This document provides information about different research resources available at the Kennedy Library including databases, journals, websites and more. It compares searching Google versus academic databases, noting that Google provides free and simple searches but results may be of lower quality, while databases provide quality results through controlled indexing but require payment and more clicks to access. The document also provides examples of architecture and design journal titles and gives guidance on how to search for an article from the journal Houses in various research tools.

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4. Google Wikipedia Entries Google Scholar Wikipedia References Images: ARTstor Wikimedia Commons Flickr Creative Commons Media Resource Center (MRC) Print Journals: Firm & Trade Websites MRC Materials Collection Maps & GIS Architecture & Landscape Architecture Research Diet Google Advanced Search Books: PolyCAT LINK+ ILL Databases: Avery Index Art & Arch Complete Jstor Research Guides Government: .gov (federal) .ca.gov (California) US Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services 2011 Created by Jesse Vestermark Architecture and Environmental Design Librarian

5. Google vs. Academic Databases Free Familiar Simple Results one click away Completely automated Weak advanced search Quality results mixed in with junk and are harder to discern. Paid for by Kennedy Library Unfamiliar Complicated Results several clicks away Human-defined indexing Powerful advanced search Quality assumed, so trustworthy results are easier/quicker to identify.

8. A A V monografias A + T A + U: architecture and urbanism A10: new European architecture AA files Abitare American journal of archaeology Anfione e zeto Annali di architettura Apollo Arca Arcade ArcCA Arch + Archeologie medievale Architect (Australia) Architect (Netherlands) Architect & builder Architect (Washington, D.C.) Architect interieur Architects' journal Architectura: arkitekturhistorisk arsskrift Architectura: Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der Baukunst Architectural design Architectural digest Architectural heritage Architectural history Architectural lighting Architectural record Architectural review Architectural science review Architectural theory review Architecture and design (India) Architecture and ideas Architecture Australia Architecture Boston Architecture Ireland Architecture Minnesota Architecture New Zealand Architecture of Israel: AI Architecture South Africa Architecture today Architektur + Wettbewerbe Architektur, Innenarchitektur, Technischer Ausbau: AIT Archithese Archivos de arquitectura antillana Arkinka …… … . What is most important about the article Houses ?

9. Databases often only tell you what exists , but tell you whether Kennedy has subscribed to the journal containing your article. and especially

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11. FRONT NA Oversize Books & Periodicals (“Ovr”) Call Number Example: NA7126 .G13 (Oversize) NA Regular Size Books & Periodicals

13. Citation Guides

14. DETAIL : Review of Architecture and Construction Details All articles are available for free online! Go thru the MyCalPoly Portal and then PolyCat. 2001 2006 2011 Google Magazines via PolyCat (searchable, but in Spanish only) Database: Art & Arch Complete via PolyCat (searchable “within publication” in English) All articles in Detail are searchable in the database: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

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