LibGuides: Urban Planning: Home

OneSearch
Search for books, DVDs, building material samples, and other materials in the University Libraries and articles in select databases.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
This article database is the main source for citations of articles on architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and historic preservation.

Description: Key database in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Covers topics such as sustainable design, city planning from 1930s to present, conservation, and restoration. Some full text is included.
Time Period: 19th century to present
Sources: Currently indexes more than 390 journal titles, 2,200 are indexed retrospectively for a total 2,590 titles.
Subject Headings: Architecture and Planning
Primary Materials: Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Reviews

Business Source Complete
An article database; covers city planning and offers full text for several planning journals.

Description: Business Source Complete covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.
Coverage: 1886 to present
Sources: Provides full text for 1,792 current journals and magazines and indexes more than 8,000 titles.
Subject Headings: Business, Architecture and Planning, Education, Communication, Media and Journalism, Social Sciences
Primary Materials: Journal Article, Periodical Articles, Trade Publications, Case Studies, Conference Proceedings, Symposiums, Reports, Grey Literature, Reviews

More Urban Planning Databases
JSTOR, America: History & Life, and more.

WorldCat
Search for books in other libraries and request them through interlibrary loan.

Description: WorldCat is the collected catalog of materials (such as books) owned by more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. Great for exhaustive searches for books on a topic. Look for the "Request via interlibrary loan" link in WorldCat records to borrow items from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan. Use the "Check OneSearch" link in the record to see if we have book first.
Coverage: Antiquity-present
Sources: Over 6 million records
Subject Headings: Art Architecture and Planning, Business, Education, English, Literature and Languages, Health, Medicine, and Nursing, History and Culture, Political Science and Law, Music, Philosophy and Religion, Psychology, Mathematics and Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Primary Materials: Books, e-Books, Archival Materials

Interlibrary Loan
Login to your ILLiad account with your Ball State username and password to place requests or check the status of a request. Or, use the Interlibrary Loan links in WorldCat or databases to request an item.

Architecture Images Collection
The Architecture Images Collection consists of digitized images of 35mm slides from the Architecture Library's David R. Hermansen Slide Collection. The images were photographed by Prof. Hermansen and others on study trips to sites all over the world, the United States, and Indiana. Image subjects include buildings, landscapes, street scenes, interiors, and other features of the built environment. In the University Libraries Digital Media Repository (DMR).
Architecture Images Teaching Collection
The Architecture Images Teaching Collection consists of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban planning images for use by Ball State students and instructors in lectures and class projects. The collection is composed of high quality digital images purchased from vendors and digitized images of select 35mm slides in the Architecture Library’s slide collection. In the University Libraries Digital Media Repository (DMR). [Ball State username and password required]

Videos

Architecture Library DVDs in OneSearch
Ask for DVDs at the Architecture Library Circulation Desk.

Kanopy Streaming Films
Documentaries and educational videos. Browse architecture videos by subject or search by keywords such as: cities, landscape architecture, historic preservation.

Description: Kanopy is a film database containing films from more than 1,000 producers. It includes the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, The Great Courses, News Day Films and more.

Note: Creating a profile allows you to access your Dashboard, where you can create and share a watch list. Here's how you do it, see Creating a Kanopy account near the bottom of the page. Also, Kanopy blocks video viewing on mobile devices in the device's native browser.
Coverage: 1900 to present
Sources: Select from more than 30,000 films.
Subject Headings: Anthropology, Architecture and Planning, Art, Business, Communication, Media and Journalism, Dance, Education, Health, Medicine, and Nursing, History and Culture, Music, Psychology, Mathematics and Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Material Types: Videos
OnArchitecture
Video tours of buildings around the world and interviews with architects.

Description:OnArchitecture is an audiovisual database which focuses on the main trends in architecture around the world. Videos include interviews with architects, editors, and curators. The database has photos of buildings and short articles about them and their architects.
Time Period: 2007 to present
Sources: Contains more than 200 videos.
Subject Headings: Architecture
Primary Materials: Images, Videos
Art and Architecture Video Online (North America)
Description: Art and Architecture in Video is a database with more than 500 hours of documentaries and interviews related to modern and contemporary architecture as well as other periods. The videos include searchable transcripts and tables of contents which allow easy access to specific points in the streaming video.
Time Period: From earliest times to present
Sources: Contains more than 640 videos.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture
Primary Materials: Videos

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