This free database contains 266,485 projects and buildings, 26,509 architects, engineers and contractors, and over 134,584 images, including building plans.
TIP: to limit your search in JSTOR, go to Advanced search and scroll down. You can select Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art & Art History, Classical Studies....etc.
600+ full-text journals on art, architecture, film & photography. Includes scholarly journals, international titles, images, and also books; topics include art theory and criticism, news, exhibition reviews and more.
Magazine of contemporary art news, exhibition reviews and artist interviews; also includes architecture, film, fashion, photography and music. This digital archive includes articles from 1962 - 2000.
Includes articles from over 1,200 journals. Covers material published between 1975 and 2007. Offers both basic and advanced search modules, searched easily by subject, artist, author, article or journal title, and other elements.
Search more than 2.4 million entries in the Dissertations Online database. Abstracts are available for all, with full-text, including reference lists, available for more recent titles. *please note* Most dissertations are LONG, so please use "print" judiciously.
Companion to "America & History & Life", this searches for articles, dissertations and more on the history of the world from 1450 onward, EXCEPT FOR the U.S. and Canada. TIP: Advanced search allows limiting by language and historical period.
AND, OR, & NOT (also known as "Boolean operators") help you combine search words, to find what you are looking for. Watch this video to find out how it works:
Adapted from the materials created by The University of Auckland Library, NZ. This video is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license.
Create a list of key words, and try different key words in your searches:
Who, what, where, when....topics, names and places are all good key words, so are titles, events or historical periods, genres/styles/other categories, expert terms.
Add to your list by looking for:
Subject terms in the catalog and databases.
related terms (shrine - temple)
synonyms (parquet - wood floor)
No results? Search more broadly:
Try your search using fewer terms, or change to broader terms: for example, use the term buildings (broad), instead of just churches (narrow).
Too many results? Narrow down by adding something:
Try combining search words, using "and" in between: glass AND walls
Search Tools
Combine your terms using "AND":
windows and light and heat
Use the * (asterisk) wildcard, to search several terms at once.
architect* = architect, architects, architecture, architectural etc.
