New Year, New Guides

For those of you conducting architecture-related research, we have updated our two Research Guides. Tulane University Libraries employ LibGuides, a content management system developed by the folks at Springshare. In January, we migrated to LibGuides 2.0 v2 and these are the results.

Depending on the nature of your inquiry, either of the guides may be more beneficial than the other. One focuses on general architecture research, and the other is more specific to historic preservation and heritage conservation issues. For genealogists conducting research regarding ancestral properties, the historic preservation guide may prove the most helpful.

Historic Preservation Research Guide
http://libguides.tulane.edu/historic_preservation

Architecture Research Guide
http://libguides.tulane.edu/architecture

New Year, New Guides

We've made some new year changes to our research guides:

Architecture Research Guide
http://libguides.tulane.edu/architecture

Historic Preservation Research Guide
http://libguides.tulane.edu/historic_preservation

Architecture Directories, Portals and Dictionaries Online

archINFORM
An international architecture database incorporating information related to some 18,000 built and unbuilt projects, with greatest concentration related to 20th-century architecture.

Cyburbia: Urban Planning Community
Portal and forum website for an international community of urban planners. Users need to create an account and password for participation.

EMPORIS
An open platform that allows users to contribute information (including images) related to any building, with worldwide coverage. Basic information is publicly available for free, but a subscription may be required for more detail. The database can be searched by building or by city.

Glossary of Preservation Terms
Dictionary of select subject terms developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation Library (NTL).

Great Buildings
A gateway to international architecture that includes timelines of architects and major monuments, bibliographies, maps, and web links.

INTUTE: Arts and Humanities
Based in the United Kingdom, INTUTE is a free online directory to more than 21,000 web resources.

Oxford Art Online [click on "Grove Dictionary of Art Online" TULANE subscription database]
Access to Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms. Great resource if you want information about a historical style, biography of an architect, definition of architectural terminology.

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
An extensive portal with links to exhibitions, events, book reviews and access to RIBApix, a visual database of photographs, drawings and engravings.