Architecture and Building

RESOURCES BY TOPIC

Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Types of listings range from discussion groups to electronic publications to databases -- and of course a wide variety of websites. This is a selective guide. Links to more comprehensive link collections are included. For some topics just one or two sites with good links to the net resources in that topic are listed. Although the emphasis is on quality sites, sometimes sites that are currently not well-developed but show promise of being so are included.

This guide, started in 1993, is posted to the UNLV Libraries Architecture Studies Library page [/arch/rsrce/webresources/index.php]. Additions and corrections, as well as suggestions for categories, can be sent to Jeanne Brown (jeanne.brown@unlv.edu), head of the UNLV Architecture Studies Library. Permission is granted to use this material for non-commercial purposes, provided the author (Jeanne Brown) is credited.
This Architecture Internet Database is very extensive.
Scroll down, use ->EDIT ->FIND , or the hotkeys Control F to search within these pages.

Architecture Internet Resources -> Resources -> Libraries -> Guides to Library Materials

Resources for: Guides to Library Materials

Andrews University Architecture Resource Center [http://www.andrews.edu/library/collections/departments/arc.html]
On its policies and resources, including a description of its EDRA collection.

ARCLIB Refereed Journals [http://www.staff.ljmu.ac.uk/leajshaw/ARCref.htm]
Peer-reviewed journals from Architecture Librarians' Group.

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Architecture Page [http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Arts/Architecture/index.html]
Excellent source of basic architecture print and online references in topics such as careers in architecture, competitions, energy and environment, environmental design and psychology, architectural history and historic preservation, architectural practice, building codes, and pictorial resources. 7/98

Chinese University of Hong Kong Architecture Library [http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/archlib/]
Includes information on Hong Kong housing and universities.

Columbia University Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/avery/]
About the library and its policies. Includes guides to library materials (e.g. "How to research a New York City Building"; and "Searching Tips for the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals").

Harvard University Graduate School of Design Frances Loeb Library [http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/library/]
About the collection and services.

International Archive of Women in Architecture [http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/guide.html]
Last accessed 1/03.

International Directory of Art Libraries [http://iberia.vassar.edu/ifla-idal]
Sponsored by the IFLA Section of Art Libraries, this directory is "a finding aid to over 3000 institutions with specialized holdings in art, archaeology, and architecture."

Juried and Refereed Journals in Architecture and Landscape Architecture [http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/architecture/refereed_or_juried.html]
Penn State University's Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library project to identify juried and refereed journals. 3/09

McGill University Blackader-Lauterman Library Architectural Archives [http://www.mcgill.ca/blackader/]
Description of the Moshe Safdie archive in the collections section, along with other architectural archives. 4/03

MIT Rotch Library of Architecture & Planning [http://libraries.mit.edu/rotch]
The architecture section, set up by Michael Leininger, http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/architecture/index.html provides guides, some annotated, to standard print library information in architecture and construction, including guides to construction dictionaries, biographical sources, directories, building codes, accessibility information, and Boston architecture. The real estate section contains guides to real estate directories, dictionaries, indexes, and statistical sources http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/realestate/

National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum [http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal/index.html]
Information on collections, services, publications, projects. Archive of Art and Design. Union list of Art and Design Serials (approximately 9000 titles; part of the library catalogues section, which is also accessible directly.

National Trust Library [http://www.itd.umd.edu/UMS/UMCP/NTL/ntl.html]
Information about collections, policies and services.

Research Materials for Architecture and the Built Environment Located in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. [http://www.lib.umd.edu/Guests/DCARCHres]
As reported by Anita Carrico, "the entries include collections of architectural drawings, maps, blueprints, photographs, slides, correspondence, historical documents and more. The entries are as varied as the National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic and Architectural Department, which holds over 2.8 million items about the federally funded built environment; the Washington Cathedral with 15,000 architectural drawings and supporting documents; and the holdings of the Montgomery County Historical Society.In addition to being a directory to libraries, archives and museums, the website provides hypertext links to those that have websites. For research in architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, historic preservation, American studies and art history. Institutions continue to be added, and an index is under construction." 11/98, last accessed 7/08.

RIBA Library [http://www.riba-library.com]
British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects. About library services and holdings, including a list of their periodical holdings, and a list of recommended book titles. 9/99, last accessed 7/08.

Rutgers Art Library [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/art_lib/art_lib.shtml]
Last accessed 7/08.

University of British Columbia, Library Orientation for Architecture Students [https://www.webct.ubc.ca/public/library_123/index.html]
Online tutorials via WebCT [guest login and password provided]. 11/02

University of California, Los Angeles Arts Library [http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/Arts/]
Under Information Resources by Discipline, Architecture and Architectural History, are general bibliographical guides, and links to bibliographies in the field published on the Internet. Last accessed 7/08

University of Cinncinati Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Library [http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/daap/resources/researchguides/index.html]
Research and class guides: Design -- Architecture & Interior Design -- Art -- Planning. 7/98, last accessed 7/08

University of Florida Architecture and Fine Arts Library [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/]
Hours, collections and services, staff, floorplans, library publications, and web links.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Architecture Studies Library [http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/index.html]
Description of library collections and services, guides to library and Internet materials.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Architecture Studies Library, Finding Resources [http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/instr/]
Online tutorials in a variety of areas, including finding scholarly articles, evaluating and citing information, and Internet searching. Combination "how-to" and links to enable the user to search from the same screen. 11/02

University of Texas at Austin Architecture & Planning Library [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/APL/]
Information on library resources and services.

University of Waterloo Library [http://library.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/arch/index.html]
Of interest: "Quick Facts and Bibliographies in Architecture" which includes bibliographies of reference materials in architecture by type, and library resources on architecture schools and practices; and "Doing Research in Architecture" which has guides like Architecture: How to Find Journal Articles, as well as other more general guides like How to Find a Book Review.

Yale University Art and Architecture Library Resources on Architecture [http://www.library.yale.edu/art/aargarch.html]
Guide to library materials.