Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology

Library session for ART 342 Modern Architecture

Basics | Finding Facts | Finding Books | Finding Articles | Finding Images | Library Staff Contact Info

| Basics |

Library session web page, http://marquand.princeton.edu/art342.php

Princeton University Library web page, http://libweb.princeton.edu/

Library online catalog, http://catalog.princeton.edu/

Find Articles and Databases, http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php

| Finding Facts |

TIP #1: Facts can be found in both print and electronic sources. Web searching is fine, but remember that the library pays for more academic resources.

Grove Dictionary of Art
This good general resource includes biographies of both Western and non-Western artists, architects, patrons, critics, and collectors in addition to major entries on art styles, subjects, and media.

American Institute of Architects. Pro File: the Official Directory of the American Institute of Architects. Topeka, KS: Archimedia, c1983-
Architecture Library (UES): Reference NA 53 P7q 2003
Architectural firm directory includes member firms listed alphabetically by name within a geographical arrangement. Each entry provides addresses of all offices of the firms and indication of types of practice.

archINFORM
http://www.archinform.net/
This web site is a searchable database on international architecture, both built and unbuilt, with a focus on the 20th century. Has images.

Contemporary Architects. Editor, Muriel Emanuel. 3rd ed. New York: St. James Press, c1994.
Architecture Library (UES): Reference NA680 .C625 1994q
Marquand Library (SA): Reference Oversize NA680 .C625 1994q
This work has biographical information on 575 of the greatest living architects, landscape architects, and structural engineers, along with coverage of the acknowledged masters of the earlier part of this century.

Kruft, Hanno-Walter. A History of Architectural Theory: From Vitruvius to the Present. London: Zwemmer; New York: Princeton Architectural Press, c1994.
Architecture Library (UES ): Reserve No Overnight NA2500 .K7513 1994
Marquand Library (SA) NA2500 .K7513 1994
A very important book on the history of architectural theory.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief. New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, c1982.
Architecture Library (UES): Reference NA40 .M25 1982
Marquand Library (SA): Reference NA200 .M2
Excellent biographical reference for 2,450 architects, planners, engineers, designers, landscape architects, and firms. Discussions of architects and their works; lists works with dates and locations. Coverage from ancient Egypt to persons born before 1931 or already deceased.

Van Vynckt, Randall. International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. European consultant, Doreen Yarwood; photo and graphic researcher, Suhail Butt. Detroit: St. James Press, c1993.
Architecture Library (UES): Reference NA40 .I48 1993 v. 1 and 2
Marquand Library (SA): Reference NA40 .I48 1993 v. 1 and 2
Biographical resource much like Contemporary Architects, but more historical.

| Finding Books |

TIP #1: You will not find articles in the online catalog, only journal titles. For articles look in databases like the Art Index or the Bibliography of the History of Art.

TIP #2: When doing keyword seaches you must use AND, OR, NOT logic. See below for details.

TIP #3: If Princeton doesn't have everything you need, search large online catalogs such as RLIN or WorldCat. You can request items through the Borrow Direct service or interlibrary loan.

Keyword Searching

Try to think of words that are specific to your topic (such as gaudi and criticism) and not too general (skyscraper). Think of multiple ways to describe what you want. A keyword search requires Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) or quotes.

Use quotes for exact phrases, such as "art nouveau"

Combine keywords to narrow your search

photographs and "zaha hadid"
"eiffel tower" and construction
(architecture and Belgium) not antwerp

You can also use truncation. For example, architect? picks up words like "architects" and "architectural"

Subject Searching

When you search by subject, you can search by a very broad concept (architecture) to a very narrow one (biographies of Maine architects). You must put your search words in a particular order, and you cannot use AND, OR, NOT.

futurism
bauhaus--exhibitions
international style (architecture)--europe--american influences
mies van der rohe
mies van der rohe ludwig 1886-1969 --criticism and interpretation

Note: the dashes (--) between words are to illustrate the subdivisions.

Limiting Searches

The "Set Limits" button takes you to a screen where you can set limits which will narrow your search results. These limits only work with keyword searches. They stay in effect for subsequent searches unless you clear them.

You can limit by:

Date (year item was published)
Language
Item type (such as archival collection or music score)
Medium (such as a soundrecording or visual material)
Location (a specific Princeton library)
Place of publication (country, US state, Canadian province)

| Finding Articles |

TIP #1: As in the main catalog, both keyword and subject searching will work in databases like the Avery Index.

TIP #2: To find the actual article in the library after finding the citation, you have to search the online catalog for the title of the journal. For instance, to find the following article:

Robert A.M. Stern: the architect's creation stands tall in Manhattan. Architectural Digest 2002 Sept., v.59, n.9, p.[196]-[203],289.

Do a journal title search in the online catalog for Architectural Digest.

TIP #3: Many databases support Find it @PUL, which searches for the article in full text sources and in our online catalog.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index covers architectural history, theory, and practice, as well as landscape design, historic preservation, urban planning, and the built environment generally. Very scholarly index to peer-reviewed literature.

Art Index
Good, all purpose index to periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, and film reviews. Covers all the arts, including architecture.

RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue Online
Indexes over 300 architectural periodicals acquired by the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Also includes a catalogue of the RIBA Library's books and audiovisual material.

| Finding Images |

TIP #1: Use both print and electronic resources for finding images.

TIP #2: Often journal articles will contain images. Citations in Art Index will indicate if there are reproductions of plans, elevations, etc.

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
The AP Archive is a digital library containing the AP's current photos, plus a selection from their 50 million photojournalism print and negative library.

Almagest
Contains digitized images for study and class use, accessible throughout the campus.

Architecture and Interior Design for 20th century America: 1935-1955
This Library of Congress collection included digitized photographs of buildings primarily from the Northeastern United States.

Artcyclopedia
A commercial site useful for locating images.

ARTstor
Funded by a Mellon grant, includes more than 100,000 digital images of art works for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities. Princeton is one of several beta partners currently testing this resource.

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
Online collection documenting more than 115,000 works of art from around the world. Images, text and multimedia represent a broad range of works of art from the collections of the members of the Art Museum Image Consortium.

Great Buildings Online
This free web site is a searchable database containing basic information on buildings and architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more.

SPIRO database
This web site from the University of California, Berkeley's Architecture Visual Resources Library is a searchable database of plans, photographs, and elevations of buildings. It also contains some images of the construction of certain buildings types, such as inflated domes.

Teague, Edward. World Architecture Index: A Guide to Illustrations. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Architecture Library (UES): Reference NA202 .T4 1991
Marquand Library (SA): Reference NA202 .T4 1991
The resource to use when looking for reproductions of architecture.

| Library Staff Contact Info |

Laurel Bliss, Assistant Librarian, lbliss@princeton.edu