Research Guides: A Guide to Architecture Resources: Articles and Case Studies

Resources for articles - Architecture

Key Architecture Databases
Interdisciplinary and other Subjects Databases
Case Studies
Newspapers
Browse Journals
St. Louis Reports and Case Studies (digitized)

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1934-)
Journal index covers more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture. Learn more about this database
Art Full Text (1984-)
Articles from major art and architecture periodicals, with an emphasis on those in English. Includes a total of 378 periodicals with the full text of 93 journals back to January 1997. Updated monthly.
Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)
Journal index of over 600 major art and architecture periodicals .
JSTOR
Database and full texts of journal articles.
BuildingGreen
Database to help building-industry professionals design and build construction projects that minimizes ecological impact and maximizes economic performance. Includes access to Environmental Building news articles, lists for GreenSpec products and specification guidelines, and detailed project case studies of high-performance buildings.

Center for Health Design
Organization dedicated to improving healthcare design. *WUSTL users can gain access to research literature by creating an account with your @wustl.edu email and indicating that you are affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis. The 'Insights & Solutions' includes research reports and issue briefs, interviews, case studies, design strategies, lessons learned, infographics, key point summaries, and webinars.

Design & Applied Arts Index (1973 - )
Journal Index. Indexes design and craft journals and newspapers and contains more than 212,000 records, with around 1,200 new records added in each monthly update. Learn more about this database
GreenFILE
Information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles.

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AGRICOLA Articles (NAL) (1970-)
Catalog and index of National Agriculture Library holdings from 1970 to date. Some content dates to the 15th century. Many records are linked to full-text documents online.

JSTOR
Database and full texts of journal articles.
Academic Search Complete (1975-present)
Covers topics in most areas of academic study. Full-text provided for over 10,000 publications, with over 7,850 peer-reviewed. Abstracts and indexing available for over 13,780 journals in the collection.

Also includes full-text access to over 5,000 journals. Offers coverage of many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
America: History & Life (1964-)
A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries. Learn more about this database
GPO Catalog (WorldCat.org) (1976-)
Listing of publications available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Historical Abstracts (1955-)
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada), from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.

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PAIS Index
Indexes and abstracts books, periodical articles, and government publications in the fields of public affairs and public policy. Provides social and economic analyses of international, national, and local policies. Learn more about this database
ScienceDirect
Electronic journals and books. Some are subscribed by WU Libraries (available full-text); some are not. Click on Search to search all titles.
Web of Science (1900 - )
Science, social science, arts, and humanities citations for scholarly literature. Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. The Libraries subscribe to Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1970-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).

Urban Land Institute Development Case Studies
Access to more than 300 case studies of commercial and residential development projects from 1985 to the present, including 20 new reports added each year. NOTE: login required to access entire database; follow link(s) to view password Password to log in to ULI Case Studies
BuildingGreen
Database to help building-industry professionals design and build construction projects that minimizes ecological impact and maximizes economic performance. Includes access to Environmental Building news articles, lists for GreenSpec products and specification guidelines, and detailed project case studies of high-performance buildings.

Center for Health Design
Organization dedicated to improving healthcare design. *WUSTL users can gain access to research literature by creating an account with your @wustl.edu email and indicating that you are affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis. The 'Insights & Solutions' includes research reports and issue briefs, interviews, case studies, design strategies, lessons learned, infographics, key point summaries, and webinars.

LexisNexis Academic (now Nexis Uni)
Replaced by Nexis Uni
Contains full-text news, business, legal, and reference information sources. Newspapers included in the service are updated several times daily, newswires hourly.
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch (1874 - 2003)
Contains full text of the newspaper St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874-2003 including its title variants. Learn more about this database
New York Times, Historical (1851-3 year ago)
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Learn more about this database

St. Louis History -- Archival Sources

St. Louis Reports and Case Studies

The materials in this collection are reports and case studies about St. Louis, primarily discussions of housing, segregation, public policy, and urban renewal. Because of the limited availability of print copies and the high demand for these publications in courses and for research across Washington University, these materials have been digitized and made freely available online. These publications also help support The Divided City: An Urban Humanities Initiative.

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Historical Newspapers

New York Times, Historical (1851-3 year ago)
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Learn more about this database
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch (1874 - 2003)
Contains full text of the newspaper St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874-2003 including its title variants. Learn more about this database

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