Subject
Research Guides
Art History:
American Architecture
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on American Architecture.
Background Information Sources
Available in the Library's reference area:
| Dictionary of American History: v.1: Architecture | REF E174.D52 2003 |
| Grove Dictionary of Art | REF N31.D5 1996 |
| American Art: A Cultural History | REF N72.S6 B55 2001 |
| International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture | REF NA40.I48 1993 |
| Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects | REF NA 40.M25 1982 |
| American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia | REF NA705.H36 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of American Architecture | REF NA705.P3 1995 |
| Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture | REF NA712.R54 2001 |
| Elements of Style | REF NA2850.E44 1996 |
| The Houses we Live in: an identification guide | REF NA7205.H695 2002 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers E160, E180 (U.S. history); NA707-712 (U.S. Architecture), NA2500-7200 (General Architecture).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- InfoTrac—General Reference Center: reviews of buildings, newspaper art.
- InfoTrac—Expanded Academic: research, reviews (use terms such as: history, influence, analysis, or type: colonial, domestic, urban, modern, postmodern, or phrases such as: architecture & society, etc.)
- InfoTrac—Biography Resource Center: in-depth architect biographies
- LexisNexis: newspaper articles, reviews.
- FirstSearch: online Art Index.
- Use the Art Index in paper form, located on the left side of the staircase to find older, historic articles.
Internet Resources
Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Art/Performing Art.
- Architecture on the Web
http://www.vitruvio.ch/
a portal site to architectural resources on the web - Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
collection of architecture resources concerning specific buildings, architects, and places - Digital Archive of Amer. Arch.
http://www.bc.edu./bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/contents.html
emphasis on New England architectural styles; hosted by Boston College - Architecture Internet Database
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.htm
architecture and building web resources by topic, maintained by University of Nevada