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| ARTICLES | | |  Help Finding Articles | | |  Journal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals. | | | Scholarly Articles | | | Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index - 1990 to present
Topics include horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. | | | Art Abstracts - 1984 to present - Full Text
Covers all aspects of the visual arts, indexing articles, reviews, and images in over 300 periodicals published throughout the world. Updated monthly, abstracts are provided for records added after 1994. | | | Art Index Retrospective - 1929 - 1983
Cumulates citations from volumes 1 to 32 (1929 - August 1984) of Art Index. Includes articles, reviews, reproductions from more than 420 periodicals. Provides international coverage for all aspects of the visual arts. | | | Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - 1930s to present
International coverage of architecture, architectural sculpture, city planning, and landscape architecture. Provides regular access to 1,000 periodicals. Selective coverage back to the 1860s. | | | BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art - 1973 to present
Indexes literature on post-classical western art in 2,500 periodicals, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and collected works. Incorporates RILA (1975-1989) and RAA (1973 to 1989). Abstracts for most records, updated quarterly. | | | BioDigest - 1989 to present
Abstracts written in a non-technical style from over 370 life-science sources covering: botany, medicine, health, zoology, and environmental science. | | | Expanded Academic Index - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines. | | | General Science Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles from over 160 journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Covers general science topics including: anthropology, astronomy, pollution, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine, health, and more. | | | Humanities Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs from over 465 sources in the humanities. | | | Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 English-language scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; also includes citations to book reviews. | | | LexisNexis Environmental - Coverage varies by title. - Full Text - Help
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information related to environmental issues. | | | MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, includes 1,200,000+ records. | | | Royal Institute of British Architects British Architectural Library Catalogue - 1986 to present
More than 215,000 records describing articles in 300 journals and books, drawings, photographs, manuscript and archival materials in the library collection. Covers all aspects of architecture. Abstracts for most records. | | | Social Sciences Abstracts - 1983 to present
Some full text. Abstracts of articles from over 550 sources in the social sciences. Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews on anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, geography, and sociology. | |
| BOOKS AND MEDIA | | | Help Finding Books | | | ARTstor - Help
A library of 700,000+ digital images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures.
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The Smith College image database with 150,000+ digital images covering visual arts and culture. Includes selections from the Smith art department and museum, plus Archivision and AMICA.
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Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more. | | | Library Catalogs | | | Five College Library Catalog - Help
 Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst. | | | WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records. | | | Dumbarton Oaks Online Library Catalog
Select Dumbarton Oaks as the location in the Hollis catalog (for all Harvard libraries) | | | Royal Institute of British Architects British Architectural Library Catalogue - 1986 to present
More than 215,000 records describing articles in 300 journals and books, drawings, photographs, manuscript and archival materials in the library collection. Covers all aspects of architecture. Abstracts for most records. | |
| REFERENCE TOOLS | | | Encyclopedias | | | Oxford Art Online - Full Text
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present including art movements, media and materials, themes and subjects, specific places and monuments, and 21,000 individual artists. Supplemented by bibliographies and image links. | | | Statistics | | | Historical Statistics of the United States - 1531 - 2000 - Full Text
Covers population, work & welfare, the economy, and government. Data may be downloaded and custom tables created. Essays address the quantitative history of each subject, with advice on data reliability and references to secondary literature. | | | Style Manuals | | | Style Manuals & Citation Guides - Help | |
| INTERNET RESOURCES | | | American Memory
Primary source materials relating to U.S. history and culture; includes 7 million digitized items from over 100 historical collections. | | | Ancient Gardens from Babylon to Rome: Science, Art & Nature
Online exhibition presented by the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence. | | | Archives of American Gardens
"a collection of approximately 80,000 photographic images and records documenting historic and contemporary American gardens" | | | Catena: Digital Archive of Historic Gardens & Landscapes - Help
Historic and contemporary plans, engravings, paintings, and photographs of gardens and other landscapes supported by bibliographies, historical documentation, and other educational materials. | | | Field Notes: Exploring New England's Natural Environment
Links to audio clips and supplementary information on Laurie Sanders's weekly program on WFCR. | | | Photography and Landscape Architecture - 1976-2005
Online exhibition of ten major works of Cornelia Oberlander in photographs by Etta Gerdes presented by the Goethe-Institut Montréal. | |  | Aluka - Trial ends June 30, 2008 - Full Text
Scholarly materials on Africa - articles, books, site reports, archival material, maps, photos, drawings, etc. Divided into three sections: African Cultural Heritage Sites & Landscapes; African Plants; Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa. | | | American Landscape & Architectural Design, 1850-1920
2,800 images from the Loeb Library at the GSD, Harvard includes views of cities, buildings, parks, estates, gardens | |
| LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES | | | Your Feedback
Have you had a library class within the past week? If so, please give us your feedback. | | | Older Landscape Studies Class Guides
Archived class guides may not be up-to-date. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if you encounter broken links. | |
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