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Landscape 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 subject headings may be useful in searching the catalog.

Building sites—planning Parks
Building site—environmental aspects Parks—[Place name]—History
Earthworks Plazas
Gardens Cemeteries
Gardens—[Place name]—History Campus planning
Landscape architecture Greenbelts
Landscape design Reclamation of land
Corridors (Ecology) Landscape ecology
Brownfields Wetlands
Urban ecology Urban landscape architecture
   
Specific sites:
Bois de Boulogne (Paris, France)
Central Park (New York, NY) 
Designer or Firm Name:   Repton, Humphry
Jekyll, Gertrude


Finding Articles

Selected Periodical Indexes

AGRICOLA
Applied Science and Technology
Avery Index of Architectural Periodicals
Art Index Retrospective
Art Full Text
BIOSIS Reviews
Environment Index
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
Gardener"s Index (Reference Index Shelves)
Landscape Architecture Cumulative Index, 1910-1987
      (Reference SB469.L3xSuppl13)
Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Science)


Selected Electronic Journals

Ambio
Ecology
Ecological monographs
Ecological restoration
Environmental Management
Garden and Forest
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Landscape and Urban Planning
Landscape Ecology
Landscape Research
Restoration Ecology
Urban Habitats
Urban water
Wetlands ecology and management


Finding Images

VIA
American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920


Reference Sources

Selected Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Biographies, Bibliographies

Dictionary of art. Grove's Dictionary, 1996.
 

Print: Reference N31.D5 1996

Dictionary of Landscape Archtitecture. Baker H. Morrow. University of New Mexico Press. 1987. 
  Reference SB 469.25.M67 1987

Encyclopedia of gardens: history and design. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
  Reference SB465.E63 2001 (3 vols.)

Landscape architecture: an illustrated history in timelines, site plans, and biography. Willam A. Mann. John Wiley, 1993
  SB470.5.M37 1993

Landscape architecture sourcebook: a guide to resources on the history and practice of landscape architecture in the United States. Omnigraphics, 1997.
  Reference Desk SB470.53.V64x

Oxford companion to gardens. Oxford University Press, 1986.
  Reference SB469.25.O95 1986

Pioneers of American landscape design. McGraw-Hill, 2000
  Reference SB469.9.P56 2000

Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. 5th ed. Penguin, 1998
  Reference NA31.F553 1998

Plants and Horticulture

American Horticultural Society A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. DK Publishing, 1997
  Reference SB403.2.A47 1997

Ilustrated encyclopedia of trees. David More, John White. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2002
  Reference SB450.M67 2002

Index of garden plants. Mark Griffiths. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994.
  Reference SB403.2.G75x

New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. Thomas H. Everett. New York: Garland, 1980.
  Reference SB317.58.E94 (10 vols.)

Selected Handbooks and Manuals

Graphic standards for landscape architecture, by Richard L. Austin...[et al.] NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986
  Reference SB472.G73x

Guide to site planning and landscape construction, Harvey M. Rubenstein. 4th ed. NY: John Wiley, 1996.
  NA2540.5.R83 1996

Simplified site design, by James Ambrose, Peter Brandow, NY:Wiley, 1992.
  TH375.A43 1992

Simplified site engineering, Harry Parker and John W. MacGuire. 2nd ed. Prepared by John Ambrose. NY: Wiley, 1991
  TH153.P37 1999

Site planning, Kevin Lynch, Gary Hack. 3rd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984
  NA2540.5.L9x 1984

Time-saver standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data, co-eds., Charles W. Harris, Nicholas T. Dines, 2nd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
  Reference Desk SB475.9.S72 T55 1997
Circulating copy: SB475.9.S72 T55 1997

Time-saver standards for site planning, Joseph De Chiara, Lee E. Koppelman. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
  Reference NA 2540.5.D4 1984

Time-saver standards: site construction details manual, by Nicholas T. Tines & Kyle D. Brown. NY: McGraw Hill, 1999
  Reference TE177.D56 1999


Related Harvard Sites

Arnold Arboretum/ Horticulture Library
Botany Libraries
Cabot Science Library
Environmental Information Center
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
Trees of Harvard Yard



Selected Internet Resources

Landscape Architecture Internet Resources (compiled by Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley)

Architecture and Building: Landscape sites

WWW Virtual Library: Environment

WWW Virtual Library: Gardening Links

WWW Virtual Library: Urban Environmental Management

Selected Local Landscape Resources

Boston Parks Department

Boston Greenspace Alliance

Central Artery Corridor Parks