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  1. Get Organized
  2. Choose a Topic
  3. Define and Deconstruct
  1. Search Basic Sources
  2. Refine Your Topic
  3. Find Books - use library catalogs
  1. Find Articles - use indexes
  2. Scholarly Journals

Students in Architecture 170 A/B, An Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism: this guide is for YOU! Except for electronic resources, the materials listed here will be on a book truck in the Environmental Design Library prior to the deadline for the first draft of your paper. (These volumes are labeled by number, from the list below.) For additional assistance, please consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff, 210 Wurster Hall.

recommended = highly recommended

1. GET ORGANIZED Use these resources to organize your general research, to write and document your term paper about the built environment, and to select a style manual for your footnotes and bibliography.
Writing a Research Paper | Style Manuals | Citation Management
Writing a research paper about the built environment
  1. Architecture as space: how to look at architecture / Bruno Zevi. Rev. ed. NY: Horizon Press, [1974].
      2. EnvDesign NA2500 Z452 1974
  2. Architecture: form, space, & order / by Francis D.K. Ching. 2nd ed. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996. Classic guide to architectural principles. Good background for spatial analyses.
    3. EnvDesign NA2760 C46 1996 Reserve and circulating
  3. recommended Critical evaluation of resources
    4. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html
  4. Designing a research strategy
    5. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/resstrat.html
  5. recommendedA manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers/ Kate Turabian. 7th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago, 2007.
      6. EnvDesign LB2369 T8 2007 Reference
  6. recommendedThe research paper: process, form, and content/ Audrey J. Roth. 8th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1999
      7. EnvDesign LB2369 R66 1999 Reference
  7. recommendedA short guide to writing about art / Sylvan Barnet. 8th ed. NY: Longman, 2005. See Chapter 2 for writing about architecture and strategies for analysis.
      8. EnvDesign N7476 B37 2005 Reference
  8. Thinking and writing about art history / Donna K. Reid. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2004.
    9. Main Stack N380 R438 2004
Formatting Citations: Style Manuals
  1. recommended The Chicago manual of style- UCB Only. 15th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003. Searchable, online version of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).
      2. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html; paper ed.: EnvDesign Z253 U69 2003 Reference
  2. Citation styles, plagiarism and style manuals
      3. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Citations.html
  3. Cite right: a quick guide to citation styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the sciences, professions, and more / Charles Lipson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2006.
    4. EnvDesign PN171 F56 L55 2006
  4. Columbia guide to online style / Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. 2nd ed. NY: Columbia Univ. Press. 2006.
    5. Online ed.: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html; print ed.: EnvDesign PN171 F56 W3 2006 Reference , Engin PN171 F56 W35 2006 Reference
  5. recommended MLA handbook for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations / Joseph Gibaldi. 6th ed. NY: Modern Language Assoc. of America, 2003.
      6. EnvDesign PE1478 M571 2003 Reference
Citation Management: Use Endnote or Refworks to download and manage citations, format papers, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles.
  1. EndNote: A proprietary bibliographic management program. It may be purchased from UC Berkeley's Computer Store: the Scholar's Workstation. Citations may be saved in RefWorks and exported to EndNote.
  2. recommended RefWorks - UCB Only A Web-based bibliographic management service, licensed by The Library, and free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and to use them for footnotes and bibliographies for your papers. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up.
  3. Zotero: A free Firefox extension that works exclusively with the Firefox browser but does not yet work with the the Art Index Retrospective and Art Full Text databases. Citations may be exported to EndNote.
  4. Tutorials:
  • Bibliographic management : A guide to using Refworks and Endnote with journal indexes that relate to environmental design topics.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/bibmanagement.html
  • The Library offers drop-in classes on both EndNote and RefWorks.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Instruction/know_your_library.html#bib
  • Online tutorials (UC Berkeley, Library) a directory of online tutorials for using EndNote and other bibliographic management software.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html
2. CHOOSE A TOPIC
Use the Architecture 170 BOOKTRUCK in the Environmental Design Library to BROWSE general architecture histories, urban histories, images and plans to find a topic that appeals to you.
3. DEFINE and DECONSTRUCT your topic - PLAN YOUR SEARCH
Arch 170 Exercise Use this exercise to develop your topic. (click on link)
Hot Tips--
  • Write your research topic as a question, subject idea or thesis statement.
    • Example: What is unique about St. Paul's Cathedral in London?
  • List the main concepts
    • London; Church Architecture; Architecture, England 
  • List key words, phrases and synonyms to search (include people, places, styles, buildings) 
    • building type = cathedral; church style/time period = 17th century; unique details = dome;
    architect = Sir Christopher Wren; name of place = St. Paul's; location = London
  • Remember to include alternate spellings
    • Example: Vatican or Vaticano; Saint or S. or St. or Sainte or Ste. 
    Use truncation or wildcards (? * $ #) for variations of words = vatican?
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    4. SEARCH BASIC REFERENCE SOURCES for an overview of your topic.  Note particular keywords, terms, authors, bibliographies, and footnotes. Learn specific building names, designers, location, and date built.
    Bibliographies | Dictionairies | Encyclopedias and Atlases | Histories and Surveys | Images, Plans, and Illustrations
    Bibliographies are lists of writings or citations on a particular subject, time period, or author. Look at book chapters, textbooks, and articles for additional bibliographies and footnotes.
    1. "Architecture," IN: Guide to the literature of art history. Identifies the best books for architecture by geographic area and time period.
      2. 1959-1977 publications: Chapter J, p.193-234, EnvDesign N380 A12 A671 1980 Reference
      1978-1998 publications: Chapter J, p.235-301, EnvDesign N380 A12 M3 2005 Reference 
    2. Environmental Design Library bibliographic research guides for research in the history of the built environment. Guides include both print and Web materials.
    American Architecture  
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/AmerArch.html
    Architecture Reference Sources 
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchRef.html
    recommended Finding Information on Buildings and Places
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/bldgs.html
    recommended History of Architecture
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchHist.html
    History of City Planning
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/histplan.html
    History of Landscape Architecture
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/histland.html
    San Francisco Bay Area Architects & Architecture 
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/sfindex.html  
    UC Berkeley Buildings & Campus
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/buildingde.html 
    Vernacular Architecture
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/vernacular.html
    Dictionaries for concepts, terminology and definitions, verify spelling. Specialized dictionaries give the history and illustrations of building elements.
    1. recommended The classical language of architecture / John Summerson. Rev. and enl. ed. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. 
        2. EnvDesign NA2540 S85 1980.
    2. recommended Dictionary of architectural and building technology. Henry J. Cowan and Peter R. Smith. 4th ed. NY: E & FN Spon, 2004. 
      3. EnvDesign NA31 C63 2004 Reference Desk 
    3. Dictionary of architecture & construction / Cyril M. Harris, ed. 4th ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 
      4. EnvDesign NA31 H32 2000 Reference Desk 
    4. The grammar of architecture / Emily Cole, general ed. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2002. 
      5. EnvDesign NA31 G72 2002 Reference 
    5. Oxford reference online - art and architecture - UCB only. Search multiple online art and architecture dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. 
    6. recommendedA visual dictionary of architecture / Francis D.K. Ching. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995. 
      7. EnvDesign NA31 C44 1995 Reference Desk
    7. The visual dictionary of buildings. NY: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. 
      8. EnvDesign NA31 E97 1992 Reference
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    Encyclopedias and Atlases
    1. The encyclopedia of ancient civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean / John Haywood, [ed.]. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1997.
      2. EnvDsgn DS57 E47 1997 Reference
    2. The encyclopaedia of ancient Egyptian architecture / Dieter Arnold. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2003.
        3. EnvDesign NA215 A7513 2003 Reference
    3. Encyclopedia of architectural and engineering feats / Donald Langmead and Christine Garnaut. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
        4. EnvDesign NA200 L32 2001 Reference
    4. Encyclopedia of 20th century architecture / R. Stephen Sennott, ed. 3 vols. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. 
        5. EnvDesign NA680 E495 2004 Reference
    5. Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world / Paul Oliver, ed. 3 vols. NY: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997. 
        6. EnvDesign NA208 E53 1997 Reference
    6. Encyclopedia of world architecture. 2nd ed. 2 vols. London: MacMillan, 1979. 
      7. EnvDesign NA200 S74 1979 Reference Desk
    7. Grove art online - UCB only Electronic version of The Dictionary of art, Jane Turner, ed. NY: Grove, 1996. Contains 45,000+ articles on the visual arts, including architecture, from prehistory to the present. Excellent bibliographies and links to images and related sites. 
      8. http://www.groveart.com/index.html?&authstatuscode=202; paper ed.: EnvDesign N31 D5 1996 Reference, Index: v.34  
    8. The illustrated atlas of the world's great buildings: a history of world architecture from the classical perfection of the Parthenon to the breathtaking grandeur of the skyscraper /Philip Bagenal. London: Salamander, 1980. 
      9. EnvDesign NA200 B131 1980 Reference
    9. MacMillan encyclopedia of architects. Editor-in-chief, Adolf K. Placzek. 4 vols. NY: Free Press, 1982. Index: v.4 
        10. EnvDesign NA40 M25 1982 Reference Desk
    10. The World atlas of architecture. NY: Portland House, 1988.
        11. EnvDesign Design fNA200 W67 1988 Reference & circulating
    General Histories and Surveys provide an overview and the context of a topic, with dates, locations, special sites, and the names of architects or designers. They usually include bibliographies.
    1. Architecture: the critics' choice: 150 masterpieces of western architecture / Dan Cruickshank, ed. NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000. Good for description and photos.
        2. EnvDesign NA200 A74 2000
    2. Architecture, the world's greatest buildings explored and explained / Neil Stevenson. NY: DK Pub., 1997.
        3. EnvDesign fNA200 S72 1997 Reference
    3. Buildings that changed the world / Klaus Reichold, Bernhard Graf. NY: Prestel, 1999. 
        4. EnvDesign NA2550 R45 1999 Reference and circulating
    4. A field guide to contemporary American architecture / Carole Rifkind. NY: Dutton, 1998.
      5. EnvDesign NA705 R53 1998 Reference and circulating
    5. A global history of architecture / Francis D.K. Ching, et al. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons, 2007.
      6. EnvDesign NA200 C493 2007 Reference/on 2 hour reserve
    6. Great ages of world architecture - series. Many volumes, each on a different subject. Choose series search in Pathfinder. 
    7. recommended A history of architecture: settings and rituals / Spiro Kostof. 2nd ed. Revisions by Greg Castillo. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
      8. EnvDesign NA200 K65 1995 Reserve; Moffitt NA200 K65 1995
    8. recommendedA history of building types / Nikolaus Pevsner. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1976.
      9. EnvDesign NA4170 P481 Reference and circulating; Art Hist NA4170 P48 Room 308G 
    9. A history of architecture / Russell Sturgis. 4 vols. NY: Baker & Taylor Co., [1906]-15 
      10. EnvDesign NA200 S81 1906 Reference and noncirculating
    10. Key monuments of the history of architecture. NY: Abrams, 1965.
        11. EnvDesign NA202 M5 1965 Reference
    11. Landscape architecture: an illustrated history in timelines, site plan, and biography / William A. Mann. NY: John Wiley, 1993.
      12. EnvDesign SB470.5 M37 1993 Reference Desk & circulating
    12. Landscape design: a cultural and architectural history / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
      13. EnvDesign SB470.5 R64 2001
    13. Living architecture - series. Many volumes, each on a different subject.
        14. Choose series search in Pathfinder.
    14. The Random House book of how things were built /David J. Brown. NY: Random House, 1992. 
        15. EnvDesign NA2555 .B68 1992 Reference
    15. recommendedSir Banister Fletcher's a history of architecture / Sir Banister Fletcher. Dan Cruickshank, ed. 20th ed. Boston: Architectural Pr., 1996.
        16. EnvDesign NA200 F631 1996 Reference Desk
    16. Squares and fountains of Rome / Francesca Castria Marchetti, Milano: Electa, 2007.
      17. EnvDesign DG815.49 C3713 2007
    17. The story of architecture / Jonathan Glancey. NY: Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
      18. EnvDesign NA200 G527 2000 Reference
    18. Uncommon structures, unconventional builders / Alan Van Dine. NY: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2001.
      19. EnvDesign TH148 V26 2001
    19. World architecture 1900-2000: a critical mosaic / Kenneth Frampton, gen. ed. 10 vols. Wien: Springer, 1999.
        20. EnvDesign NA680.W67 1999 Reference
    20. A world history of architecture / Marian Moffett, et al. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
      21. EnvDesign NA200 M575 2003
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    Images, Picture Books, Plans and Illustrations Also use architectural histories and journal articles.
    1. Drawings of great buildings / Werner Blaser, ed. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, 1983. 
      2. EnvDesign NA2706 U6 D72 1983 Reference and circulating
    2. Image and sound databases: Link from UCB Library Homepage, Electronic Resources.  
        3. http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/ERF/servlet/ERFmain?cmd=searchResType&resTypeId=14
    3. recommended Image sources for the built environment - Environmental Design Library strategic bibliographic guide.
        4. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/pict.html
    4. Key buildings of the twentieth century: plans, sections, and elevations / Richard Weston. NY: W.W. Norton, 2004. Includes plans, sections, elevations, photos of internationally known buildings.
        5. EnvDesign NA2705 W44 2004 Book: Reference Desk; CD: Reserve
    5. Looking at architecture / G.E. Kidder Smith. NY: H.N. Abrams, 1990. Photographs with annotations about buildings and gardens. 
      6. EnvDesign NA200 S57 1990
    6. SPIRO, the online catalog of the Architecture Visual Resources Library
      7. http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/resources/avrl/
    7. recommendedWorld architecture index: a guide to illustrations / Edward H. Teague, comp. NY: Greenwood Press, 1991. Indexes illustrations of 7,200+ architectural works in standard books on world architecture (UC Berkeley call numbers are annotated in the front of the book). Lists the type of illustration to be found: interior or exterior views, plans, sections, and elevations.  
      8. EnvDesign NA202 T4 1991 Reference Desk and Reference
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    5. REFINE YOUR TOPIC
  • Using the information you have culled, determine if your research topic should be narrower or broader.
  • You may need to check basic sources again using your new, focused topics and keywords.
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    6. FIND BOOKS for an in-depth discussion of your topic 
    Use the Library Catalogs, Pathfinder and Melvyl®. Use keywords or subject headings to search for title, subject, author, or corporate author. Take a drop-in class on how to find books using the Library's catalogs.
    Search for a time period:
    Architecture, Ancient 
    Architecture, Gothic 
    Architecture, Postmodern
    Architecture, 20th century  
    Search for a type of building or site: 
    Church architecture 
    Parks 
    Plazas
    Tall buildings 
    Search for a location: city, state, or country:
    Architecture--Tokyo 
    Cliff dwellings--Southwest, New 
    Gardens--France 
    Search under a series and name of set: 
    Great ages of world architecture 
    Living architecture 
    Search for a specific architect or designer: 
    Borromini, Francesco
    Burle Marx, Roberto 
    Morgan, Julia 
    		 Search for a specific building or site:
    Golden Gate Park--San Francisco, California 
    Machu Picchu site--Peru
    Parthenon--Athens, Greece 
    Search for firms or organizations:
    Use corporate authors such as:
    Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
    Society of Architectural Historians
    Olmsted Brothers
    		 Search for periodical titles:
    Use journal titles such as:
    Architectural history
    Traditional dwellings and settlements review 
    Urban history 
    7. FIND ARTICLES for current and retrospective information.  Use PERIODICAL INDEXES to identify articles within periodical and newspaper titles.
    This is a citation for an article (not a book)
    The setting-out of St Paul's Cathedral / Robert Crayford.  drawings, site plans, maps.
    In: Architectural history, 2001, v.44, p.[237]-248, ISSN 0066-622X. Abstract/Summary
    UC e-links
    Hot Tips--
    recommended SEARCH AVERY INDEX FOR ARTICLESrecommended
    The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - UCB Only - is your BEST starting point for finding articles on architecture and related fields. Indexes 2,500+ journals in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning. Includes information about illustrations, plans, and bibliographies. For more help go to Using the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals and other CSA databases at UC Berkeley. Includes sample searches, citations, and directions on how to find the journal and the article.
    Coverage: 1930--present, and some from the 1860s on
    This is a list of additional indexes that are especially helpful for architecture, landscape, and urban history.
    1. America: history and life - UCB Only Citations and abstracts on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.
      2. Online ed.: 1982--present; paper ed.: 1954--present; Main Stack E3 A43
    2. Anthropology plus - UC Only Contains citations to articles and essays in the fields of anthropology and archaeology.
      3. Coverage: late 19th century--present
    3. Art full text- UC Only Contains citations to items from over 300 international publications. You can limit to scholarly journals. 
      4. Online ed.: 1984--present; paper ed.: EnvDesign N18 A72 Index
    4. Art index retrospective - UC Only Bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index, volumes 1-32. 
        5. Online ed.: 1929-1984; paper ed.: 1929-1994; EnvDesign N18 A72 Index
    5. Bibliography of Asian studies (BAS) - UCB Only Contains records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide. 
      6. Online ed.: 1971--present; paper ed.: 1956-1991; Main, Moffitt, S/SEAL DS511 A12 B6
    6. Bibliography of the history of art (BHA) - UC Only 
      7. Online ed.: 1973--present; paper ed.: 1991--present; Main N1 B51
    7. British Architectural Library. London: RIBA Publications. Searches book and articles.
      8. Online ed.: 1984--present; paper ed.: 1972--present; EnvDesign NA8 A73 Index
    8. Expanded academic ASAP - UC Only Includes articles from popular and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. Some full text and images. Can limit to scholarly journals.
      9. Coverage: 1980--present
    9. Historical abstracts - UC Only Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world. Excellent for cultural history. Excludes the U.S. and Canada.  
      10. Coverage: 1450--present
    10. JSTOR - UCB Only Full text archive of interdisciplinary scholarly journal literature, including the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, except for the most recent five years.
      11. Coverage varies
    11. Periodicals contents index (PCI) - UC Only Indexes the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues. International scope.
      12. Coverage: 1790-1993
    12. ProQuest - Research library - UCB Only Indexes more than 1,000 magazines and journals on art, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and sciences. Includes some full text.
      13. Coverage: 1975--present
    13. Readers guide retrospective 1890-1982 - UC Only Provides searchable access to citations from more than 500 leading U.S. magazines. Can limit to scholarly journals. 
      14. Coverage: 1890-1982
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    8. SCHOLARLY JOURNALS How to tell if a journal is scholarly: See the guide Scholarly, Trade & Popular Journals. Here's a very selective list of English language scholarly journals that cover the history of the built environment. Use periodical indexes to identify additional journals that cover your topic.
    1. Architectural history via JSTOR - UC Only London, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. 
      2. Online ed.: 1958--present minus the latest 3 years; print ed.: 1958--present; EnvDesign NA1 A67
    2. recommended Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians via JSTOR - UC Only Urbana, IL: The Society.
      3. Online ed.: 1945--present minus latest 3 years; print ed.: 1941--present; EnvDesign NA11 A83 Unbound and bound periodical stacks
    3. Journal of historical geography - UC Only
    4. Journal of urban history - UC Only, Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.  
        5. Online ed.: 1975--present; paper ed.: 1874--present; EnvDesign HT111 J681 Unbound and bound periodical stacks
    5. Planning perspectives: an international journal of history, planning and the environment - UCB Only. International Planning History Society. London: E. & F.N. Spon.
      6. Online ed.: 1986--present via Informaworld; paper ed.: 1986--present EnvDesign NA9000 P59 Unbound and bound periodical stacks
    6. Perspectives in vernacular architecture via JSTOR - UC Only, Annapolis, MD: Vernacular Architecture Forum.
        7. Online ed.: 1982--present minus latest 3 years; print ed.: 1982--present; EnvDesign NA705 P472 Unbound and bound periodical stacks
    7. Studies in the history of gardens & designed landscapes. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1998--.
        8. EnvDesign SB451 J65 Unbound & bound periodical stacks
    8. Traditional dwellings and settlements review, journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. Berkeley, CA: The Association, 1989--.
        9. EnvDesign NA710 T73 Unbound & bound periodical stacks
    9. Urban history via Cambridge - UC Only, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992--.
        10. Online ed.: 1999--present; paper ed.: 1994--present; EnvDesign HT101 U72 Unbound and bound periodical stacks
    10. Vernacular architecture. [York, England]: Vernacular Architecture Group, 1970--. 
        11. EnvDesign NA1 A1 V4 Unbound and bound periodical stacks
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