E-Resources for Architecture

Includes materials on traditional art, art history, archaeology, architecture, fashion design, interior design, visual art, folk art, film, and non-western art. Materials indexed include journal articles, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Includes multi-lingual material.

This bibliographic database indexes scholarly literature regarding fine, decorative, and commercial art. It includes over 600 indexed publications and over 25,000 indexed book reviews. Subjects covered include art history, folk art, motion pictures, pottery, textiles, photography, non-western art, painting, archaeology, and more. 

Repository of over two million images that include collections from a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods, and media. The images are drawn from different sources, such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers.

Artstor's content, key features, and functionality are moving to JSTOR. The Artstor platform will be retired on August 1, 2024. 

Indexes periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archaeology, interior design, and historic preservation. Covers the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, including the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.

A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Full text is available.

Provides access to streaming video supporting classes in the arts, business, health, media/communication, science, humanities and education. 

NOTE: Kanopy video access is mediated. This means that any video not currently licensed for use will require the user to request access. Access is being enabled for class use with instructor approval.

The Royal Institute of British Architects Library's online catalog provides an index to articles in over 300 of the world's most respected architectural periodicals, details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the RIBA Library, the holdings of the RIBA Library Photographs Collection, manuscripts and archives acquired by the RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection, and a biographical database of architects.

Multidisciplinary index covering topics in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It is the electronic equivalent of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index. Some full text is available.

World Heritage Sites: Africa is a collection of more than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites. Resources include site plans, diagrams, and maps; 3D models; stereo, digital, and panorama images; manuscripts and books; trade logs; videos; excavation reports; archaeological and ethnographic field notes; personal journals and travelers’ accounts from the 17th century to the 19th century; and more.