwards. Also includes entries for Burnham Library scrapbooks. Available in print it the A&A Reference - Z5944 U5 B87 1989 (LC)+ or online in the Avery Index. Coverage: 1919 to 1960s.

Design and Applied Arts Index: Covers 450+ design and craft journals; includes data on nearly 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making the largest database of its kind in the world. Specific areas covered include industrial design, vehicle design, architecture, interior design, environmental design, computer aided design, furniture design, ceramics, glass, jewellery, metalsmithing, silversmithing, goldsmithing, fashion design, textile design, embroidery, graphic design, typography, multimedia design, illustration, book design, photography, advertising, marketing, retail design, packaging, exhibition design, theatre design, design and craft history, design and craft theory, ergonomics, design for disability, design for the elderly, design and craft education and design management. Coverage: 1975 - 2001

Index to19th Century American Art Periodicals: Indexes and abstracts 42 art journals published in the US during the 19th century. Provides the entire journal contents articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements and information on popular culture and industry, artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decorations, and collecting. Coverage: 1800s-1900

Catalogs

ORBIS: Yale's online library catalog. Includes records for over 10 million items located in 22 Yale libraries. Orbis does not contain articles in journals.

Eureka: Includes more than 22 million records of books and other materials held in Research Library Group's member libraries including research libraries, specialized libraries, museum libraries and academic libraries. Use the Request link in Eureka to request items that Yale does not own through Interlibrary Loan.

Dissertations & Theses: With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. More than 600,000 are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download. 1861-

Worldcat: Includes more than 50 million records of books and other materials held in thousands of OCLC academic, public, special and national libraries around the world.

Virtueller Katalog Kunstgeschichte: This catalog is an initiative of a working group of German art libraries, formerly known as the AKB (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunstbibliotheken). The VKK has been accessible since September 1999 and is still "under construction" but offers well over 2 million bibliographic records from 20+ European libraries including many articles and reviews from periodicals and collections.

Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog: Allows users to simultaneously search library catalogs from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as major catalogs worldwide.

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: This teaching collection from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University comprises the lantern slides from the schools of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and City Planning, which were combined in 1936 to form the Graduate School of Design. Approximately 2,800 images are available.

AMICA: With over 100,000 images in the database, AMICO is a growing online collection of high-quality, digital documentation of works of art from around the world. Images, text and multimedia represent a broad range of works of art in AMICO Member collections, highlighting the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works. (For Insight Version, you must install the client on your PC.)

ArtServe: Art and Architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin: Searchable access to around 150,000 images - all concerned in some way with the history of art and architecture. Results come up in pages with thumbnail images, usually expandable to maximum width or height of 400 pixels. Can also be browsed by artist, country, or medium, as well as survey area. Covers primarily ancient, Gothic, Renaissance, through 19th century periods.

Associated Press Photo Archive: Image database of over one million primary-source photos from the 1840s to date. The AP Photo Archive is update daily. Every photo contains a complete caption and citation information.

Digital Imaging Project (Bluffton College): A collection of images from the classical Greek period to the Post-Modern consisting of architecture and sculpture that is arranged by name of the architect or artist, location, or date. There is also a section of women architects' work, with information on more than 60 buildings by Julia Morgan. All images include a date and a description. Though it's a personal web page, the images are helpful and several will cover a single building or monument.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER): These collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Administered since 1933 through cooperative agreements with the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, and the private sector, ongoing programs of the National Park Service have recorded America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 350,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.

Medieval Architecture in France: A collection of images of French architecture from the Middle Ages. Included for many of the buildings are maps of locations, floor plans, photos, and brief descriptions. There is an illustrated Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture.

Philadelphia Architects & Buildings: As of August 2004, this database contained 216,850 projects and buildings, 20,164 architects, engineers and contractors, and over 49,920 images. Includes structures primarily in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, all the Philadelphia Historical Commission list of significant buildings, and the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s inventory of historic structures. All local buildings represented in the Athenæum and the University of Pennsylvania architectural collections, as well as the original architectural holdings of such institutions as the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia are included in the database.

SPIRO: This is the online image database for the Architectural Visual Resources Library at UC-Berkeley.As of January 2004, SPIRO included 63,000 records linked to images (~20% of AVRL's total slide collection). Covers all periods and all dates.

Visual Resources Collection (via Insight): The Visual Resources Collection supports courses in the history of art and American studies that use slides or digital images in the classroom. Its collection of digital images is available using the Insight software. For information about using Insight or reporting server problems consult the Insight 5.0 page or contact Hannah Bennett, 436-8052. Access the Cross Collection Search including the Visual Resources Collection here.