Architecture and Landscape

Best Database Choices for Architecture and Landscape

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All Architecture and Landscape Databases

Agricola

indexes journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.

Art Index  1929-present

indexes articles and art reproductions in all arts media from selected art periodicals published since 1929. The index is divided into two parts, Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984) and Art Index Full Text (1984-present). Actual full text coverage begins in 1997.

ARTstor     Prehistory-present

Images of world art from all periods. Paintings, drawings and prints plus architecture and design are represented. Special collections include Asian and American art, Buddhist paintings and sculpture and historic photographs (women, Native American culture). For tips on using the full features of ArtStor, please check this HELP

Avery Index  1930-present

indexes over 2,000 periodicals on archaeology, city planning, interior design, historic preservation, and architecture; includes publication dates from the 1930s (with selective coverage from 1741).

Bibliography of the History of Art: BHA  1973-present

indexes over 2000 journals, books, conference proceedings, exhibition reviews and exhibition catalogs; covers European and American art and architecture from late antiquity (300 A.D.) to the present.

Building Green Suite, Inc.  

a subscription-based online resource for environmentally sensitive design and construction.

Catena Digital Archive of Historic Gardens + Landscapes

a searchable collection of historic and contemporary images that include plans, engravings, paintings, and photographs for teaching landscape studies.

DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index   1973-present

indexes over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers.

Engineering Village

Combines the databases Compendex, Inspec, Inspec Archive, and NTIS with one search interface.

Google Scholar   

Find articles from most online scholarly journals plus some books and Web sites. Note that some publishers (e.g. Elsevier - UVa gets almost 2000 of their journals) and most aggregators (e.g., InfoTrac, Journals@Ovid) do not participate, and of course there are no links to paper-only journals. Use Advanced Search if you get too many results; use Preferences to turn on links to RefWorks.

Oxford Reference Online

Combines the scholarly resources offered by titles in the Oxford Companions series with authoritative, quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also provides a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations, and timelines.