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NEED HELP? Contact Kathy Brackney, Architecture Librarian kathy.brackney@arch.gatech.edu
Start your search on the Architecture
Library home page (http://www.library.gatech.edu/architect/)
To find books, search the library
catalog.
To find articles, search the Library's online indexes to
journals and newspapers. Go to the Library
databases page.
Browse by SUBJECT: Architecture for
links to databases which you can use to locate articles on your topic.
The following databases are highly recommended:
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals : offers a comprehensive listing of
journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, urban planning,
and related fields. Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating
back to the 1860s) to the present. This database is an index only; it does not provide full-text articles.
Ebscohost : a collection of multidisciplinary databases that cover more than 3,800 publications (1,500 in full-text) , including academic journals in the humanities, the social sciences, and the general sciences. Also included are popular magazines and business publications.
ProQuest online information service: provides access to thousands of academic journals, general magazines, and newspapers in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Many publications are available in full-text .
LexisNexis Academic contains thousands of full-text publications, including newspapers. Search for articles from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution and other major papers here (text only; no images).