LibGuides: Architecture & Architectural History: Reference Sources

Reference Books/E-Books

Below are selected reference books about Architecture and Architectural History. Be sure to browse the reference shelves on the second floor between call numbers N and NX to find more materials.

Illustrated dictionary of historic architecture
Call Number: [REF] NA31 .H56 1983
ISBN: 048624444X
The encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian architecture
Call Number: NA215 .A7513 2003
ISBN: 0691114889
The Greenwood encyclopedia of homes through world history
Call Number: [REF] NA7105 .S74 2009
ISBN: 0313337918
The Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture
Call Number: [REF] N5610 .G76 2007
ISBN: 0195300823
The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture
Call Number: [REF] N6260 .G75 2009 & [electronic resource]
ISBN: 019530991X
The Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture
Call Number: NA31 .F55 1999
ISBN: 014051323X
Note: Located in the general collection on the Lower Level
Sir Banister Fletcher's A history of architecture
Call Number: [REF] NA200 .F63 1987

Online Reference Shelf

ACLS Humanities E-Books
This electronic resource includes over 1700 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching. Topics include archaeology and art history.
ARTstor
A digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

Credo Reference
Contains dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles including art, art history, artists, architecture, and architectural history.
Dictionary of Art Historians
A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art.
Gale Biography in Context
Authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

General Reference Center Gold, now in General OneFile - Gale
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface, including newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images.

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Grove Art - Oxford Art Online
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day! Now available through the Oxford Art Online gateway, Grove Art Online features over 45,000 signed articles, 5,500 images, 40,000 image links, timelines of world art, MoMA lesson plans, and links to ARTstor and Art Resource.

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)®
From the Getty Research Institute.
Union List of Artist Names® Online
From the Getty Research Institute.
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