Architecture
America: History and Life 
Citations and some abstracts for journal articles,book reviews, and dissertations on US and Canadian history, prehistory to the present. Covers historical topics and a variety of disciplines including popular culture, gender studies, anthropology, literature and folklore.
Citations and some abstracts for journal articles,book reviews, and dissertations on US and Canadian history, prehistory to the present. Covers historical topics and a variety of disciplines including popular culture, gender studies, anthropology, literature and folklore.
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
Covers botany, landscape design (including CAD), landscaping contracts, urban landscape planning, CAD in landscaping, conservation research, when are the best times to plant, and which plants are indigenous to a particular area.
Covers botany, landscape design (including CAD), landscaping contracts, urban landscape planning, CAD in landscaping, conservation research, when are the best times to plant, and which plants are indigenous to a particular area.
GreenFILE 
An index drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. GreenFILE provides a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Nearly 300,000 records (full text for selected titles) from scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.
An index drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. GreenFILE provides a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Nearly 300,000 records (full text for selected titles) from scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.
Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ) Library Catalogue online
An index to articles in over 300 of the world's most respected architectural periodicals, details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the Royal Institute of British Architects. This is a freely accessible database of citations. Use I.C.Library's ILL service to obtain full text of any interesting articles.
An index to articles in over 300 of the world's most respected architectural periodicals, details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the Royal Institute of British Architects. This is a freely accessible database of citations. Use I.C.Library's ILL service to obtain full text of any interesting articles.
Historical abstracts
Abstracts to world history 1450-present (excluding North America) in historical and (related) social science literature.
Abstracts to world history 1450-present (excluding North America) in historical and (related) social science literature.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch)
WorldCat (via FirstSearch) provides bibliographic information for over 41 million books and multimedia owned by libraries worldwide.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch) provides bibliographic information for over 41 million books and multimedia owned by libraries worldwide.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
A comprehensive index of journal articles published worldwide from 1934 to the present on architectural design and history but coverage as well of real estate development, sports facilities, commercial buildings, city planning, urban design, environmental studies, historic preservation, landscape architecture, and archeology.
A comprehensive index of journal articles published worldwide from 1934 to the present on architectural design and history but coverage as well of real estate development, sports facilities, commercial buildings, city planning, urban design, environmental studies, historic preservation, landscape architecture, and archeology.
JSTOR 
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal or discipline. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images.
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal or discipline. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images.
Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network
This free database includes information regarding conservation and restoration of cultural properties.
This free database includes information regarding conservation and restoration of cultural properties.
Chicago Manual of Style Online: Quick Guide
Presents a 'cheat sheet' of basic Chicago style citation formats for either 1. notes and bibliography, or 2. author-date format.
Presents a 'cheat sheet' of basic Chicago style citation formats for either 1. notes and bibliography, or 2. author-date format.
Intute: Arts & Humanities
A gateway to selected, annotated resources in the Humanities, including English and American literature, art, and photography.
A gateway to selected, annotated resources in the Humanities, including English and American literature, art, and photography.
Steedman Architectural Collection
Features images from classic books on elements of architecture: Movements, styles, decorative arts
Features images from classic books on elements of architecture: Movements, styles, decorative arts
World Architecture Index : A Guide to Illustrations
Print Location: Reference NA202 .T4 1991
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
Print Location: Reference NA202 .T4 1991
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
Brief Biographies of American Architects Who Died Between 1897 and 1947
From the Society of Architectural Historians - transcripts of biographical notices from the early editions of the American Art Annual and its successor volume Who's Who in American Art.
From the Society of Architectural Historians - transcripts of biographical notices from the early editions of the American Art Annual and its successor volume Who's Who in American Art.
Who's Who (Marquis)
This database provides up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment, and more. The database covers Who's Who print titles since 1985, plus historical biographies from the Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985.
This database provides up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment, and more. The database covers Who's Who print titles since 1985, plus historical biographies from the Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985.
Art & Architecture Thesaurus online
Indexing terms used to describe the built environment in museum collections. Useful to identify terminology for searching; no links to collections or content.
Indexing terms used to describe the built environment in museum collections. Useful to identify terminology for searching; no links to collections or content.
Dictionary of architecture & construction
An illustrated dictionary of almost 25,000 terms related to architecture and construction.
An illustrated dictionary of almost 25,000 terms related to architecture and construction.
Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Worldwide coverage of over 5000 definitions of architecture and landscape architecture terminology. Some entries include b&w illustrations or maps.
Worldwide coverage of over 5000 definitions of architecture and landscape architecture terminology. Some entries include b&w illustrations or maps.
Visual Dictionary of Architecture
Print Location: NA31 .C44 1995
Illustrations of how buildings are designed and constructed.
Print Location: NA31 .C44 1995
Illustrations of how buildings are designed and constructed.
Grove Art Online
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Includes access to the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Also provides access to 5,000 images through partnerships with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, and international galleries and individual artists. Search for images and biographies - images are also accessible through links embedded within articles, or by clicking a tab at the top of articles entitled Images.
note: LIMITED TO 3 SIMULTANEOUS USERS
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Includes access to the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Also provides access to 5,000 images through partnerships with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, and international galleries and individual artists. Search for images and biographies - images are also accessible through links embedded within articles, or by clicking a tab at the top of articles entitled Images.
note: LIMITED TO 3 SIMULTANEOUS USERS
Encyclopedia of American Architecture
Print Location: REF NA705 .P3 1995
Covers all styles of American domestic and public architecture, illustrated with color photographs.
Print Location: REF NA705 .P3 1995
Covers all styles of American domestic and public architecture, illustrated with color photographs.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture
Print Location: REF NA215 .A7513 2003
Brief descriptions of ancient Egyptian architectural sites, building techniques and terminology. B&W illustrations, photos and maps are included.
Print Location: REF NA215 .A7513 2003
Brief descriptions of ancient Egyptian architectural sites, building techniques and terminology. B&W illustrations, photos and maps are included.
Encyclopedia of twentieth century architecture
Print Location: NA680 .E495 2004
Provides concise articles on architectural history and theory from 1900-2000. Includes illustrations and brief bibliographies.
Print Location: NA680 .E495 2004
Provides concise articles on architectural history and theory from 1900-2000. Includes illustrations and brief bibliographies.
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Covers every art form, medium, and civilization to the fall of the Roman Empire. Information on classical arts, including philosophers, rulers, writers and artists, architecture, ceramics, and sculpture.
Covers every art form, medium, and civilization to the fall of the Roman Empire. Information on classical arts, including philosophers, rulers, writers and artists, architecture, ceramics, and sculpture.
MacMillan Encyclopedia of Architects
Print Location: Ref NA40 .M25 1982
Contains backgound history of architects, lists of works and bibliographies for each.
Print Location: Ref NA40 .M25 1982
Contains backgound history of architects, lists of works and bibliographies for each.
World Architecture Index : A Guide to Illustrations
Print Location: Reference NA202 .T4 1991
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
Print Location: Reference NA202 .T4 1991
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
archINFORM
Database for international architecture includes worldwide architects and buildings from past to present, has over 14,000 built and unrealized projects from architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.
Database for international architecture includes worldwide architects and buildings from past to present, has over 14,000 built and unrealized projects from architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.
Architectural Photographs Collection, Cornell University
More than 1200 of the photographs [out of 13,000] online and searchable. Photographs from the 18th and early 19th centuries.
More than 1200 of the photographs [out of 13,000] online and searchable. Photographs from the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Art Museum Image Gallery
Art Museum Image Gallery draws on the collections of museums around the world. The images cover a broad range of time and place, with entries from 3000 B.C. to the present day, and art from the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Native American and Meso-American peoples.
Built in America (Historic American Buildings Survey & Historic American Engineering Record)
These collections document America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 350,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.
These collections document America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 350,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.
Great Buildings Collection
Portal to current and historical architecture around the world. Documents buildings and leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, and web links.
Portal to current and historical architecture around the world. Documents buildings and leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, and web links.
Historic Architecture and Landscape Image Collection (HALIC)
A project of the Art Institute of Chicago - approximately 11,000 images that document the architecture, landscape and urban planning of sites across the United States. HALIC contains mounted photographic prints, lantern slides (both black and white and hand-colored), and postcards dating from the 1860s to the 1970s. HALIC also contains a significant number of pre-Civil War, vernacular, and anonymous buildings, as well as images from many of the expositions and world's fairs that took place around the turn of the 20th-century.
A project of the Art Institute of Chicago - approximately 11,000 images that document the architecture, landscape and urban planning of sites across the United States. HALIC contains mounted photographic prints, lantern slides (both black and white and hand-colored), and postcards dating from the 1860s to the 1970s. HALIC also contains a significant number of pre-Civil War, vernacular, and anonymous buildings, as well as images from many of the expositions and world's fairs that took place around the turn of the 20th-century.
International Archive of Women in Architecture: Imagebase
A collection of about 2000 images, sorted by woman or category. The women in this imagebase are architects, designers, and landscape architects. A sample google search showed these images do not come up in the google results.
A collection of about 2000 images, sorted by woman or category. The women in this imagebase are architects, designers, and landscape architects. A sample google search showed these images do not come up in the google results.
LUNA Commons
Images from museums, universities and private collections can be found through this site which also offers users tools to create groups of images and share content.
Images from museums, universities and private collections can be found through this site which also offers users tools to create groups of images and share content.
New York Heritage Digital Collections
A research portal to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions. Search the digital collections from libraries, museum, and archives.
A research portal to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions. Search the digital collections from libraries, museum, and archives.
New York State Digital Collections: Images
This collection contains images of primary source materials held by New York's State Archives, State Library, and State Museum. Through the collection, you can access photographs, textual materials, artifacts, government documents, manuscripts, and other materials. Includes digital images of paintings, photographs and documents from the:
- Conservation Department Records
- Environmental History Collection
- Factory Investigating Committee
- Fairchild Aerial Surveys
- Harlem Hellfighters
- Native American Collection
- New York Chamber of Commerce Portraits
- New York Lantern Slides Collection
Wikimedia Commons 
"a database of 2,413,359 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. ... Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. " -- Wikimedia Commons (Contains audio, sound effects, video, photographs and images).
"a database of 2,413,359 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. ... Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. " -- Wikimedia Commons (Contains audio, sound effects, video, photographs and images).
ARTstor
Database of more than 1,000,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. ARTstor tools enable the ability to save groups of images online for personal and classroom use. IC's Visual Resources Collection (VRC) of over 20,000 images is now available. Look for the Ithaca College-Visual Resouces Collection link in the lower middle section of the page.
Database of more than 1,000,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. ARTstor tools enable the ability to save groups of images online for personal and classroom use. IC's Visual Resources Collection (VRC) of over 20,000 images is now available. Look for the Ithaca College-Visual Resouces Collection link in the lower middle section of the page.
Cities and Buildings Database
A collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world; intended for educational use.
A collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world; intended for educational use.
Built in America: Tompkins County, NY
This segment of the American Memory Project's Built in America website features photographs of architecture from the Tompkins County region of New York.
This segment of the American Memory Project's Built in America website features photographs of architecture from the Tompkins County region of New York.
Historic Ithaca
From the website: " Historic Ithaca works to identify and preserve the historic built environment through awareness, advocacy, leadership and education. We offer technical preservation consulting services to our membership and to local contractors, municipalities, and the general public. With member support we advocate for the protection of important buildings and structures, facilitate neighborhood preservation planning, and speak out on issues of sprawl and smart growth."
From the website: " Historic Ithaca works to identify and preserve the historic built environment through awareness, advocacy, leadership and education. We offer technical preservation consulting services to our membership and to local contractors, municipalities, and the general public. With member support we advocate for the protection of important buildings and structures, facilitate neighborhood preservation planning, and speak out on issues of sprawl and smart growth."
History Center in Tompkins County
Home of the Tompkins County Museum and many primary sources relating to Ithaca and Tompkins County.
Home of the Tompkins County Museum and many primary sources relating to Ithaca and Tompkins County.
History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties New York
[subtitle: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers] Published in 1879 and includes drawings of prominent houses from the southern tier, maps, and landscapes from the 1800s. (Tompkins County appears on pages 373-534)
[subtitle: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers] Published in 1879 and includes drawings of prominent houses from the southern tier, maps, and landscapes from the 1800s. (Tompkins County appears on pages 373-534)
Ithaca College Buildings
Here are a few sample articles from the Ithacan related to the construction of buildings on campus.
Here are a few sample articles from the Ithacan related to the construction of buildings on campus.
Mapping Gothic France
With a database of images, texts, charts and historical maps, Mapping Gothic France invites you to explore the parallel stories of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12th and 13th centuries, considered in three dimensions: space, time and narrative
With a database of images, texts, charts and historical maps, Mapping Gothic France invites you to explore the parallel stories of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12th and 13th centuries, considered in three dimensions: space, time and narrative
New York State Digital Collections: catalog
Contains over 65,000 documents relating to New York State. Three main collections include: 1. New York State Government Publications (Regents exams from 1957 to current), 2. New York State Scanned Documents Collection (broadsides, maps, manuscripts, and special collections) and 3. Education Laws and Policy documents
Contains over 65,000 documents relating to New York State. Three main collections include: 1. New York State Government Publications (Regents exams from 1957 to current), 2. New York State Scanned Documents Collection (broadsides, maps, manuscripts, and special collections) and 3. Education Laws and Policy documents
Eurodocs
Provides links to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. All sources are openly accessible.
Architectural Record: Building Types Study
From the journal Architectural Record: a website of building types which include photos, architectural drawings, plans, and specifications. Includes buildings which do not appear in the print version of the journal. Covers 2000 to the present.
From the journal Architectural Record: a website of building types which include photos, architectural drawings, plans, and specifications. Includes buildings which do not appear in the print version of the journal. Covers 2000 to the present.
For historical information about the buildings on campus, visit the Ithaca College Library Archives, on the 5th floor of the Gannett Center.
Hours:
Monday - Wednesday: 2 - 4 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 12 pm
and by appointment ( (607) 274-3096 or email bbower@ithaca.edu )
Keep in mind that when the buildings on campus were first designed and constructed, they may have had an entirely different nomenclature than they do now. For instance, Hammond Health Center was simply referred to as the Infirmary shortly after it was built. For basic facts about the south campus buildings (date built, etc.) , see this chart.
Also, search earlier issues of the Ithaca Journal (on microfilm). At this time, there is no index to the Ithaca Journal, but you may use the microfilm readers in the library to browse through the relevant time periods.
Please use our online Ithacan (IC's student newspaper) to find articles covering construction of buildings on campus. The following is a sample of the sort of articles you might find:
Ithaca College Buildings
Hours:
Monday - Wednesday: 2 - 4 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 12 pm
and by appointment ( (607) 274-3096 or email bbower@ithaca.edu )
Keep in mind that when the buildings on campus were first designed and constructed, they may have had an entirely different nomenclature than they do now. For instance, Hammond Health Center was simply referred to as the Infirmary shortly after it was built. For basic facts about the south campus buildings (date built, etc.) , see this chart.
Also, search earlier issues of the Ithaca Journal (on microfilm). At this time, there is no index to the Ithaca Journal, but you may use the microfilm readers in the library to browse through the relevant time periods.
Please use our online Ithacan (IC's student newspaper) to find articles covering construction of buildings on campus. The following is a sample of the sort of articles you might find:
Ithaca College Buildings
Each year, the Ithaca Green Buildng Alliance, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and the Cornell Cooperative Extension host open houses of local energy efficient homes and commercial spaces. The 2011 tour featured 24 sites. To see some of the local green building initiatives, take a look at CCe's website.
- Architecture (online access)
- Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Parks Journals
