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Tips to find books architects, styles and movements, and images of buildings or sites:

Can't find anything about your specific project? Look for work on the architect more generally
- Books may include chapters on specific projects, which might not be obvious from a catalog search!
Consider larger movements (e.g. Brutalism, Art Deco) or architectural concerns (e.g., accessibility, environment)
- If your project isn't covered in-depth in scholarship, consider its contexts and concerns (social, technical, historical, etc.). How do these issues intersect with architecture and design?
To search for materials that include images, add terms like "illustrations," "plans," or "site maps" to your search
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These databases cover a broad range of disciplines and scholarship, and can be a good starting point for your research. Look for filters like "peer-reviewed" or "journal" to limit your results as needed.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences digitized in most cases back to the first date of issue. Includes selected books, primary sources and other materials for academic work.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. Offers full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's university presses and scholarly societies.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Features content going back as far as 1887.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature from 1955 to present (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book reviews) on world history from 1450, excluding North America. Includes full-text links to 420,000 journals.

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Art and Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Broad coverage of fine and commercial art, architecture, and design. Provides full text access to journals and books as well as images and materials in English, French, German, and Italian.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Index of journal articles published since 1934 covering the history and practice of architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and more. NOTE: This database does not contain full-text articles. Use the "Mason+" link on entries to check for access through other Mason Libraries sources.
ProQuest Arts Databases This link opens in a new window
Provides access to various art databases, including Alt-Press Watch, ARTbibliographies Modern, and Design and Applied Arts Index.
A&AePortal – Yale Art & Architecture eBooks This link opens in a new window
E-books and museum catalogs from major galleries and university presses, covering scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. Also includes peer-reviewed born-digital content, as well as image search that cross references multiple publications in this database.
Art & Architecture Archive This link opens in a new window
Full-text archive of 19th-21st century magazines covering research in art and architecture. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography

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America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book and media reviews) on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada with indexing for journals from 1910 in more than 40 languages.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature from 1955 to present (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book reviews) on world history from 1450, excluding North America. Includes full-text links to 420,000 journals.
Essay and General Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Citations to essays and articles in collections of essays in the humanities and social sciences.

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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Full-text biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 writers from a variety of periods and disciplines.

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Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Journals and books related to communication and mass media studies, published since 1915-present.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Index of journal articles, reports, and more in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, folklore, material culture, and related interdisciplinary research from early 19th century to today.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Formerly called the Bibliography of Native North Americans. Contains the citations from the cumulative eight volumes of the Ethnographic Bibliography of North America.
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Brings together essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. Includes the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the historical backfiles of the Chicago Defender newspaper, and full-text coverage of core Black Studies journals. Also includes the International Index to Black Periodicals and the Black Literature Index.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Broad coverage of historically significant journals, magazines, books, and newspapers from across the globe related to LGBTQ+ studies. Topics include sociology, culture, civil liberties, individual lives, family, community, employment, history, politics, psychology, and religion.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Covers the core disciplines in women’s studies and feminist research, largely from 1972-present (some earlier material included). Includes sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, arts & humanities, international relations and education. Contains over 2,000 periodicals, and other sources such as newspapers, newsletters, books, book chapters, proceedings, theses, dissertations, NGO studies and other grey literature.

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Building and Environment (journal)
Publishes scholarly research covering building science and the interaction of people with the people environment.

Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading.
Applied Science and Business Periodicals Retrospective: 1913-1983 This link opens in a new window
Contains citations to more than 4.5 million articles from nearly 1,700 periodicals. From the rise and fall of drugs to the business of oil to the emergence of the global economy, this resource offers a rich account of technological advances, business strategies, company profiles, iconic executives and scientists.
ASCE Digital Library-Civil Engineering Database This link opens in a new window
Provides immediate access to full-text electronic articles from ASCE journals and proceedings. Journal articles are from 1983-present and Proceeding Papers are from 2000-present.

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Recommended databases and journals in civil engineering and infrastructure