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Last update: Nov 17th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.wustl.edu/architecture  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Architecture Databases

  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  
      
    (1934-current) Listing of journal articles on architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design. Articles are included from key publications such as American Architect, Domus, and El Croquis.
  • Art Full Text  
      
    (1984-current) Citations, abstracts, and selected full text for articles published in periodicals worldwide covering archaeology, architecture, art history, decorative arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, and more.
  • Art Retrospective  
      
    (1929-1984) Earlier coverage of periodicals indexed in Art Full Text.
  • DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index  
      
    (1973-current) Citations and abstracts for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals covering architecture, industrial design, sustainability, computer aided design, garden design, landscape architecture, and more.
  • Applied Science Full Text  
      
    (1983-current) Indexes and abstracts articles, with selected full text, on construction, civil engineering, communication technology, energy resources, environmental engineering, fire prevention, plastics, transportation, and much more.
 

Interdisciplinary Databases

  • Academic Search Premier  
      
    Citations, abstracts, and selected full text for scholarly journals from all disciplines.
  • PAIS International and Archive  
      
    Covers the fields of public affairs and public policy. It provides social and economic analyses of international, national, and local policies. Sources are journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, conference proceedings.
  • Urban Studies Abstracts  
      
    Covers essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
  • GreenFILE  
      
    Articles from scholarly, government, and news sources on global warming, green building, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and other environmental issues.
  • Civil Engineering Database (CEDB)  
      
    Covers American Society of Civil Engineers documents published since 1974 including journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters.
  • Lexis Nexis Academic  
      
    Search the full text of recent articles from The New York Times, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Los Angeles Times, and hundreds of other news sources.
  • GPO Catalog  
      
    Catalog of United States government publications.
  • Historical Abstracts  
      
    Journal articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present. See also its counterpart, America History and Life.
 

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