Selected Architecture & Interior Design Databases
See the whole list of Architecture databases
- Art SourceArt, antiques, archaeology, architecture, art history, computers in art, crafts, decorative arts, fashion design, folk art, graphics art, industrial design, interior design, motion pictures, musicology, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, textiles, TV, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews. Includes Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art.
- Arts: SearchArt, design, architecture, Late 19th to early 20th century
Consists of three main databases, all of which are projects to index and digitize backfiles of journals and annuals.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowOver a million images of artworks, photography (artistic and documentary), and the built environment (architectural structures and monuments). Includes furniture and Quick Time Virtual Reality 3-d views of famous architecture!
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. Mostly 1930s to the present.
- Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new windowDesign and craft journals plus data on international designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, and firms. 1973-present.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 This link opens in a new windowOver 9,000 images that illustrate the rise of consumer culture, especially after the American Civil War, and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States. 1850-1920.
Browsing for Architecture & Interior Design Books
Architecture & Interior design books can be found in the NA and NK call number ranges, on the 6th floor shelves and Oversize area on the 6th floor.
Try searching the library catalog keywords like "interior design" "architecture" "interior decorat*" and take note of relevant subject headings that are also links to lists of other books on the same topic.
Search for Architecture & Interior Design Resources in the Library Catalog
Search the library catalog for print and ebook resources related to architecture and interior design. Use keywords like interior design, architecture, and interior decoration.
Finding illustrations or photos of objects, people, paintings, prints, etc.
Our cataloging does mention whether a book is illustrated. The first and simplest way to find a picture of something, is to look for a book about it, then note whether the catalog entry mentions "ill." or “illus.” Those abbreviations mean the book has an illustration or is illustrated.
Also know that "pictorial works," "pictures," "illustration" or “___ in art” are legitimate subject headings that can be combined with any number of keywords to find pictures or illustrations. For example, “flowers in art” is a subject heading, or “birds—pictorial works,” or look at “Pictorial works” as a subject heading alone. It tells you: Search also: subdivision Pictorial works under names of countries, cities, etc., individual persons, families, corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, and topical headings.
