Architecture

Many research resources are available to Ball State students off campus:

• OneSearch - Searches the library catalog and select University Libraries databases. Use interlibrary Loan to request that University Libraries be delivered to you or to the CAP:INDY Center.
• My Account (OneSearch) - Login to renew checked out materials
• Articles & Databases - Use Interlibrary Loan to request copies of articles from journals on campus.
  • The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - the only database to focus exclusively on topics in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and historic preservation.
  • Kanopy Streaming Films - 30,000+ films, includes documentaries, foreign films, independent films, and more.
  • JSTOR - full text academic journal archive.

For help with finding or using research resources, using Interlibrary Loan, or visiting other Academic Libraries of Indiana.

• Email the Architecture Librarian
• Chat with a reference librarian at Bracken Library
• Call the Architecture Library:  765-285-5857 or email archlib@bsu.edu.
• Call Bracken Library Information Desk:  765-285-1101.
• Call Bracken Library Information Desk:  765-285-5143.
• Call Interlibrary Loan:  765-285-1323 or email interlib@bsu.edu.

See also:

• Research Guide for Online and Distance Education

University Libraries Interlibrary Loan will deliver books from the Architecture Library or Bracken Library to your home address or the CAP Indy Center. The library will ship the books to you for free, but you are responsible for getting the books back to campus.

To have books delivered to you:

1. Search OneSearch for books.
    
2. Look for the Request the item with Interlibrary Loan / ILLiad link in the OneSearch record for the book.
   
   
    
3. If signing up for the first time, be sure to select "Distance Ed Grad" in the Status menu.
   
   
   If you're already signed up, you can check your status by logging in to the University Libraries' Interlibrary Loan system and going to your Profile.
   
4. Fill out a New Request for a book or article (see menu on left side of screen).
   
    
5. If you would like the book shipped to the CAP Indy Center instead of your home address, specify this in the Note box.
   

If the book is checked out, you'll need to hold/recall the book and then have it sent to you via Interlibrary Loan:

1. Login to OneSearch:
   
2. Click Request, and set the Pickup Location to Bracken Library.
   

Ball State students may also use other Indiana libraries in ALI, the Academic Libraries of Indiana, such as the IUPUI Library, to check out materials. To use an ALI library:

1. Obtain an ALI Borrower's Card from Bracken Library.
    
2. Take your ALI Borrower's Card, your Ball State ID, and a photo ID with current address when you visit participating ALI Libraries.

More information on ALI from the University Libraries.