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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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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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. Includes the Landscape Journal.
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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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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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UMN LibrariesThis 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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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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Smithsonian Institution Archives of American GardensProvides access to images and records documenting the evolution of gardens and landscapes throughout the United States.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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Digital Public Library of AmericaA searchable online catalog with millions of digitized items to browse, including photos, maps and books, from libraries, archives, museums, and cultural institutions around the United States.
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World Digital LibraryCreated by UNESCO and the Library of Congress, the World Digital Library provides free online access to world cultural treasures. Includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings from a variety of countries.
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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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HathiTrust Digital LibraryThe HathiTrust is a large digital full text of books and other materials. You can search the full text of most items. For older items (in the public domain) anyone can view and download. For items covered under copyright have limited access, except for users with print-reading disabilities who apply for special access to digitized works.
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Google BooksA comprehensive index of full-text books available freely online.
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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.
Library information and Related Programs
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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
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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
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2021 1:37 PM
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