Fall 2001 - Nina James-Fowler
Reference Contact: Barbara Polowy x2941

GETTING STARTED

Art Reference N31.D5 1996 and Groveart.com, the online version
The Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996.
The dictionary does not have a comprehensive survey article about architecture but addresses architecture in sections of more general articles about the arts of civilizations and peoples, countries, cities and towns, and sites; artistic movements and styles; building materials and techniques. Use the index (printed or electronic) for a useful guide to these topics. The dictionary also includes excellent articles on individual architects and designers. Entries for individuals include biographical, critical, and contextual information. Each article is supplemented by a bibliography of major primary and secondary sources.

Arts Research Guide

Art Reference N85.J64 1990
Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1990.
Covers basic and advanced art research methodology, search strategies, and the use of specific types of art research tools. Chapter 21 covers specialized resources for architecture research.

Special Subject Tools

Art Reference NK1165.E48 1997
Encyclopedia of Interior Design. 2 vols. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.
Includes surveys of countries, periods, and styles; articles about individual "architects, critics, designers, makers, and patrons;" and topical entries for "room types, decoration and particular items of furniture." Good bibliographies and illustrations are given for most entries. Entries on individual artists include selected lists of their major works.

Art Reference NA680.C625 1994
Contemporary Architects. 3rd ed. New York: St. James Press, 1994.
Entries for 585 architects (including architectural firms) provide basic biographical information, lists of major commissions, bibliographies of publications by and about architects, and brief critical and description essays on major architects and their works.

Art Reference NA40 .I48 1993
International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. 2 vols. Detroit:
St. James Press, 1993.
"Features 523 architects [volume 1] and 467 buildings and sites [volume 2] that have figured prominently in Western architectural history. The Architects volume covers architects ... and personalities involved in architectural decoration, landscape design and urban planning." International scope, excellent bibliographies for each entry.

FINDING BOOKS, CATALOGS, & OTHER MONGRAPHS

Useful Library of Congress subject headings for material on 20th-century architecture are:

• General
  Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
  Landscape architecture -- [country] -- History -- 20th century
  Design -- History -- 20th century
  Interior decoration -- [country] -- History -- 20th century
  Interior architecture -- [country]
  Furniture Design -- United States -- 20th century
  Architect-designed furniture -- [country]
  
• Personal Names
  [architect/designer/landscape architect's name] in inverted order,for example
  Meier Richard | Gehry Frank | Piano Renzo | Gropius Walter | Farrand Beatrix
  
• Firm Names
  [firm name] in natural order, for example
  Richard Meier and Partners | Piano & Rogers Architects
  Architects Collaborative, Inc.
  
• Building & Site Names
  [building/site name] in the language of the country
  Getty Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) | Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
  Centre Georges Pompidou | Fagus-Werk Benscheidt (Alfeld, Germany)
  Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
• Cities
  [city] -- Buildings, structures, etc.
  U.S. cities: City Planning -- [state] -- [city] | Architecture -- [state] -- [city]
  Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- [state]-- [city]
  [country, city] -- Guidebooks
  Cities outside the U.S.: City Planning -- [city] | Architecture --[country] -- [city]
  Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- [country]-- [city]
  [city, state] -- Guidebooks

Five College Library Catalog
The online catalog provides access to the combined library holdings of Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

• Library Reserve Reading List
  Up-to-date list of readings and references selected by Nina James-Fowler for for ARH270: Architecture of the 20th Century.

WorldCat
WorldCat is universal in subject scope and includes records for over 41 million items held in thousands of libraries throughout the United States and Europe. It is an excellent source for developing a bibliography and verifying citations. It is updated daily. To request items found in Worldcat through Smith's Interlibrary Loan Service, plan ahead and allow at least two weeks for delivery.

FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES & OTHER ANALYTICS

The Art & Architecture Press

Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective
These two databases cover all aspects of the visual arts, including 20th-century architecture and design, providing cover to cover indexing of over 400 periodicals published throughout the world. They provide access to articles, exhibition reviews, and reproductions. Art Abstracts covers 1984 to the present, Art Index Retrospective covers 1929 to 1984. Art Abstracts is updated monthly and abstracts are provided for records added after 1994.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Covering architecture and related fields such as city planning and landscape architecture, Avery Index provides regular access to approximately 1,000 periodicals from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present. The database is updated daily.

BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art
BHA provides access to literature on the post-classical western visual arts published in over 3,000 periodicals and in books, exhibition catalogues, doctoral dissertations, Festschriften and other collected essays, and conference publications. The database also incorporates all volumes of RILA (1975-1989) and volumes for 1973 to 1989 of RAA. Abstracts are provided for most records.

Design and Applied Arts Index [Available only in Smith College Libraries]
DAAI provides annotated references to almost 100,000 articles, news items, reviews, obituaries, and illustrations published in approximately 450 design and craft periodicals from 1973 to 1998. It is international in scope and covers all aspects of design including graphic, industrial, interior, fashion, textile, theater, and multimedia design, architecture, design management, and design and craft education.

Royal Institute of British Architects. British Architectural Library Catalogue
More than 215,000 records from 1986 to the present describing articles in 300 journals and books, drawings, photographs, manuscript and archival materials in the library collection. Covers all aspects of architecture. Abstracts are included for most records.

Selective List of 20th-century Architecture Periodicals

A + U: Architecture and Urbanism. Japan. 1971- . Art Periodical NA9000.A2
Architectural Design: A.D. Britain. 1959- . Art Periodical NA1.A563
Architectural Forum. United States. 1926-1973. Art Periodical NA1.B2
Architectural Record. United States. 1891- . Art Periodical NA1.A6
Architectural Review. Britain. 1927- . Art Periodical NA1.A69
Architecture. United States. 1913- . Art Periodical NA1.A326
L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui. France. 1937- . Art Periodical NA2.A7
Casabella. Italy. 1960- . Art Periodical NA4.C3
Design Quarterly. United States. 1954-1996. Art Periodical NK1.E9
Domus. Italy. 1934-36, 1966- . Art Periodical N4.D6
Journal of Garden History. Great Britain. 1981-1997. Art Periodical SB451.J67
Japan Architect. Japan. 1959-1973. Art Periodical NA6.J3
Landscape Architecture. United States. 1910- . Art Periodical SB469.L3
Lotus International. Italy. 1963- . Art Periodical NA9.L6
Places. United States. 1983- . Art Periodical NA9000.P55
Progressive Architecture [called Pencil Points,1920-1945]. United States. 1920-1995. Art Periodical NA1.P7
Spazio e Societa. Italy. 1983- . Art Periodical NA4.S65

Newspapers

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Lexis Nexis provides full-text access to major U.S. and international newspapers. Coverage varies, but some titles include 20 years of back issues. It is an excellent source for reviews and discussions of new buildings, providing a different perspective than the art and architecture press.

Neil Ref Ind/1 North ref AI21 .N44
The New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Co., 1913-present.
Provides access to articles, reviews, and obituaries published in the Times.
Complete copies of the daily issues of the paper from 1851 through the previous
month are available on microfilm at Neilson Library, Microfilm/1 North microfilm 83.

INTERNET RESOURCES

Research Guide

Art Reference N59.J66 1999
Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information and the Internet: How to Find it, How to Use It. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999.

Metasite

Brown, Jeanne. "Architecture and Building Internet Resource Guide." Established 1993, last updated September 5, 2001. Online. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Architecture Studies Library. Available: http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html. September 25, 2001.
"Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture... This is a selective guide. Links to more comprehensive link collections are included... the emphasis is on quality sites ..."

Examples of Architecture Firm Web Sites

Many firm Web sites include profiles of the firm and its principals, lists and photographs of projects, awards, bibliographies of publications about projects.

"Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects llc." Online. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects llc. Available: http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/. October 1, 2001.

"Polshek Partnership." Last updated March 2001. Online. Polshek Partnership, LLP. Available: http://www.polshek.com/. October 1, 2001.

"Robert A.M. Stern Architects." Online. Robert A.M. Stern, Architects. Available: http://www.ramsa.com/. October 1, 2001.

"SOM." 1997. Online. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. Available: http://www.som.com/. October 1, 2001.

WRITING YOUR PAPER

Art Reserve N7476 .B37 1997
Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing About Art. 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1997.
Earlier editions are available in the stacks at the same call number.

N7476 .B37 1997
Sayre, Henry M. Writing About Art. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989.

Citation Formats for Bibliographies & Footnotes

Reference Tools: Style Manuals. Smith College Libraries. September 2001.
Links to online versions MLA, Chicago, APA, and other popular manuals for writing papers and preparing manuscripts. All include instructions and examples of footnote and bibliography formats

Art Reference PN171.D37 L5 1996
Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 1996.
Includes citation formats for full-text databases (individual works, books, monographs or full-length works, periodicals), bibliographic databases, electronic conferences (Interest Groups) or bulletin board services (BBS), electronic mail (personal), computer programs.

Art Reference PN171.F56 W35 1998
Walker, Janice R., and Taylor, Todd. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
"Presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources." An abbreviated guide, Basic CGOS, is available online.

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Barbara Polowy, the instructor for your library session: bpolowy@email.smith.edu, Bell Hall 228, X2941.

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