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Books, journals and videos in the field of architecture can be found in the Architecture Library, with smaller collections on the second floor of Hesburgh Library and the Medieval Institute. Areas of collection stength include classical architecture; urban design, especially in Chicago and Rome; architectural history, design and theory; classical revival in English and American architecture and interior design; 20th century Italian architecture; church architecture; structural mechanics and building technology.

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Access to these resources is governed by license agreements which restrict use to the Notre Dame community and to individuals who use the Notre Dame Libraries' facilities. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that he or she uses these products only for individual, noncommercial use without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information. Acceptable use forbids downloading contents of entire issues of a given journal title. The use of software such as scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in loss of access to these resources for the entire Notre Dame community.

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Recommended Resources (All Resources: 22 databases | 42 e-journals )

• AP images

  
  
  Contains digital images of the Associated Press's current photos and a selection of pictures, including coverage of major news events photographed as early as the 1840s, from their 50 million image print and negative library. Usage info: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

• Architectural graphic standards

  
  
  Based on and contains all information from the printed 10th ed. of Architectural Graphic Standards. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.

• Art full text

  
  

  Coverage:

  1984- (Indexing); 1994- (Abstracting); 1997- (Selected full-text)
  Indexes and abstracts articles on archaeology, architecture, art, motion pictures and photography in international periodicals (including full-text of selected periodicals). Titles covered are English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. Art Full Text also indexes reproductions of works of art in these periodicals.

• ARTstor

  
  
  Searchable database of more than 300,000 images applicable different times, cultures, and disciplines. Combination of images, data, and texts provides comprehensive art-related teaching, learning, and researching capabilities. Can view and analyze images through features such as zooming and panning.

• Associated Press images (see AP images)

  
  

• Avery index to architectural periodicals

  
  
  Offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

• Grove art online

  
  
  "... provides web access to the entire text of The dictionary of art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford companion to Western art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). ... ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools."--About Grove art online.

• JSTOR

  
  

• RIBA Library

  
  

  Coverage:

  Description based on home page: updated July 31, 2000.
  The Royal Institute of British Architects' British Architectural Library is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. The RIBA library catalogue is a searchable database of more than 200,000 records, with abstracts, describing journal articles, books, drawings, photographs, manuscripts and archives.

Other Architecture Resources

Places: Indiana

Formats: Drawings · Electronic journals · Maps and GIS · Multimedia · Photographs and images · Printed books

Research tools: Bibliographies · Catalogs · Encyclopedias · Indexes and abstracts · Newspapers and news sources · Standards and codes

E-Journal Collections: ASCE (Amer.Soc.Civ.Engrs.) · Blackwell Synergy · Cambridge University Press · HighWire Press · IngentaConnect · JSTOR · MIT Press · Open Access Journals · OUP (Oxford Univ. Press) · Periodicals Archive Online (formerly: PCI Full Text) · Project Muse · Routledge · ScienceDirect · Scitation · Taylor & Francis · Wiley InterScience