Architecture
Getting Started
Ithaca College Photographs, Ithaca College Archives & Special Collections. "Campus Architectural Model (South Hill Campus), Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, photographed from the Northeast, taken February, 1965. (Detail)" New York Heritage Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2018.
Here are some of the best tools for architecture research. If you're not sure where to start, try any of the links listed below.
For additional resources, check out the categories listed on the left of the page.
Best Bets
Databases
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (EBSCO)
Published by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, this database contains citations for journal articles on architectural design and history, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, environmental studies, archaeology, and interior design.
Contents: Citations for journal articles and architects' obituaries.
- Oxford Art Online (Grove Art Online)
This database provides access to Grove Dictionary of Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Contents: Articles, images, subject entries, and biographies along with bibliographies.
Note: Access is limited to 3 users at a time.
Encyclopedias
Oxford Companion to Architecture by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9780198605683Publication Date: 2009-09-17- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects byCall Number: Reference Stacks ; NA40 .M25 1982ISBN: 0029250005Publication Date: 1982
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9780195309911Publication Date: 2009-03-23
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9780195300826Publication Date: 2007-06-18
The Encyclopedia of Housing, Second Edition by Call Number: Reference Stacks HD7287 .E53 2012ISBN: 9781412989572Publication Date: 2012-06-13
