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

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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.
Grove Art - Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Search hundreds of reference sources - dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases - for topic overviews and links to our other online resources. Includes mind map/concept map search feature.
ACLS Humanities E-Books This link opens in a new window
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.
General OneFile - Gale This link opens in a new window
Find full text news, journal and reference book articles on a wide range of topics, including information from the former General Reference Center Gold. Courtesy MBLC.
Biography - Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
Find biographies of people, searching by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth and death date, and of course by name. Courtesy Massachusetts Library System.

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)®
From the Getty Research Institute.
Dictionary of Art Historians
A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art.
Union List of Artist Names® Online
From the Getty Research Institute.

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