Databases for Architecture Research
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Index covering international, scholarly and popular periodical literature, including publications of professional associations, U.S. state and regional periodicals and major serial publications on the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia. Most records include citations and abstracts only. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles spanning a wide range of fields and going as far back as the 1800s. Coverage for most journals ends 3-5 years ago. - BuildingGreen Suite This link opens in a new window
All content from Environmental Building News, the complete directory of green building products listed in GreenSpec, and more than 200 case studies of high performance buildings with energy data and project details. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar allows you to search across a wide range of academic literature. Set up Scholar Preferences to get links to our library's full-text holdings.
How to use Google Scholar
Find Journals & Newspapers by Title
Check for library access to a specific journal, magazine or newspaper.
Find a Specific Article
Do you have a citation, and need to track down the full text of the article itself?
Select a heading below for instructions on DOI search, WorldCat Discovery, and Google Scholar, and a search box to get you started.
A DOI, or Digital Object Identifier, is a string of numbers and letters used to permanently identify an article or document on the web, usually including the number 10 followed by a period. This information can often be found near the article citation on publishers' websites. If you have an article DOI, you can use this identifier to quickly check for full-text access or initiate your ILL request.
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Copy the string beginning with 10. and everything to the right.
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Append DOI to the "info:doi/" in the box below and click the Search button.
Example: info:doi/10.1108/02640470610689151
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Click Search, then Request through Interlibrary Loan button on the resulting search results page, if applicable.
When searching WorldCat Discovery with the scope set to "Libraries Worldwide," you can find records for articles not directly accessible through the library's subscriptions. To request these materials, click the red "Request through Interlibrary Loan" button on the item detail page.
Enter an article title in the search box below to search Libraries Worldwide.
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Go to guides.norwich.edu/scholar to include NU library links in search results, or use the search box below (see our Google Scholar guide for more details).
When you find an article you'd like to request and no full-text links are available, click the double right pointing angle (») to expose the "Resources @ Norwich" link.
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On the resulting search results page, click the Request through Interlibrary Loan button to initiate your request.
Request Materials from Other Libraries
Request books or articles the library does not have access to via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). About 90% of article requests are filled within 24 hours Monday-Friday.
- Request Materials from Other LibrariesLearn how to use our Interlibrary Loan service to place requests, retrieve articles, and renew items.
- Submit an Interlibrary Loan RequestCreate a new request by manual entry.
- Access Your ILL RequestsCheck on the status of outstanding requests and retrieve received articles