Architecture - Precedents and Case Studies
Avery Index and Avery Tutorial
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index provides specialized search capability for architectural articles spanning from the 1930s to the present day, including related topics such as landscape architecture and city planning. It is especially useful in helping to track down paper-based plans, sections, elevations, details and other technical images that may not have been digitized.
Browsing the NA section
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Library of Congress Classification: NNA is the subset "call number" of the N (arts) book section devoted to architecture. The NA section has it's own subdivisions that you can browse referencing the link above.
GET HELP
There are several places to get help in the library on this assignment:
Research Help Desk on the 2nd floor: http://lib.calpoly.edu/research-and-help/get-help/
Architecture & Environmental Design Librarian
805-756-2640
jvesterm@calpoly.edu
Digital Plan Resources*
Building Types Online (*trial paid for through Oct. 14, 2017)
Building Types Online is a resource for the study and practice of architectural design. It includes a large collection of case studies, architectural drawings, and photographs, as well as articles on specific aspects of individual building types.
Please send positive or negative feedback on BTO to Architecture Librarian Jesse Vestermark (jvesterm@calpoly.edu) to aid in making a decision on whether this is worthwhile resource to carry permanently through Kennedy Library.
ARTstor is a searchable database of digital images and associated catalog data accommodating images from all time periods, cultures, and disciplines.
*Provided through Kennedy Library subscriptions and available to registered Cal Poly students and faculty.
Books
OneSearch features an intuitive, mobile-friendly interface that makes it easy to find, cite, save, and share books, ebooks, ejournals, articles, and streaming video from the CSU Libraries. Start from the main search box on the library homepage: http://lib.calpoly.edu/
OneSearch includes CSU+, a new book sharing system for the entire CSU. Through CSU+, students and faculty will have direct access to over 29 million books held by the CSU Libraries; they can request a book from any other campus to be delivered to their home campus within 2-3 days.
SCANNERS
Kennedy Library has four large flatbed scanners on the 2nd floor in the back.
Citation and Credit Lines
For Chicago Manual of Style citation guidelines, consult the tips on the OWL at Purdue's handy website.
