Reference Resources

• Collections
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias Etc.

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Collections

• Credo Reference
  Searches the Dictionary of Architecture & Construction and The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture (cited below), as well as many other encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations. .

• Oxford Reference Online
  Searches Dictionary of Architecture (cited below), as well as many other specialized dictionaries and reference works.

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Dictionaries

Sources for definitions of architectural concepts and terms:

• Curl, James Stevens. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Achitecture, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
• Curl, James Stevens. Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA31 .C86 1999

• Harris, Cyril M., ed. Dictionary of Architecture & Construction, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
• Harris, Cyril M., ed. Dictionary of Architecture & Construction, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA31 .H32 2000

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Encyclopedias Etc.

A good starting point for information about architects, buildings, places, and architectural concepts.

• archINFORM
  Online database for international architecture. Includes biographical information on architects, data on specific projects, and references to books, articles, and other source materials.
  

• Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA680 .C625 1994

• Encyclopedia of Architecture Design, Engineering & Construction. 5 vols. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA31 .E59 1988

• Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. 3 vols. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA680 .E495 2004
  Great starting point for research on 20th century topics. Entries include helpful bibliographies.
  

• Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA208 .E53 1997

• Global Architecture Book. 13 vols. Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1981.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA680 .G58

• The Great Buildings Collection
• Matthews. Kevin. The Great Buildings Collection [CD-ROM]. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1994.
  HUNT FA-REF-4; HUNT MUS-OFC-4 720.9 M43GA
  Documentation of important buildings and architects. The Web site will tell you if there is additional information on the Great Buildings Collection CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is mounted on a PC in the Arts Reference section, and can also be checked out. Project entries may include textual information, photos, drawings, 3-D models, and references.

• Grove Art Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
• The Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. New York: Grove, 1996.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 N31 .D5 1996
  A comprehensive historical encyclopedia of the arts with much coverage of architecture. Online or in print.
  

• International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. 2 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA40 .I48 1993

• Johnson, Donald Leslie and Donald Langmead. Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA680 .J628 1997

• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. 4 vols. New York: Free Press, 1982.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA40 .M25 1982

• Packard, Robert T. Encyclopedia of American Architecture, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1995.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA705 .P3 1995

• The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  

• The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture. London; New York: Phaidon, 2004.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA680 .P378 2004

• Smith, G. E. Kidder. Source Book of American Architecture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA705 .S578 1996