FAH 90/190 Architecture in Britain, 1945-75 A Library Research Guide |
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Part A.
Architects, Architecture, and
Architectural History
1. Facts and Background Information
2. Biographical Sources
3. Social, Cultural, and Intellectual
Backgrounds
4. Bibliographies
Part B. Scholarly Discussions on Architects, Architecture and Architectural
History
1. Books 
2. Journal Articles (electronic indexes, also known as databases 
)
3. Full text, full text, full text!!!
4. Requesting Articles and Books (Tufts do not own)
Part C.
Visual Research
1. Print Sources
2. Online Sources (Digital
Images)
A.
Architects, Architecture,
and Architectural
History
1. Facts and Background Information
Grove
Art Online [Web Resource]
Encyclopedia of Architectural Technology (Ref.NA31.E58)
Encyclopedia of Architecture (Ref NA31.E59 1988)
International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture (Ref
NA40.I48 1993)
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (Ref NA208.E53
1997)
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (Ref NA31.H32 1993)
2.
Biographical Sources
Grove
Art Online [Web Resource]
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (Ref NA40.M25 1982)
Biographical Dictionary of British Architects (Ref NA 996.C6 1995)
Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture (Ref NA 680.J628 1997)
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
3.
Social, Cultural and Intellectual Backgrounds
Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 (Ref. HN373 .E63 2001)
4.
Bibliographies
Encyclopedias and dictionaries such as listed above also contain short
bibliographies.
All about old buildings: the whole preservation catalog (Ref
NA106.A44 1985)
Sources of modern architecture: a critical bibliography. (Ref Z5941.5
.S47 1981)
20th century architecture: a reader's guide / Martin Pawley
(book reviews and a bibliography) (Oversize: NA680 .P314 2000 )
British and Irish architectural history: a bibliography and guide to sources of information (Ref. Z5944.G7 K34 1981B 1981)
British architects, 1840-1976: a guide to information sources (Ref. Z5944.G7 W66 1978)
B.
Scholarly Discussions on Architects, Architecture and
Architectural History
1. Finding Books
In addition to the Tufts
Library Catalog, Professor Abramson recommends that you also use the Rotch Library at MIT (libraries.mit.edu/rotch) and Loeb Library at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (www.gsd.harvard.edu/library). Consult their catalogs before your visit: Barton, MIT Libraries Catalog, and HOLLIS, Harvard Libraries Catalog.
WorldCat is the Catalog of materials held worldwide, and you can request online books you find in this catalog.
Research on Architecture of a Country in the Catalog
Subject Search is an effective way to find books on architecture of a country. 1. Select Subject; 2. Enter the subject indexing terms.
Search results--this is the subject index page in the Catalog: 19 sub-topics and 82 books, journals, and other types of materials"
Among the 16 books on the topic, Architecture--Great Britain--20th Century, the following might be a good starting point:
Research on an architect
To research on on a particular architect (a person or a firm), a Subject Search is an effective way to find books in the Catalog. For example:
2. Enter last name first. |
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To learn more about search on architecture by type or style, please refer to the Library Research Guide for Introduction to Architecture .
2.
Finding Journal Articles
Key Databases
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals 1977-
This database indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture.
The RIBA British Architectural Library online catalogue (Royal Institute of British Architects)
This catalogue includes not just books, but also journal articles that may not show up on the Avery Index of Architectural Periodicals.
Sample research interest: "British movie theaters in the postwar period - either architectural characteristics or relating them to British culture in the time period the class addresses (1945-75)"
Sample Search in Avery
1.
start with a search just as you would in a google search:
2.. Among the records found by search is this one; pay particularl attention to the subject indexing terms:
3. Use newly found keywords to search and examine more results. You will discover the following subject indexing terms:
- Movie theaters--England (for more recent articles)
- moving picture theaters--England ( for earlier publications)
- motion picture theaters (occasionally)
To see more Avery search sample, please refer to the Library Research Guide for Introduction to Architecture
Other Subject Databases--Which Ones to Use?
There are usually more than one relevant source/database (each with its own particular academic discipline/subject focus and/or extensiveness of coverage) for your topic.
I quote your fellow students for their answers to the question:
- “using a combination of resources to find what I want instead of giving up on a source if it cannot directly help.” (Oct. 31, 06)
- "I will be carrying more in-depth searches.” (Oct. 31, 06)
| Multidisciplinary | Art and Art History | |
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Art Abstracts 1984- .
History and Culture Studies |
3. Full Tex, Full Text, Full Text!
A very frequently asked question is, “full text, full text, full text…where are they, online, in print, downstairs, upstairs?” Here is how to find full texts in three different scenarios. (This link takes you to my other library research guide.)
4. Requesting Articles and Books (Tufts do not own)
Register for an ILLiad account now, if you don't have one, yet. Here are some samples how this account works in a few different contexts, Online Request (ILLiad). (This link takes you to my other library research guide.)
C.
Visual Research
1.
Print Sources
Searching Library Catalogs for for
books with photographs, drawings, plans, etc.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Ref NA31 .C44 1995.
American Architecture: an Illustrated Encyclopedia. Ref NA 705 .H36 1998.
English Architecture: an Illustrated Glossary. Ref NA 961 .C87.
World architecture index: a guide to illustrations Ref NA202 .T4 1991
2. Online Sources (digital Images)
Tufts Department of Art History [http://ase.tufts.edu/art/AHwelcome.html]
Slide collection and the Artifact database of images for class study.
Cities/Buildings Image Archive [Meredith L. Clausen, Architectural History Professor, University of Washington, http://www.washington.edu/ark2/.]
“The Cities/Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.”
Digital Archive of European Architecture [Professor Jeffery Howe, Boston College, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/contents_europe.html]
Prehistoric to 20th century.
International Architecture Database
Drawing on the contributions from persons across much of Europe, the International Architecture Database website has served as a valuable clearinghouse for thousands of architectural projects (both built and unrealized) since 1996. Currently, the database contains information on more than 13,000 projects, most from the 20th and 21st centuries.
ARTstor
ARTstor is an image database of architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, and archaeological and anthropological objects--with associated catalog data--from many major collections.