Research Librarian for Architecture
Find Scholarly Articles
- Google ScholarSearches scholarly articles and gives links to cited sources
- VIRGO Article SearchNOTE: This search does NOT include a large number of articles and journals that the library owns in *print*. To discover those, use subject-specific databases.
- EBSCOHost Databases This link opens in a new windowOver 40 databases of journal articles, books, and other documents in many subject areas. Menu allows searching multiple databases at the same time
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new windowSearches over 2000 magazines and journals about Architecture. NOTE: Avery does not provide Full-Text. You can use the "Find @ UVA" button to make an ILL request for a PDF scan of an article.
- Art & Architecture Archive This link opens in a new windowA full-text archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography. The issues are presented as full-color page images; detailed article-level indexing permits quick, efficient searching and navigation of this material.
- Journal FinderDetermine whether UVa has a subscription to a journal either online or in print. Use this to navigate to the full text of the article of it is online and to obtain the call number, location, and availability of a journal volume or issue.
Find Books
- Virgo: UVa Libraries Catalog This link opens in a new windowVirgo lists books, journals, videos, audio, manuscripts, and Internet resources owned or licensed by the University Library (Main, Brown, Clemons, etc.), Health Sciences Library, Law Library, and Darden School Library.
- WorldCat.org This link opens in a new windowOnline listing with locations of books, videos, manuscripts, and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide. Some UVa books are not included. UVa users will see full records and holdings; others will get brief information.
- Google BooksWhen researching lesser-studied topics (small towns, for example), Google Books can help you find books that mention your topic. Google Books searches the full-text of books that Google has scanned. If Google doesn't offer the full text, just plug the title back into VIRGO.
Find Maps
- Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 This link opens in a new windowFire insurance maps for American cities showing building footprints. Very detailed.
- Historic Maps - New York Public LibraryFind historic maps from the NYPL collection by zooming in to an area of interest.
- David Rumsey Map CollectionThe historical map collection has over 37,000 maps and images online.
- Historic Maps - US Library of Congress Map CollectionsMaps and atlases from the Library of Congress collection.
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map CollectionAn amazing collection, located at the University of Texas at Austin Library, of over 2,000 current and historical maps from around the world arranged by geographic location including older edition CIA maps.
- British Library Image Search (includes maps)Digitized images and maps from the collection of the British Library
Find Images
- ARTStor This link opens in a new windowImages of world art from all periods, including paintings, drawings, prints, historic photographs, architecture and design.
- New York Public Library Digital GalleryDigitized items from the collections of the New York Public Library.
- Library of Congress Digital CollectionsSearch digitized images, maps and documents from the Library of Congress.