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Architecture & Design Database Best Bets

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
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Offers scholarly journal articles in science and technology, the arts, medicine, education and more. Content covers nearly all academic disciplines. Includes peer−reviewed and full-text sources, as well as 75,000 videos from the Associated Press.
*This is an upgraded product, replacing Academic Search Complete. If you have any questions or would like a demo of this product, please contact the Library.*
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to full text articles on fine, decorative, and commercial art and design well as 14,000 indexed art dissertations and 229,000 indexed art reproductions.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Find high resolution art images from libraries, museums, and private collections
As of August 1, 2024, Artstor content is now hosted on JSTOR. Users can download and save images. To save images, users can create a free account. To download images, no account is needed.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Find journal articles about art, architecture, and design. Many articles may appear in print. Schumann Library may not have everything in this Index; however, we can request articles you may need from Interlibrary Loan.
Avery Index for Architectural Periodicals lists most, if not all, architecture publications. It contains many items that are not held in Schumann Library’s collection, either digitally or physically. To request an article: submit an InterLibrary Loan request and we will request a copy on your behalf:
- InterLibrary Loan Request Form
CumInCAD This link opens in a new window
Find journal articles about about computer aided architectural design
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines comprising area studies, arts, business and economics, history. humanities, law, medicine, science and mathematics, and social sciences.
As of August 1, 2024, Artstor's collections are now part of JSTOR. Users can access and download high resolution art images from libraries, museums, and private collections.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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Unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of the English language
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Find scholarly articles and book chapters about science, engineering, social sciences and humanities topics.
Some content on this resource will need to be requested/ordered. To request articles: click the “Get this article from the Schumann Library” link at the top of the page. Then, click on the “submit an ILL request” link, enter your information, and submit to complete the request.
Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistical data and research platform that consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.
Statista has a suite of tutorials on their YouTube. Check them out to assist you.
- Statista Tutorials