Use the Library’s Online Research Guide
Research Guide – Guide covering all aspects of the research process from choosing a topic to writing your bibliography.
Finding Books to Support Your Research Topic
Books on Chicago architecture are generally found around the following call number on the Mezzanine 720.9773.
Voyager – Norwich University’s Online Catalog.
eBrary – An online database containing electronic books full-text online
WorldCat – An online database that allows you to search for materials from the collections of libraries all over the world. You can request materials right from the WorldCat interface.
Finding Articles to Support Your Research Topic
Online Databases for Searching Art & Architecture Resources can be accessed here.
- Academic Search Premier
- Multidiscipline database containing full-text scholarly articles
- Art & Humanities Search
- Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals
- Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals
- A comprehensive index of journal articles on architecture and design from 1934- , with selective coverage back to 1741
- Infotrac Onefile
- A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics and academic disciplines
- JSTOR
- Backfiles of hundreds of scholarly journals spanning numerous disciplines
- Wilson OmniFile Select
- Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business
Finding Specific Journal Holdings Available at Kreitzberg Library
Periodicals A to Z is a database that will allow you to search for a specific journal title and find in which databases it is available in full-text (or if it is available in the library). For instructions on how to use Periodicals A to Z, visit this page on the Research Guide.
Accessing Materials Not Owned by Kreitzberg Library
Interlibrary Loan – You may find an item not available in the Kreitzberg Library when searching the online databases. In that case, you can requests the item through interlibrary loan.
Finding Resources on the Web
The Web can be a terrific resource for finding information. However, you need to be careful about the information you choose to use in your research. This page gives you some tips on how to evaluate Websites.
Some Suggested Websites
- Architecture of Chicagoland
- A commercial site with images and descriptions of Chicago buildings.
- Chicago Architectural Imagebase
- The Chicago Imagebase is a Web-based project aimed at enhancing knowledge about the built environment of the Chicago region.
- Chicago Architects Oral History Project
- For more than twenty years, the Chicago Architects Oral History Project documented the contributions of architects to Chicago during the 20th century. Transcripts of interviews are provided on this site.
- Chicago Landmarks
- Contains maps, building styles of Chicago architecture, and architects’ contributions to Chicago’s architectural history produced by the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division.
- Digital Archive of American Architecture
- The site contains a section on Chicago architecture.
- Encyclopedia of Chicago
- Useful online reference covering Chicago history, culture, art and architecture.
- A View on Cities
- A commercial site with images and descriptions of Chicago sites.
- Virtual Tour of Chicago Landmarks
- A virtual tour of Chicago’s landmarks.
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