Resource Guide to Architecture
This guide provides a summary of the information resources (print, electronic and web-based) that are available through the Ivy Tech Libraries. They are not meant to be all-inclusive; there may be alternative resources available which are not listed here. Please ask a librarian for assistance if you do not find the information you need through this guide.

Articles -- You may find information in magazine and journal articles. Articles may be found in either print, electronic or online versions of periodicals to which the Ivy Tech Libraries subscribe. We do not have any print subscriptions at this time, but have a large collection of electronic journals.

Electronic article databases:
To search electronic databases for articles, you can use the Search & Find > Articles section of the Virtual Library (see Library tab in Campus Connect) or click one of the databases listed below (the first and last on the list may be the most useful to you). Access to specific magazines and journals online can be found using IvyJo. (For a list of electronic magazines and journals related to architecture, use the subject headings dropdown box and select "Art, Architecture & Applied Arts."  The subheading for Architecture lists 57 journals. You can also search by typing architect*(for example) in the search box, but this only gets journals with derivatives of that word in the title, so the list will be shorter.

•  Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) -- Articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, including full text from periodicals like Architectural Record, Journal of Architectural Engineering, Ecological Restoration, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, and more [Subject terms: ARCHITECTURE -- History includes a long list of narrower subject terms for the different periods or styles; ARCHITECTURE alone has hundreds of subheadings.]
•   Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
•   Corporate Resource Net (EBSCO) -- Articles and company profiles
•   Lexis-Nexis Business - News and business articles from various sources, company profiles
•   MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
•   Military/Government (EBSCO) -- Current news and journal articles pertaining to all branches of the military and government (good for science and industry research)
•   ProQuest: Career and Technical Education and Research Library

Google Scholar results are now linking to library databases!  We don't recommend it as your first or only step in research -- but can be a useful tool to explore:

Google Scholar Guide (explains what this search tool is and how to use it to find
scholarly material on the Web, or locate articles cited in our library databases). The first time you use Google Scholar at home -- set up your "Preferences" to find the Ivy Tech library, and save.

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Books -- IvyCat is the Ivy Tech Libraries' online catalog. You can perform a search in IvyCat using a set of keywords or subjects (or any of several other criteria if needed).

In general, browse the N section of the collection to find books on art and architecture.

Some examples of related terms for a keyword or subject search include:

Architecture
Buildings
Dwellings
House Construction
(Click here for a complete subject listing for Architecture in WorldCat.)

A few specific titles in our libraries are listed below:

•  1001 buildings you must see before you die, NA31 .A15 2007 (Marion)
•  Architectural styles: an historical guide to world design, Herbert Pothorn, NA204 .P6713 1982 (Muncie)

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Reference Books Reference books typically provide basic information such as additional sources of information, biographical sketches and details, definitions or statistical information. Reference books do not circulate; they must be used in the library.

•  Encyclopedia of architecture, historical, theoretical and practical, Joseph Gwilt, NA2520 .G92 1982 (Muncie Reference)

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Ebooks -- Ebooks are electronic texts from Ivy Tech's collection of full-text online books. In general, ebooks about automotive technology may be found in NetLibrary and eBrary, both accessible from the Virtual Library homepage on the on Find books page. The following ebook databases offer books on technology topics:

• NetLibrary
• eBrary
• CREDO REFERENCE
  Reference book titles like The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers, and more

Videos -- Videos do not circulate; they must be used in the library. Below are a few of the videos available at the Library:

American Visions --VHS  612 (8 videos), and PBS 78-85 Art of the Western World--VHS 736 (4 videos) Brooklyn Bridge--VHS 580-2 Building Big: Skyscrapers--VHS 927 Building on Ground Zero--DVD 80 Careers in Construction--1997. VHS 589 Case Studies in Environmentally Responsible Design--DVD 84

Civilisation -- VHS 520 (7 videos) Collapse: Failure by Design--VHS 928 Introduction to Geometric Dimensioning & tolerancing--VHS 925 Foundations--DVD 83 From Rock to Sand to Muck--DVD Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater--DVD 79 Frank Lloyd Wright--PBS 280-281 Skyscraper--5 videos, VHS 522 1-5

Images:

•  Advanced Image Search (Google)
•  ArtStor (coming soon)
•  Bridgeman Art Library Archive -- 17,000 fine art images from this Credo Reference source
•  Image Collection (EBSCO)
•  NYPL Digital Gallery

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Websites The following websites are not affiliated with Ivy Tech Community College. For more websites related to architecture, please see IvyLynks.

American Institute of Architects archINFORM Architecture Journals Online Architext A Digital Archive of American Architecture The Getty Research Institute The Great Buildings Collection International Archive of Women in Architecture Library of Congress - American Memory Collections Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building Vitruvio

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