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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 [EBSCO] - 1990 to present
Covers horticulture, garden/landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant/garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. | | | Art Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present - Full Text
Covers all aspects of the visual arts, indexing articles, reviews, and images in 300+ periodicals published worldwide. | | | Art Index Retrospective - 1929 - 1983
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 in 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, and dissertations; with abstracts. | | | BioDigest - 1989 to present
Abstracts written in a non-technical style from over 370 life-science sources in botany, medicine, health, zoology, and environmental science. | | | Environment Abstracts [formerly LexisNexis Environmental] - Coverage varies by title. - Full Text
Covers a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information related to environmental issues. | | | Expanded Academic Index [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines. | | | General Science Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles from 160+ U.S. and British journals and magazines on anthropology, astronomy, pollution, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine, health, and more. | | | Humanities Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews of plays, television, and radio from 465+ sources. | | | Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes 1,200 scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; with citations to book reviews. | | | MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Extensive index to literature, language, linguistics and folklore in journal articles, books, dissertations, proceedings, and more. From the Modern Language Association of America. | | | Royal Institute of British Architects British Architectural Library Catalogue - 1986 to present
Indexes articles in 300 journals and books, drawings, photographs, manuscript and archival materials in the library collection on all aspects of architecture with many abstracts. | | | Social Sciences Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1983 to present
Abstracts and some full text of articles from 550+ sources in anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, geography, and sociology; with interviews, obituaries, and book reviews. | |
| BOOKS AND MEDIA | | | Help Finding Books | | | ARTstor - Help
One million digital images on art, architecture, and archaeology from many cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures. | | | LUNA - Help
330,000+ digital images covering visual arts & culture, including selections from the Smith art department and museum, Archivision, and AMICA. Search & access images in several media types, view side-by-side, or create collections.
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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
Extensive catalog (OCLC) of books, serials, media, web resources, and more worldwide. | | | 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
Indexes articles in 300 journals and books, drawings, photographs, manuscript and archival materials in the library collection on all aspects of architecture with many abstracts. | |
| REFERENCE TOOLS | | | Encyclopedias | | | Oxford Art Online - Full Text
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present including art movements, media & materials, themes & subjects, specific places & monuments, and 21,000 individual artists with 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. Includes essays, data reliability and references to secondary literature. | | | Style Manuals | | | Citation Guides & Style Manuals | |
| 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. | | | Green Infrastructure
Links on all aspects of this topic compiled by the American Society of Landscape Architects. | | | 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. | | | 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 | |
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