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ARS188: Images of Architecture: What if We Build?: Starting Your Research

Fall 2016, J. Middlebrook

Architecture Blogs

Best Bets

Reference: Terms & Basic Facts

Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Provides "entries on architects, terms, periods, and styles, covering all periods of Western architectural history." Brief bibliographies are included for most entries.

Books

Five College Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search Smith and the Five Colleges for books and more.

Articles

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals [EBSCO] 1930s+ This link opens in a new window
International coverage of architecture, architectural sculpture, city planning, and landscape architecture in 1,000 periodicals. Selective coverage back to the 1860s.

Images & Media

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
More than 2 million images to support work in the spectrum of our material culture. Includes several collections specific to architecture (Avery Architectural Plans & Sections; Architecture of California, Ezra Stoller Archive (photos of architecture); World Monument Fund; Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and more)
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Streaming educational & feature films across all disciplines, with films from the BBC, California Newsreel, Criterion, PBS & many others. Includes almost 400 films related to architecture

Using the Art Library

Hillyer Art Library Website
Information about art library collections, borrowing, hours, equipment, and staff.