Journals and Articles - Architecture - Overview - Library Guides at University of Notre Dame

Articles and Scholarly Sources

Journal articles and scholarly resources help you locate specific information about your topic. For architecture, this may include access to plans, sections, and elevations not found in books. Most databases allow you to refine your search and limit results to "peer reviewed" or "scholarly journals" - those that contain articles that have been reviewed for content prior to publication.

The top database for researching architecture is the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. This database allows you to limit to peer reviewed and/or scholarly resources, modify the date range, and search by specific journal name.

Finding Images in Avery is done by clicking on the title of the article and then looking for the "Document Feature"

Avery index to architectural periodicals This link opens in a new window
Searchable database with listings of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation.
Art & architecture source This link opens in a new window
Covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design and features full-text articles as well as detailed indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books, podcasts and more. Includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch.
DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
"abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards... including ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture."--About.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. Contains digitized current and many back issues of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

Building Technology Heritage Library
The Building Technology Heritage Library (BTHL) is primarily a collection of American and Canadian, pre-1964 architectural trade catalogs, house plan books and technical building guides. Trade catalogs are an important primary source to document past design and construction practices. These materials can aid in the preservation and conservation of older structures as well as other research goals.

Art & architecture source This link opens in a new window
Covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design and features full-text articles as well as detailed indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books, podcasts and more. Includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch.
ARTbibliographies modern This link opens in a new window
ABM abstracts journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on modern and contemporary art (dating from the late 19th century onwards) including photography, performance art, video art, computer and electronic art, theater arts, etc., as well as painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing.
Art index retrospective This link opens in a new window
Avery index to architectural periodicals This link opens in a new window
Searchable database with listings of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation.
BHA and RILA This link opens in a new window
BHA and RILA cover European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007.
DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
"abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards... including ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture."--About.
Index of Medieval Art This link opens in a new window
Based on The index of Christian art, a thematic and iconographic index of early Christian and medieval art objects begun at Princeton University in 1917. As of July 1, 2017, the Index of Christian Art became The Index of Medieval Art. The change reflects the broad evolution of the institution's scope and mission since its founding in 1917, when its work was limited to cataloguing religious themes and subjects in early Christian art up to 700 C.E. A century later, records have expanded to encompass both religious and secular imagery, including Jewish and Islamic works, from the first centuries of the Common Era until the sixteenth century.
Title changed from Index of Christian Art.
International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles, notes, and similar literature on medieval subjects in journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays. Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the date range of 400 to 1500 for the entire continent of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for the period before the Muslim conquest and parts of those areas subsequently controlled by Christian powers. Access info: Click on "Enter databases", then select International Medieval Bibliography.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. Contains digitized current and many back issues of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni delivers unmatched depth and quality when it comes to content. With more than 15,000 news, legal and business sources, Nexis Uni helps students find credible sources including: Print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs; Local, regional, national and international newspapers with deep archives; Extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790; Unparalleled business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives.
Oxford art online This link opens in a new window
Provides a single gateway to access images of art works, biographies of artists, and articles from Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society and numerous international art galleries and artists.
Perseus Project: Art and Archaeology. This link opens in a new window
Presents the art and archaeology section of the Perseus Project at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Contains a search engine for the Project. Notes that the Project contains a library of classical art objects, sites, and buildings. Allows users to search the Project for architecture, coins, vases, and sculpture.

How to Find Journal Articles in the Library

The majority of article databases for architecture do not contain full-text articles. You have to find the article in other databases, in print, or via Interlibrary Loan.

Most databases contain this icon

Clicking on thewill take you to this page

Click on the ND Libraries Catalog to get the Call Number for the journal

Write down the call number for the journal. Take that, along with the citation information, and you can locate your article on the shelves. You can also export the citation to RefWorks at this point as well. For more information on RefWorks, please refer to the Citing Sources page in this guide.