Databases
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes architecture and related fields, from pre-historical to contemporary practice in 2,500+ international Journals. 1930s-date, with some titles indexed from 19th century.
- Architectural Publications Index (API) Royal Institute of British Architects. This link opens in a new windowIndexes architectural periodicals received by the Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); emphasis on architectural practice, preservation, adaptive reuse, planning. Strong on publications from the U.K. and Commonwealth countries.
- The Architectural Index
Indexes articles in major US architecture magazines published from 1951 - 2001.
Modernist US Architecture
- US Modernist: Documenting, preserving and promoting US residential architecture
Use the Architecture Magazine Library for full-text scans of early 20th c. architecture magazines.
Described as the largest digital archive of US residential architecture, this site provides two resources:
1) Architect and house archives- Brief biographies followed by and exterior images of their residential designs
2) Architecture Magazine Library - Full text scans of approx. 50 early 20th c. magazines.
Also of use
- Architecture of Oberlin CollegeHistorical and current information on every structure and monument on the Oberlin College campus -- even those that no longer exist -- as well as projects currently under construction. Provides details about the structure, including the year it was built, the architects and contractors, a brief history, and its location.
- Jefferson Architecture Collection
Full page scans of all titles in the Jefferson Architecture Collection at Oberlin College, which matches, on a one-to-one basis, titles owned by Thomas Jefferson in either identical or earlier editions. - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)Since 1933 the National Park Service have recorded America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 581,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 43,000 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century. This online presentation of the HABS/HAER/HALS collections includes digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, written history pages, and supplemental materials.