Article Databases

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries holds 100s of subscriptions to article databases and 1000s of subscriptions to periodicals in paper and online, including about 100 subscriptions to architecture periodicals.

Research Tips

• Search article databases to find citation information (i.e. author, title, journal name, date, etc.) for articles published in periodicals. Some article databases include full-text articles. Most article databases are specialized by discipline. Many databases will require WebVPN for access if you are on wireless or off campus.

• Use databases for architecture to search for articles in architecture periodicals.

• Use additional selected databases for related disciplines to search for articles in fields such as art, design, engineering, business, computation, psychology, technology, and so forth. For additional databases see Databases by Subject.

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  Try MetaLib to search multiple article databases (and library catalogs) simultaneously. Beta version.

• Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory if you want to learn which database includes articles from a specific periodical. Search on the periodical title. Then choose the <Abstracting/Indexing & Article Access> tab.

• Electronic full-text articles may be available through some databases and through Carnegie Mellon's online subscriptions to some periodicals (e-Journals). Full-text articles may or may not include illustrations.

• Choose the <Advanced Search> interface for more flexible searching that will often lead to better results.

• To locate an article from a database search note the name of the periodical, the volume number and date of the issue that you need, and the page numbers of the article. When using the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals look for the line that says <In:>. See sample citation.

• Use to learn about ways to obtain an article. When there is no Get It button, search for the periodical in Cameo by choosing a <Periodical Title> search and entering the name of the periodical.

• Carnegie Mellon recieves a wide variety of U.S. and foreign architectural periodicals. See Architecture Journals list. Most periodicals owned by Carnegie Mellon are found on the third floor of Hunt Library.

• Carnegie Mellon may not own the periodical issue that you need. Articles that Carnegie Mellon does not own in paper or electronic full-text may be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

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Databases for Architecture

• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  ca. 1900- . (Updated daily.)
  The most extensive index to architectural periodicals. Use the "Advanced Search" mode for more flexible online searching.

• RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue Online
  articles ca. 1984-. (Updated daily.)
  The catalog of the Royal Institute of British Architects library includes both books AND articles. It is especially strong in foreign periodical titles. Search results for articles are labeled ARTICLES. The catalog also includes citations to other RIBA collections.
  

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Selected Databases for Related Disciplines

• Art: Art Abstracts, Art Index Retrospective, ARTbibliographies Modern
• Art History: Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
• Business: ProQuest Direct, LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
• Computation (including CAAD): INSPEC, CumInCAD
• Design: Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
• Engineering: Ei Compendex
• Environmental Psychology: PsychINFO
• General purpose: ProQuest Direct, Infotrac Web: Expanded Academic ASAP, ArticleFirst, PapersFirst
• History: America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts
• Planning and Geography: GeoBase
• Technology: Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (ASTA), INSPEC, NTIS
• Find many more additional databases for various disciplines at: Databases by Subject.

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Full-Text Articles

Some articles are available with full-text online. In most cases, these articles need to be accessed through the Carnegie Mellon Libraries web site.

Look for links to full-text articles in database results. Some full-text, for example, is available through Proquest Direct for periodicals including:

• Architecture
• Architectural Record
• Architectural Review

See also the eJournals A-Z, the most complete listing of Carnegie Mellon's subscriptions to online full-text periodicals.

Architecture-related periodicals with some full-text available to Carnegie Mellon users include:

• Automation in Construction
• Building and Environment
• Design Studies
• Energy and Buildings
• Environment and Behavior
• Environment and Planning
• Facilities
• Grey Room
• International Journal of Architectural Computing
• Journal of Architectural Engineering
• Journal of Architecture
• Journal of Environmental Psychology