This guide is designed to help new researchers get started on topics related to landscape architecture, including history, design, theory, and ecology.
Start with:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Then try any of the following:
- 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.
- ScienceDirectSearch the abstracts or titles of 1800 Physical Sciences and Engineering publications from Elsevier Science. Access to the full text of articles is available for those journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota. Over 1.2 million articles on ScienceDirect are open access. Articles published open access are peer-reviewed and made freely available for everyone to read, download and reuse in line with the user license displayed on the article. Includes the journals International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability and Landscape and Urban Planning: An International Journal fo Landscape Science, Planning and Design.
- Oxford BibliographiesSearch expert commentary and detailed annotated bibliographies to find high quality sources of information in these areas: African American Studies, African Studies, American Literature, Anthropology, Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Buddhism, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Ecology, Education, Environmental Science, Evolutionary Biology, Geography, Hinduism, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, Linguistics, Literary and Critical Theory, Management, Medieval Studies, Military History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, Renaissance and Reformation, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Studies, Victorian Literature
Also check out:
- American Society of Landscape Architecture - Archives CollectionAn alphabetical list of archival collections related to landscape architecture.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives of American GardensProvides access to images and records documenting the evolution of gardens and landscapes throughout the United States.
- Environmental Design Archives (UC Berkeley)The Environmental Design Archives holds nearly 100 collections documenting the built and landscaped environment. These records span a century, 1890-1990, and contain primary source materials such as correspondence, reports, specifications, drawings, photographs, and artifacts.
Library information and related programs
- Architecture and Landscape Architecture LibraryThe 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
- Minnesota Design CenterAn institution on campus that seeks innovative solutions to the design of physical systems such as infrastructure and open space as well as non-physical systems such as public health or service delivery, helping our region seize the opportunities that lie in the social, technological, environmental, and economic disruptions of our time.
- 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
Last Updated: Nov 17, 2023 2:20 PM
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