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Architecture

Finding Books in HOLLIS | Finding Articles | Selected Electronic Journals
Finding Images | Reference Sources | Related Harvard Sites
Selected Internet Resources

Finding Books in HOLLIS

The following list of selected examples of Library of Congress subject headings may be useful in searching the HOLLIS Catalog. 

 

Architects Apartment houses—[Place name]
Architectural acoustics Bridges—Design and construction
Architectural design Building—Details
Architecture and society Interior Decoration
Architecture, domestic Public buildings
Architecture—[country] Stores, retail—Designs and plans
Architecture—philosophy  
   
Specific sites: World trade center (New York, N.Y.)
Bibliotheque national (France)
Architect or firm name: Gropius, Walter
Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Finding Articles

Selected Periodical Indexes

Applied Science and Technology
Architectural Publications Index (interfiled with RIBA Catalogue)
Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)
Art Full Text
ARTbibliographies Modern
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Avery Index of Architecture Periodicals
Science Citation Index Expanded

Selected Electronic Journals

Automation in Construction
Building and Environment
Building Research and Information
Design Issues
Design Studies
Energy and Buildings
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management
Grey Room
International Journal of Technology and Design Education
Journal of Architectural Education
Journal of Architecture
Journal of Art and Design Education
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Journal of Urban Design
October
Structural Design of Tall Buildings
Urban Habitats
Urban History

Finding Images

VIA
American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920

Reference Sources

Selected Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Bibliographies

Almanac of architecture and design. Greenway Group, 2001
  Ref Desk NA9 .A27

Architecture: a bibliographic guide to basic reference works, histories, and handbooks. Libraries Unlimited, 1984.
  Ref Desk Z5941.E38

Architecture sourcebook: a guide to resources on the practice of architecture. Omnigraphics, 1996.
  Ref Desk NA2750.A72

Dictionary of art. Grove’s Dictionary, 1996
  Print: Reference N31 D5 1996

A dictionary of architecture. Oxford University Press, 1999.
  Reference NA31.C86

Dictionary of architecture and construction. 3d ed. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  Reference NA31.H32

Encyclopedia of architecture, design, engineering & construction.
Wiley/AIA, 1988-89.
  Reference NA31.E53

Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world. Cambridge, 1997.
  Reference NA208.E53

Illustrated dictionary of architecture. 2d ed. McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  Reference NA31.B83

International dictionary of architects and architecture. Volume 2: Architecture. St. James Press, 1993.
  Ref Desk NA40.I48

The multilingual dictionary of architecture and building terms. Spon, 1998.
  Reference NA31 .M84

Visual dictionary of architecture. Reinhold, 1995.
  Reference NA31.C44

Selected Biographical Sources

Avery obituary index of architects. 2d ed. G.K. Hall, 1980.
  Reference

Biographical dictionary of American architects (deceased). New Age, 1956.
  Reference NA43.W776

Contemporary architects. St. James Press, 1994
  Ref Desk NA40.C6

International dictionary of architects and architecture. Volume 1: Architects. St. James Press, 1993.
  Ref Desk NA40.I48

International directory of architecture and design. No. 5. DID, 2000.
  Reference NA50.I58

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects. Free Press, 1982
  Reference NA40.M25

Profile. Reed, 18th ed. 2003.
  Ref Desk NA53.A4

Selected Handbooks, Manuals and Guides

Architects’ data (Neufert). 2d ed. Blackwell, 1980.
  Reference TH151.N513

The architects’ handbook. Blackwell, 2002.
  Reference NA2520.A67

The architect’s handbook of professional practice. 13th ed. AIA, 2001.
  Reference NA1996.A726

The architect’s portable handbook. 3d ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  Reference NA2750.G87

Architect’s studio handbook. McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  Reference NA2708.P38

Architectural drawing; a visual compendium of types and methods. 2d ed., Wiley, 2003
  Reference NA2708.Y439

Architectural graphic standards. 10th ed. AIA, 2000.
  Ref Desk TH2031.A483

Entourage: a tracing file and color sourcebook. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  Reference NA2780.B873

Time-saver standards for architectural design data. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill, 1997.
  Reference TH151.T55

Time-saver standards for building types. 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  Reference NA2760.D42

Time-saver standards for housing and residential development. 2d ed. McGraw-Hill, 1994.
  Reference NA9051.T55

Time-saver standards for interior design and space planning. 2d ed. McGraw-Hill, 2001
  Reference NK2110.D35

Universal design handbook. McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  Reference NA2545.A1U55

Related Harvard Sites

Cabot Science Library
Fine Arts Library
Harvard Real Estate Services

Selected Internet Resources

Architecture and Building: Net Resources
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Architecture
Architecture Reference Sources
The Great Buildings Collection
Skyscraper.com
Arch+net