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Where to Find AIADO Articles + Journals + Databases

The Library Search is a Great Starting Point for Books and Articles!

Use the search box below to search almost everything the library has to offer, or visit the library homepage. Checkout the How to Find Articles page in this guide for step-by-step directions!

AIADO & HPres: Best Bet Databases

Sometimes it is beneficial to go straight to databases focusing on the subject you're researching. To see a full list of databases for these subjects - check out these lists for Architecture/Interior Architecture, Designed Objects/Industrial Design, and Historic Preservation. The databases listed below are some of your best bets:

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Citations, abstracts, and full-text coverage for over 780 publications on the subjects of art and art history, antiquities, archaeology, design, architecture, film, and other related subjects. Includes the entirety of the Art Full Text database.
Art Design & Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the full-text of many contemporary art magazines (e.g., Artforum International) plus scholarly journals.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Architecture, historic preservation, interior design, designed objects; plus the Burnham Index to Architectural Literature.
Building Types Online This link opens in a new window
International collection of contemporary buildings: housing, schools, libraries, office buildings, museums, sacred buildings, industrial complexes, hospitals and other building types; approx. 5000 drawings and 2000 photos.
Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window
Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture.
Dis.art This link opens in a new window
A streaming platform for entertainment and education from the Dis collaborative, enlisting leading artists and thinkers to expand the reach of key conversations in contemporary art, culture, activism, philosophy, and technology through short streaming original series and documentaries.
Material Order This link opens in a new window
Utilizing and developing standards and best practices, the Material Order consortium provides a community-based approach to the management of design material collections with federated search access among participating institutions.
World Heritage Sites: Africa (Zamani & Aluka Projects) This link opens in a new window
Visual, contextual, and non-spatial documentation of African heritage sites. These materials serve researchers in African studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, Diaspora studies, folklore and literature, geography, and history, as well as those focused on geomatics, advanced visual and spatial technologies, historic preservation, and urban planning. More downloadable datasets and spatial documentation for the Zamani Project can be found here.

List of all Architecture / Interior Architecture databases @ Flaxman Library

AIADO & HPres Journals + Magazines

Consider exploring these journals relevant to architecture, interior architecture, designed objects and historic preservation to read current conversations and get inspiration. You can also explore more journals and magazines using the search box.

Journal Title Search

Apartamento (Barcelona)
Main Stacks NK1990 .A63 (2017 to present)
Architectural Record Building Types Surveys Index
Free site. Indexes Building Types Studies from 2000 to present, earlier Building Types Studies can be found in the Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals
Contract (San Francisco)
Online archive of past issues (ceased in 2020). Bound copies of the magazine are available in Flaxman Library (in library use only)
Preservation (Washington, D.C.)
Current & Bound Magazines (in library use only)

USModernist This link opens in a new window
Open access digital magazine archive for residential Modernist architecture. See USModernist Library for full-text PDFs of many important design journals from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.