Architectural Design  

• Print Reference Sources
• Codes and Construction
• History, Theory, and Criticism: Architecture and Art
• Finding Images
• Boston Buildings and Neighborhoods
• Domus Map Guides
  

Use these sources to find high-quality images of buildings and other designs by noted architects.

• ARTstor - subscription image database (includes art and architecture) MIT only
• DOME - MIT's digital image repository

Use these tools to help you organize and cite your references:

• Overview of Citation Software
• EndNote
• RefWorks
• Zotero

Most useful

• Avery Index (Primary index for architecture journals) - info
• Art Full Text - info
• Art Index Retrospective - info
• Dissertations and Theses - info
• Oxford Art Online (includes Grove Art Online) - info
• AUTOCAD Users Guide and Tutorials
  

Sustainable Design

• Building Green Suite - info
• GreenSpec Database of Green Building Products (part of Building Green Suite) - info
• High Performance Buildings Database (part of Building Green Suite) - info

Also useful

• Architectural Publications Index - info
• ArchNet - info
• Artbibliographies Modern - info
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index/Web of Science - info - video
• Bibliography of the History of Art - info
• DSpace at MIT - info
• OpenDOAR [Directory of Open Access Repositories] - info
• Tradweb (Custom building and restoration services- formerly PreservationWeb) - info
• ULI Case Studies - info
  • Index for case studies in print at Rotch (1971-1997)

RSS, Email & Table of Contents Alerts

Find new journal articles about your research topic!

There are a number of services via email and RSS for accessing tables of contents of new journal issues and research alerts (results of literature searches you construct, run periodically).

This site will provide links to these services, as well as an explanation of what RSS is and how it works.