This guide is designed to help new researchers get started on topics related to landscape architecture, including history, design, theory, and ecology.
Getting Started
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Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsRecognized as one of the world's leading databases of the architectural literature, this indexes more than 1,000 western language periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archaeology, decorative arts, environmental studies, furniture, historic preservation, landscape architecture, urban planning/city planning, interior design, and historic preservation.
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CompendexCovers scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide.
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Engineering VillageSearch journal articles on engineering. Searches both Inspec and Compendex for articles and conference papers related to engineering, computer science, and physics.
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JSTORFind full text articles in academic journals or books on the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR provides articles from the journal's first issue. In some cases the most recent 2-5 years may not be available.
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Web of ScienceA comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of journal article citations. Subjects generally covered are within science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences.
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AGRICOLA Agriculture (ProQuest)AGRICOLA is a database covering agriculture and related fields containing journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports.
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Art Full TextSearch for articles in fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, film and architecture. Limited to 20 simultaneous users.
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BuildingGreen SuiteFind an array of media and information resources, including full-text access to Environmental Building News, online tools, GreenSpec directory of products, the LEED user web tool, and the High Performance Buildings Database (HPB) containing case studies of projects ranging from homes and commercial interiors to large buildings and even whole campuses and neighborhoods.
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Design and Applied Arts IndexDAAI is an international index to design and craft journals. It contains annotated references from more than 450 design and craft journals, and data on nearly 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. All areas of design and craft are covered, including industrial design, interior design, environmental design, computer aided design, furniture design, ceramics, glass, fashion design, textile design, graphic design, typography, multimedia design, book design, photography, advertising, theatre design, ergonomics, and design management.
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Environmental Engineering AbstractsEnvironmental Engineering Abstracts covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
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Garden, Landscape & Horticulture IndexA resource for access to articles about gardens and plants. Topics include horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design & history.
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GreenFILECollection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)Search journals in the social sciences, including anthropology, history, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, social issues, social work, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, and women's studies. Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. In addition, it is possible to retrieve a list of works that have cited a specific author or a specific earlier work.
Books - Print and Ebooks
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Google BooksA comprehensive index of full-text books available freely online.
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UMN Libraries CatalogThis is a great place to start your research. Start by clicking the down arrow next to the "Go" button and select "Advanced Search"; next choose the button on the top of the screen for "Libraries Catalog". MNCAT Discovery searches the Libraries catalog and multiple online resources to give you an overview of the available resources that cover your topic.
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HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC)Nearly 14 million books from the HathiTrust Library are currently available for analysis, offering various levels of immediate access. Check the HTRC tab on this guide for more information to help you get started.
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WorldCatFind books, journals, articles, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, theses/dissertations, machine-readable data files, and any other materials available in libraries worldwide. All subject areas are covered. Request items through Interlibrary Loan using the ILLiad link on each item's record. A mobile version of this database is available. Limited to 65 simultaneous users.
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ARTstorARTstor is a cross-disciplinary image database. It offers collections of approximately 300,000 art images and descriptive information covering art, architecture and archeology.
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Minnesota Design CenterProvides a useful collection of projects related to urban and rural design.
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University of Minnesota Extension Landscape DesignA tool useful for creating a functional, easy to maintain, environmentally friendly, cost effective and aesthetically pleasing outdoor space for a home yard or garden
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Smithsonian Archives of American GardensProvides access to images and records documenting the evolution of gardens and landscapes throughout the United States.
Library information
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The Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library is located on the East Bank on the second level, 210 Rapson Hall.
Try browsing these call numbers to find relevant books:
- Cultural landscapes - GF41
- Forest landscape design - SB475
- Gardening, horticulture, landscape gardening and landscape architecture bibliography - Z5996-5997
- Landscape architecture - SB469-479
- Urban design - NA9031-9095
Last Updated: Dec 27, 2020 10:33 AM
URL: https://libguides.umn.edu/landscape-architecture