• Remember to start early. Allow time to recall books checked out or stored off-campus, and to borrow from other libraries' materials not here at UC Berkeley.

Getting Organized

• Be sure to configure your home computer so you can access UC or UCB only licensed resources remotely. For instructions on how to do this, see Connecting from Off Campus.

Below are guides to writing research papers, and style manuals that help you properly cite and organize your information sources.

1. The Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr., 2003. 
Print: EnvDesign Z253.U69 2003 Reference
Online: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html UCB Only
2. Citing your sources (UC Berkeley, Library)
   Includes a short bibliography of style manuals, and examples of citations for both print and electronic publications. 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/citations.html 
3. Columbia guide to online style, by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. NY: Columbia Univ. Pr., 2006. 
   One of the most thorough guides to citing electronic resources available. 
EnvDesign PN171 F56 W35 2006 Reference
4. MLA handbook for writers of research papers, Joseph Gibaldi. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003. 
Educ/Psych LB2369.G53 latest ed. Reference, Doe Reference, Moffitt
5. Style sheets for citing Internet resources: MLA, APA, Turabian. (UC Berkeley, Library) 
   Gives basic guidelines for formatting citations from a variety of electronic resources, adapted from the Columbia guide to online style. 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/citations.html 

6. RefWorks UCB Only Key Resource  
   RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management service licensed by The Library for use by all current UCB faculty, staff and students. It allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from online databases, and use these references in writing papers and automatically formatting the paper and bibliography in seconds. As a web-based product, RefWorks is available to users across various platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc. Although it lacks the power of EndNote, its ease of use makes it attractive. RefWorks also serves as a complement to EndNote, since citations saved to RefWorks can later be exported to EndNote. To sign up for an individual account, use the RefWorks New User form. 
7. Online tutorials (UC Berkeley, Library) 
   Directory of online tutorials for using Refworks, EndNote and other bibliographic management software. 

Research Techniques

• Be sure to check Library catalogs for additional and newer titles using the subject headings
Research--Methodology
Humanities--Research
Social sciences--Research
• See also the Environmental Design Library guide, Designing a Research Strategy.

8. The Craft of research, by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 
Environ Dsgn, Engineering, Main Stacks, Optometry, Bus & Econ: Q180.55.M4.B66 2008
Art/Classics Q180.55.M4.B66 2008 Room 308J - Reference
9. Critical evaluation of resources, UCB Library guide to making sense of what is out there and evaluating its authority and appropriateness for your research 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html 
10. The Investigative reporter's handbook: a guide to documents, databases and techniques, by Brant Houston, Len Bruzzese, Steve Weinberg. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. Useful for locating "grey literature" - unpublished but important information. 
    EnvDesign PN4781 I578 2002
11. Library research using primary sources. (UC Berkeley, Teaching Library) 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/primarysources.html 
12. A Manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, Chicago style for students and researchers. 7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.  
EnvDesign, BIOS, PubHlth LB2369.T8  
13. Paper trails, a guide to public records in California, by Stephen Levine and Barbara T. Newcombe. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Center for Investigative Reporting; Sacramento: California Newspaper Publishers Association, 1996. 
EnvDesign CD3111.N48 1996 Reference Desk, PubHealth, Doe Reference
14. Researching and writing in the humanities and arts, by Christine A. Hult. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996. 
EnvDesign AZ186 H85 1996
15. Short guide to writing about art, by Sylvan Barnet. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2008. Short guide series. [Great chapter on researching and writing about architecture and the built environment.]
    
    Environ Dsgn N7476.B37 2008 Reference & circulating; Main Stack. Other editions circulate.
    

16. Architecture everywhere: investigating the built environment of your community, by Joseph A. Weber. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Pr., 2000. 
EnvDesign NA705 W43 2000
17. Close-up, how to read the American city, Grady Clay Phoenix, ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1980. 
EnvDesign HT153 C585 1980
18. Key Resource Doing your neighborhood history, Waverly Lowell. Sacramento: Society of California Archivists, Preserving your history brochure series, n.d. (visited 9/12/05) 
http://www.calarchivists.org/neighborhood.pdf
19. Everyday architecture of the Mid-Atlantic, looking at buildings and landscapes, Gabrielle M. Lanier and Bernard L. Herman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Creating the North American landscape.
EnvDesign NA717.L36 1997
20. Key Resource Finding Information on Buildings and Places. Environmental Design Library guide. 
21. Getting to know your 20th-century neighborhood, by Greta Terrell. Washington, DC: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1996. Historic Preservation Information Booklet. Focuses on American neighborhoods developed from 1900-1950; identifies architectural styles and landscaping trends. 

    EnvDesign NA7208 T47 1996

22. The Hieroglyphics of space: reading and experiencing the modern metropolis, Neil Leach, ed. London: Routledge, 2002. 

EnvDesign HT111 H45 2002

23. Identifying American architecture: a pictorial guide to styles and terms, 1600-1945, by James J.-G. Blumenson. 2d ed., rev. and enl. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1981.  Easy-to-use guide to identifying the most common American building styles. 

    EnvDesign NA705 B55 1981 Reference & circulating

24. Interpretation of historic sites, William T. Alderson, Shirley Payne Low. Nashville : American Association for State and Local History, 1976. 

EnvDesign E159.A361

25. "Interpretation of vernacular architecture," by Roderick J. Lawrence in Vernacular Architecture, vol. 14, 1983, p. 19-28. A critical review. 

    EnvDesign NA1.A1V4, vol. 14, bound periodical stacks

26. Invitation to vernacular architecture: a guide to the study of ordinary buildings and landscapes, by Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Collins Cromley. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2005. Vernacular architecture studies series.
    

    Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024528.html

    EnvDesign NA705.C38 2005

27. Landscape in sight, looking at America, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson; edited by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. 

EnvDesign GF91.U6.J317 1997

28. Looking at cities, by Allan B. Jacobs, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1985. 
    See especially Chapter 3, "Clues," pp. 30-83. Very useful presentation of the physical indicators that help the observer interpret an urban environment. 

    EnvDesign HT166 J262 1985 Reserve & circulating

29. Nearby history, exploring the past around you, David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty. 2nd ed. Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2000. American Association for State and Local History book series. 

    EnvDesign E180.5.N98 2000

30. Public places, exploring their history, Gerald A. Danzer. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History, c1997. American Association for State and Local History book series. Nearby history series. 

    EnvDesign E180.D36 1997

31. Key Resource Real places: an unconventional guide to America's generic landscape, by Grady Clay. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1994. Includes 124 common places, for example, bypass, district, hangout, lovers leap, parade route, porno district, shortcut, and skyline. 

    EnvDesign E169 04 C57 1994

32. Right before your eyes, penetrating the urban environment, by Grady Clay. Washington, D.C.: American Planning Association; Chicago, Ill.: Planners Press, 1987. 

EnvDesign HT153.C58571 1987

33. Key Resource A Short guide to writing about art, by Sylvan Barnet. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2008. Excellent section on architecture, p. 75-84. 

EnvDesign N7476.B37 2008 Reference and Circulation

34. Understanding architectural drawings: a guide for non-architects, by John J. Cullinane. Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, c1993. 

EnvDesign fT353.C95 1993 Reference

35. Understanding ordinary landscapes, edited by Paul Groth and Todd W. Bressi. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. 

EnvDesign GF90.U53 1997

36. Creative interviewing: the writer's guide to gathering information by asking questions, by Ken Metzler. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. 
EnvDesign, Moffitt PN4784.I6.M4 1997
37. Interviewing for social scientists: an introductory resource with examples, by Hilary Arksey and Peter Knight. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1999.
Main HM526 A75 1999
38. Interviews: an introduction to qualitative research interviewing, by Steinar Kvale. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1996. 

EnvDesign HM48.9 K9 1996

39. Learning from strangers: the art and method of qualitative interview studies, by Robert S. Weiss. NY: Free Pr., 1995. 

EnvDesign HN29 W42 1995

Truncation Symbols

• Use the truncation symbols in electronic resources to find variations in spelling or singular/plural of words. Consult the help screens of the catalog or index you are using to find their truncation or wildcard symbols.
• Although not all databases use the same symbols, many use * or ?. Look for different wildcard symbols which can be used in the middle of a word, e.g. wom#n to retrieve woman or women.
• In Current Melvyl or OskiCat use * at the end of the root of a word, e.g.,

Grocer* to retrieve Grocer, Grocers, Grocery, Groceries 

An easy way to begin is to use the keyword approach in the OskiCat or Current Melvyl catalogs, which allow you to search key words from titles or subject headings of books. (You may want to initially limit your search to the most recent ten years.)

• If you are not an expert user of the Library catalogs, take a drop-in class to improve your efficiency and save time. Check the schedule at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/know_your_library.html
• Search using keywords and combine them with AND, OR, or NOT to narrow or broaden your results. Identify keywords from:

  	Place Name (City, State, Neighborhood)	Oakland Rockridge Berkeley
  	Type of Building or Project	Garden or Plaza Fire Station Presidio
  	Function	Barbershop Bank Church
  	Style	Art Deco Mission Revival Postmodern
  	Time Period	19th Century Colonial 20th Century
  	People for Whom Built	Irish-Americans Children Freemasons
  	Name of Building or Site	Golden Gate Park Berkeley Bowl Wurster Hall
  	Designer, Builder or Creator	Morgan, Julia Pomo Indians Eichler Homes

  Go to Table of Contents

• See also the bibliographies in encyclopedias and articles you find helpful. Use the keywords and subject headings you identified in the Research Strategy Worksheet to search in bibliographies.

40. American architecture, a guide to information sources, Environmental Design Library, 2005. 
41. American communities, Environmental Design Library, 2006.
42. Building and landscape types, a guide to information sources, Environmental Design Library, 2005.
43. Consolidated bibliography of urban history, by Richard Rodger. Brookfield, VT: Scolar Press, 1996. 

EnvDesign HT111.A12.R62 1996 Reference

44. Cultural landscape bibliography: an annotated bibliography on resources in the National Park System, by Ahern, Katherine, ed by Leslie H. Blythe and Robert R. Page. [Washington, D.C.?]: Cultural Landscape Program,1992. 

EnvDesign E160.A12 A35 1992 Reference

45. Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world, edited by Paul Oliver. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 3 vol. Excellent bibliographies. 

EnvDesign NA208.E53 1997 Reference

46. Finding information on buildings and places, Environmental Design Library, 2006.
47. Finding local information, Environmental Design Library, 2007.
48. Popular American housing: a reference guide, edited by Ruth Brent and Benyamin Schwarz. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1995. American popular culture. 

EnvDesign HD7293.A3.P66 1995 Reference

49. Social and Cultural Factors in Environmental Design, Environmental Design Library, 2004.
50. Urban America: a historical bibliography, ed. by Neil L. Shumsky & Timothy Crimmins. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1983. Clio bibliography series, no. 11.

    EnvDesign HT123.U725 1983 Reference

51. Vernacular architecure & landscape architecture resource guide, Environmental Design Library, 2007.
52. Vernacular architecture in America: a selective bibliography, by John A. Cuthbert, Barry Ward, Maggie Keeler. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985. 

EnvDesign NA705.A12.C87 1985 Reference

• Ethnic Studies Resources in Doe & Moffitt Libraries: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/ethn_std.html 
• Starting Your Ethnic Studies Research: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/ethn_stds/sources.html 
• Ethnic Studies Library: http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/ 
• Asian-American Studies: http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/aasc.htm 
• American Communities: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/amercomm.html 
• Chicano Studies: http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/csc.htm 
• Native American Studies: http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/nas.html 
• Social & Cultural Factors in Environmental Design: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/research_socialfactors.html 

Use subject or title words describing your building type to search in

• Melvyl, e.g. title words or keywords: "water towers."
• OskiCat, e.g., title words or keywords: “rural schools.”
• Additional sources are periodical indexes, such as
  • Art Full Text or Art Index Retrospective UC only
  • Avery Architectural Periodicals Index UC only
• See also our guide, Building and Landscape Types.

The books below are selected examples of collected works on building types or sites.

53. American common houses: a selected bibliography of vernacular architecture, by John A. Jakle. Monticello, Ill.: Vance bibliographies, 1981.Architecture series--bibliography A-574. 

EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.574 Index

54. American folk architecture: a selected bibliography, by Howard W. Marshall. [Washington, D.C.?]: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1981. Publications of the American Folklife Center, no. 8. 

EnvDesign NA705.A12.M46

55. American house designs, an index to popular and trade periodicals, 1850-1915, by Margaret Culbertson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. Art reference collection; no. 19. 

Environ Dsgn NA7207.C85 1994 Reference Desk

56. The buildings of main street: a guide to American commercial architecture, by Richard Longstreth. Updated ed. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 2000. American Association for State and Local History book series. 

EnvDesign NA6212 .L66 2000 Reference

57. Built in the U.S.A.: American buildings from airports to zoos, ed. by Diane Maddex (National Trust for Historic Preservation). Washington, D.C.:Preservation Press, 1985. Building watchers series. 

EnvDesign NA705.B76 1985 copy 1 ref desk, Moffitt NA705 .B76 1985

58. Clues to American garden styles, by David P. Fogle, Catherine Mahan, Christopher Weeks. Rev. ed. Washington: Starrhill Press, 1988. 

EnvDesign SB457.53 F641 1988 Reference Desk & circulating

59. Encyclopedia of rural America: the land and people, by Gary A. Goreham, editor. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1997. (Use index to locate articles on specific types of buildings, e.g., barns, farmhouses, etc.) 

EnvDesign E169.12.E5 1997 v. 1-2, Reference

60. Encyclopedia of urban America: the cities and suburbs, edited by Neil Larry Shumsky. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1998. (Use the index to locate excellent articles on building types or sites, e.g., ballparks, hotels, housing, lodging houses, parks, etc.) 

EnvDesign HT123 .E5 1998 v. 1-2, Reference

61. Encyclopedia of the vernacular architecture of the world, edited by Paul Oliver. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. (Excellent articles in vol. 1, Principles and Theory, on building types, and in vols. 2-3, by culture or group.) 

EnvDesign NA208 .E53 1997 Reference v.1-3 (1997)

62. A field guide to American architecture, by Carole Rifkind. New York: New American Library, 1980. 

Environ Dsgn NA705.R53 1980b Reference; Moffitt NA705.R53 1980b

63. A field guide to American houses, by Virginia and Lee McAlester; Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Consumers Union, 1984. 

Environ Dsgn NA7205.M35 1984b

64. History of building types, by Nikolaus Pevsner. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, 19. Bollingen series, 35. 

EnvDesign NA4170 .P481 Reference; Main, Moffitt NA4170.P48

65. Greenwood encyclopedia of homes through American history / Thomas W. Paradis, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.

EnvDesign Reference NA7205.G745 2008 vol. 1-4

66. History of public works in the United States, 1776-1976, by American Public Works Association; editor, Ellis L. Armstrong; Chicago : The Association, 1976. 

EnvDesign, Moffitt HD3885 .A631 1976

67. Public buildings: a survey of architecture of projects constructed by federal and other governmental bodies between the years 1933 and 1939., by C. W. Short. [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1939 

Environ Dsgn NA4208.A4 1939

68. The public landscape of the New Deal, by Phoebe Cutler. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. 

EnvDesign, Moffitt SB470.53.C881 1985

69. Time-saver standards for building types, ed. by Joseph De Chiara. 4th ed. NY:McGraw-Hill, 2001. 

EnvDesign NA2760 .D42 2001 Reference & Reserve

70. Vernacular architecture in America, a selective bibliography, by John A. Cuthbert. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1985. 

EnvDesign NA705.A12 C87 1985 Reference

• Search OskiCat and Current Melvyl, or periodical indexes, using subject headings such as those listed below for your particular type of building or site.
• Search under title keywords if you don't find your topic under subject.
• Add name of city or state to narrow your search.
• See also Building and Landscape Types. 

This is a very selective list of examples of specific building types or kinds of sites. Use these and similar terms in your search for books and articles.

An enormous amount of specialized information on the cultural environment can be found in journal (periodical or magazine) articles.

• Articles are NOT included in Library Catalogs (OskiCat and Melvyl).
• You must search periodical indexes to locate articles on your subject.
• Few indexes for materials prior to the mid-1980s are available in electronic format, so print indexes may well be your only source for most older information. Print periodical indexes in the Environmental Design Library are located near the online catalogs and are arranged in call number order on the Index Shelves.
• Because of the interdisciplinary nature of your topic, remember to search in both specialized indexes like the Avery Index UC only (architecture, landscape architecture and planning) and multi-disciplinary indexes like Academic Search Complete UC only.
• Be sure to check the periodical indexes available through the UCB Library Homepage, Electronic Resources, by Subject
• Databases that have make it easy to find the call number of print copies of articles, or link you to electronic full-text. Simply click on the UC-eLinks symbol, and automatically a Melvyl search is done for the journal title.
• It is important to note the full citation to locate the actual article and for your bibliography.
• See also Scholarly, Trade and Popular Journals for more information.

Go to Table of Contents

• Avery Architectural Periodicals Index UC only Key Resource
• Architecture Periodical Indexes
• Finding Information on Buildings and Places
• Finding Local Information Periodical Indexes 
• Planning Periodical Indexes
• Planning History Periodical Indexes 
• Landscape Architecture Periodical Indexes
• Vernacular Architecture Periodical Indexes

• Be sure to consult the numerous periodical indexes and abstracts available to UCB through the Library homepage Electronic Indexes and Abstracts, especially by those listed under General, and those by Subject.

These periodical indexes cover journals in many disciplines, not just one subject.

71. America: History and Life. UC Only Key Resource 
    Indexes more than 2,000 journals in humanities and social sciences, with excellent coverage of cultural and social aspects of North American life. 
72. Academic Search Complete. UC Only Key Resource
    Particularly useful because of its breadth and inclusion of many full-text articles. 
73. Selected Social Sciences & Sociology Databases. 
    A list of many indexes and abstracts in sociology and the social sciences compiled by librarians in Doe Library. 
74. Geography UCB Only 
    Covers international literature in physical and human geography, providing access to information from over 2,000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings reports, and theses. Coverage includes 1990 to the present. 
75. Readers Guide / Art Full Text / Art Retrospective UCB Only 
    Good coverage of cultural landscape topics. Open Database Selection Area to search all 3 databases at once. 

• In addition to scholarly journals and the indexes mentioned above, you may want to check for trade or professional journals, e.g., if you are researching supermarkets, you might find helpful information in a magazine published by people in the business, such as Supermarket Business. 
• Search in the online catalogs under
  (Name of industry)--United States--Periodicals, e.g.,
  Supermarkets--United States--Periodicals, or Grocery trade--United States--Periodicals.
• Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory UCB Only Key Resource to identify journals by subject. Indexes thousands of journals worldwide by title, keyword and broad subject categories. Includes address, brief description, where indexed.
• For more information, see Scholarly, Trade and Popular Journals
• See also the UCB Business Library's Guide to researching companies.

The directories below will also help you locate organizations or historical societies, and their publications, concerned with your topic or location.

79. Archives Finder UCB Only integrated collection and repository information. Alexandria, Va: Chadwyck-Healey Inc. 

http://archives.chadwyck.com/

80. Associations on the Net, Internet Public Library lists over a thousand professional and trade associations. 

http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/

81. Business & Industry Database UCB Only Indexes, abstracts, and provides partial full-text coverage of almost 1000 major U.S. and international trade journals. Coverage: 1991-- 
82. California Historical Society - Cultural Directory by County. California Historical Society. 

http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/programs/ccd.html

83. Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada. Nashville, Tenn.: AASLH Press, American Association for State and Local History, 1990-- 

Doe Reference E172.A562 Directories

84. Gale directory of publications and broadcast media. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1990--. Includes index of trade and professional association journals. 

Doe Reference AP1.31.A9, latest ed.

85. National trade and professional associations of the United States. Washington, D.C., Columbia Books Inc. 1989- has companion publication: State and regional associations of the United States. 

Main Stacks HD2425.D5 2004

86. Online Archive of California. Finding aids to major archival collections related to California. Includes papers of major companies and organizations, e.g., Sierra Club, etc. Includes Environmental Design Archives and the Bancroft Library holdings. 
87. Ulrich's international periodicals directory. UCB Only NY: Bowker. Indexes thousands of journals worldwide by title, keyword and broad subject categories. Includes address, brief description, where indexed. 

Print volume: Doe Reference AP1.21.P4

88. Access World News/America's Newspapers UCB Only Indexes more than 600 U.S. newspapers full text. 
89. Newspaper and Periodical Indexes for California. List of indexes of historical California newpapers and periodicals available in the Bancroft Library. 

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/newsindexes.html

90. The Newspaper/Microform Room, 40 Doe Library, maintains a binder of local newspapers to which they subscribe, and where they are indexed. They have back issues of newspapers on microfilm. 

For additional newspaper indexes and databases useful in researching the built and cultural environment see our guides:

• American Communities, Newspapers 
• Finding Local Information, Newspapers 
• News Databases for a detailed listing of newspaper resources available via the Internet. 

• The Earth Sciences and Map Library (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html) collection and the Bancroft Library (http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/) have outstanding collections of maps, especially for California and the Bay Area. 
• Maps are cataloged in the online catalogs. To search only for maps, use Current Melvyl or OskiCat and select format maps, then search by subject/location, or search by subject/location and format maps, e.g.: subject orinda california and format maps at ucb.
• See also Finding Maps and Atlases (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/subjhdg.html).
• To find additional books that feature plans or drawings of a specific building or site, search OskiCat or Current Melvyl by subject under architect/designer or building/site name.
• To find journal articles that include plans and images, search in the indexes listed in Architecture Periodical Indexes. (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/indexes.html).

91. Checklists and catalogs of map and print collections containing North American town plans and views: a bibliography of guides to the location of graphic records of urban development prior to 1900, by John William Reps. Ithaca, N.Y., Dept. of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, 1970. 

EnvDesign NA9103.A12 R46 1970 Reference

92. Cities and Buildings Database, University of Washington. 

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/

93. Cities of the American West: a history of frontier urban planning. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1979. 

EnvDesign & Moffitt HT123.5.A17 .R46; Bancroft F591.6.C5 .R4

94. David Rumsey Collection. More than 10,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Includes many illustrated California maps. 

http://www.davidrumsey.com/

95. Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company Archives, late 19th century to 1990. California. Bethesda, Md, University Publications of America, 1995. Research collections in urban history and urban studies. 

Eart/Map MICROFILM.77648 guide

96. Historic American Buildings. California. NY, Garland, 1980. Reproductions of photographs and drawings of the Historic American Buildings Survey for the state of California. Also available on microfiche 5224.

EnvDesign MICROFICHE.5224 and EnvDesign NA730.C2.H54.1980 Reference

97. Sanborn and Other Fire Insurance Maps, UCB Earth Sciences and Map Library. Guide to Sanborn Maps. 

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/sanborn.html

98. (Digital) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. UCB Only Key Resource Provides maps of cities and towns of California from the 1880s to 1950s. The maps are large-scale plans containing data used originally to estimate the potential risk for urban structures, and include an outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, and location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. They are an excellent source on the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Earlier and later maps are available on microfilm in the Earth Sciences and Maps Library. 
99. Sanborn fire insurance maps: California, 1884-1950. Teaneck, N.J., Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 

Eart/Map MICROFILM 31073 Reel 1-72

100. Sanborn fire insurance maps, California, 1950-1970. Alexandria, Va., Chadwyck-Healy, 1990. 

Eart/Map MICROFILM 31073 Reels 73-76

101. SPIRO. UCB Architecture Visual Resource Center digital image database. Many images from SPIRO are now in ARTstor.

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/

102. Town planning in frontier America. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1969. 

EnvDesign NA9105 .R46

103. Views and plans of North American cities: a bibliography of guides to the location of graphic records of urban development prior to 1900. [3d ed.]. Ithaca, N.Y, Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University, 1978. 

EnvDesign Reference, Eart/Maps Z6027.A5 .R4 1978

• Use the keywords “Pictorial Works” in OskiCat or Current Melvyl, e.g.,
  Subject keywords (Name of city and state)--pictorial works.
  Subject keywords: Community gardens—pictorial works
• Look at the Environmental Design Library guide Image Sources for the Built Environment.
• For a multi-disciplinary list, see Image and Sound Databases.

104. AP Multimedia Archive, UCB Only An electronic library containing the Associated Press's current photos from their 50 million image print and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps from the AP's graphics portfolio.
     
     http://ap.accuweather.com/apphoto/
105. American Memory, Key Resource Organized by the Library of Congress, a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the US. More than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
     
     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
106. ARTstor UCB Only Key Resource More than 500,000 digital images, including the Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts.
107. Cities on stone: nineteenth century lithograph images of the urban West: accompanying exhibition presented at Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, August 27-October 10, 1976. Fort Worth [Tex.], AmonCarter Museum, 1976.
     
     EnvDesign NE2454 .R461
108. California Heritage Collection, an online archive of more than 30,000 images illustrating California's history and culture, from the collections of the Bancroft Library.
     http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/calheritage.html
109. Great Buildings Collection, Artifice, Inc.
     
     http://www.greatbuildings.com/
110. Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record. [link to ] Documents through measured drawings, plans and bibliographic information important American buildings and structures, state by state. Reproductions are available through the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
     
     http://www.nps.gov/hdp/
111. HABS/HAER Collections
     
     http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/hhhtml/hhabt.html
112. Historic American Landscapes Survey
     
     http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/hals/index.htm
113. International Movie DataBase, a searchable guide to thousands of movies. Use their search feature, and go to More Searches. You can search by location, subject, etc.
     
     http://www.imdb.com/search
114. Lithographic views of California towns, 1875-1889. San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1985. Keepsake, Book Club of California.
     
     Bancroft NE2303.7 .L57 1985 v.1-10
115. National Register of Historic Places documents more than 71,000 districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. Search their NRIS database [link to http://www.nr.nps.gov/ ) by state and county or city, theme, or names for information on buildings and sites listed.
     
     http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/
116. National Register of Historic Places, California. Rev. and enl. ed. Teaneck, NJ, Chadwick-Healey, 1984. (arranged by county, then city or nearest city, then by building name)
     
     http://www.nr.nps.gov/
     EnvDes Microfiche 10274
117. Online Archive of California. Historical materials from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives. Over 120,000 images. Select Images, then search.
     
     http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
118. Society of Architectural Historians Image Exchange
     
     http://sah.org/index.php?submenu=Image&src=gendocs&ref=ImageExchangeAVRN&category=Main
119. SPIRO. UCB Architecture Visual Resource Center digital image database. Many images from SPIRO are now in ARTstor.
     
     http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/

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