FAH8: Introduction to Architecture, 1400-2000
Professor Daniel Abramson, Fall 2006

Grove Art Online
(The seminal source for art—the online equivalent of the 34 volumes of the print The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, plus updates since the print version.)

Here is the entry on Louis Sullivan. This particular entry is written by DAVID VAN ZANTEN, who is currently on faculty in the Department of Art History in Northwestern University. All articles and entries are signed and dated in this source.

1. Select to search by Subject

2. Enter last name first.

Search results: 23 books and other types of publications under 8 sub-topics.

1. Select to search by Keyword
2. Enter keywords: chicago and architect*

"architect**" searches for architect, architects, architectural, architecture....

The asterisk "*" is called a truncation symbol, a database searching jargon. It's more accurate to use double asterisk "**" in our Catalog, while a single asterisk "*" is sufficient in other databases.)

Selected search results:

Next, look closely at a relevant title and find other ways to refine your search.

For example, you can click on a relevant Subject index term (also known as "subject headings" or "descriptors") to gain an overview of the subject and related topics.

The first subject index link, Architecture--Illinois--Chicago will place you in the following subject index screen:

Enter key phrases and words; "store*" searches for either and both "store" and "stores"

A.
1. Look at iron or ironwork used in "department stores"
2. We have learned that "department stores" is a subject index term in Avery; therefore a Subject Phrase search is more precise than a keyword search.

Example, let me return to the sample the topic, “use of iron in French department stores in the 19th century". After analyzing, more closely, we can decide to try out at least the following three databases, in addition to the Avery Index,— Bibliography of the History of Art, for its emphasis on (American and) European art and historical periods; History of Science, Technology and Medicine, If we want to focus on iron as a building material and technological aspect of architectural constructions; and Historical Abstracts, which indexes scholarly literature in European and world history and culture from 1450 to the present. See two search results at the end of this section.

So, if your research topic is on modern architecture in Latin America or Asia, you should also use the databases focused on Latin American studies (PRISMA) or Asian studies (Bibliography of Asian Studies), in addition to the architecture and art databases.

Art Abstracts 1984- .  

BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art = Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art. Getty Art History Information Program, 1973-
Covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present.

ARTBibliographies Modern 1974-
The scope extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and on the coverage of foreign-language literature.

Humanities
Architecture in the Humanities
This database connects a piece of architecture to works of literature, film, theater, and art. The connection is made by way of historical or fictional events that took place in the building and are also depicted in other works. The purpose is to demonstrate how architecture's physical attributes imbue these events with certain meanings.

Period Studies
International Medieval Bibliography. Brepols, 1967-

Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance (400 -1700) 

Full text Multidisciplinary Database and E-journal Collection
Expanded Academic ASAP    
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade, and general-interest publications, including national news and commentary. Coverage is from 1980 to current and is updated daily. Some full text is available.

JSTOR

History and Culture Studies
America: History and Life 1964-
Scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada.

Historical Abstracts 1969-
Scholarly literature in European and world history and culture from 1450 to the present. Does not include the United States and Canada.In addition to Historical Abstracts, each of the following three databases focuses on a particular region or culture.

Bibliography of Asian Studies
An index of Western-language articles, monographs, and book chapters published since 1971.

 Index Islamicus
The Index Islamicus covers Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit of the Cambridge University Library and indexes articles back to 1906.

PRISMA publicaciones y revistas sociales y humanísticas
full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America, and the Caribbean Basin

Other keyword searches to try out (note the search pattern):

• (architect* or building*) and united states and pictorial works
• monuments and pictorial works
• (architect* or building*) and (illustrat* or photo*)

Other keyword searches to try out (note the search pattern):

• architectural drawing and united states
• architectural drawing and wright
• architecture details and (modern or 19th century)
• architectural rendering
• architecture designs and plans and (modern or 20th century)

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.”All files on this site are copyright controlled as indicated.

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.

Grove Art Online

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.

Library of Congress American Memory Project
A gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. The collection offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System.

A Digital Archive of American Architecture [Jeffery Howe, Boston College, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/.]
This archive, currently consisting of nearly 1,500 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings). It surveys the development of architecture in America from the 17th century to the present, with particular emphasis given to local architectural monuments.