UNLV Architecture Studies Library - Searching Periodicals

UNLV Libraries -> Architecture Studies Library -> Finding and Using Resources -> Module 5: Overview -> Searching: periodical (journal, magazine) articles on a topic

How do you find articles? If you are just interested in reading an article on current happenings in the profession you can go to the library's current periodical section and browse through the titles. However, if you want to find articles on a topic, the most efficient approach is to use an index. Indexes list articles by topic. Choosing which index to use is your first decision.

Indexes for finding articles	Advantages	Disadvantages
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals For help go to Searching for scholarly articles	Very comprehensive Architecture/landscape/interiors specific Indexing for over 700 American and international journals	Many journals indexed by the Avery Index are not in the Architecture Studies Library Not full-text
RIBA Online Catalog R I B A = Royal Institute of British Architects	Very comprehensive Architecture/landscape/interiors specific Indexes over 300 periodicals Both books and articles are included	Many journals indexed by the RIBA Index are not in the Architecture Studies Library Not full-text
Art Full Text Index What was once "Art Index" is now encompassed by "Art Full Text"	Art/architecture specific Journals are likely to be in the Architecture Studies Library Some articles full-text Indexing for over 80 architectural journals	Only the most widely-distributed architecture journals are covered
Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)	Art/architecture specific Wide span of years covered Journals are likely to be in the Architecture Studies Library	Only the most widely-distributed architecture journals are covered Not full-text
Academic Search Premier Index	Full-text Will find materials published outside the architecture mainstream	Only a few of the major architecture journals are covered Most of the articles you find will be from popular magazines, such as Time Magazine
JSTOR	Full-text articles from 80 scholarly journals Includes several architecture journals: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1945-[varies] and Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians 1941-1944 Assemblage Burlington Magazine	Limited to only a few architectural titles

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