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- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles in architecture and design.
- Drawing upon 1000 journals, the Avery Index provides bibliographic citations on archeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture. Five concurrent users allowed.
- Coverage Dates: 1930-
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: OCLC FirstSearch
- 5 concurrent users
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=aver-uga1
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- Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and linked full text relating to gardens, landscaping, and plants.
- Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index provides access to articles about gardens and plants, including topics such as horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. A highlight of the database is its focus on environmentally sustainable horticultural and design practices. This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design & history. It covers more than 300 core serial titles that include general gardening titles of national, international, and regional interest, and titles devoted to specialty gardens and plant groups.
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbga
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Related / Narrower Databases
- America: History & Life
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
- America: History & Life is the premier bibliographic citation tool for the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It covers 2,000 English language historical journals including selected local history journals. The database also includes citations to dissertations and book reviews in American and Canadian history. Articles dealing with geographic areas other than the U.S. or Canada must also deal with North America to be included in America: History and Life. The history of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Latin America and countries of the Eastern Hemisphere are covered in its companion database, Historical Abstracts.
- Coverage Dates: 1954-
- Updated: Ongoing
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbal
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- Historical Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles on world history 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
- Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, are covered in its companion database, America: History and Life). It provides bibliographic citations and article abstracts on all aspects of history from over 2,000 scholarly journals, dissertations and selected books.
- Coverage Dates: 1954-
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbha
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- LexisNexis Academic
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
- Title List
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- AGRICOLA (agricultural sciences)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to publications on all aspects of agriculture and agricultural research.
- AGRICOLA contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library and covers every major agricultural subject. The citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, patents, software, and other materials on a broad range of agricultural topics.
- Coverage Dates: 1979 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbag
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- Art Index
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of articles on art history, fine and applied arts, and related fields.
- Art Index has broad general coverage of the visual arts and some performing arts. Subjects covered include: archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, landscape architecture, film, fine arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, and photography. Indexing coverage includes over 400 periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins published in English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish. The coverage goes back to 1984.
Art Index Retrospective is a companion database with similar coverage for the years 1929-1984.
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- Coverage Dates: 1984 - present
- Updated: Daily
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: H.W. Wilson
- 8 simultaneous users
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=artd-uga1
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- Art Index has broad general coverage of the visual arts and some performing arts. Subjects covered include: archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, landscape architecture, film, fine arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, and photography. Indexing coverage includes over 400 periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins published in English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish. The coverage goes back to 1984.
- Art Index Retrospective
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles and reproductions of works of art in art journals.
- The Art Index Retrospective cumulates the printed Art Index volumes 1-32 published between 1929-1984. This bibliographic database lists articles from sources published worldwide, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
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- Coverage Dates: 1929 - 1984
- Updated: Complete
- Title List
- Languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Database Provider: H.W. Wilson
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xair-uga1
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- The Art Index Retrospective cumulates the printed Art Index volumes 1-32 published between 1929-1984. This bibliographic database lists articles from sources published worldwide, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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- ScienceDirect
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.
- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Biographical Sources
- Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840
Call Number: Main Ref NA996.C6- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects
Call Number: Main Ref NA40.M25- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Pioneers of American Landscape Design
Call Number: Main Ref SB469.9.P56 2000- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Books
- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- NetLibrary (full-text electronic books)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A collection of electronic books (eBooks) on most topics, including computers and technology.
- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Users can create an account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface. A personal login is required when accessing through library catalogs and through the NetLibrary web site.
NetLibrary Titles Index for Shared Collections 1 and 2 (at SOLINET).
Database provider: NetLibrary, a Division of OCLC.
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Updated: Collections are closed.
- Database Provider: netlibrary
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Construction Manuals
- The Access Board
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This independent federal agency website provides the full text of a wide array of federal rules and regulations on ADA building compliance. Among the texts is the ADA Accessibility Guideline for Buildings and Facilities.
- URL: http://www.access-board.gov/
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- Graphic Standards for Landscape Architecture
Call Number: Main (7th floor) SB472.G73- Location: Main Library Only
- Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture: Design and Construction Data
Call Number: Main Ref SB475.9.S72.T55- Extensively illustrated with drawings, plans and photographs. Provides site-specific design data for a variety of public sites, from bus stops to baseball diamonds. Covers building materials as well as plant materials.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of Gardening
Call Number: Main Ref SB450.95.D53- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- A Dictionary of Landscape Architecture
Call Number: Main Ref SB469.25.M67- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus On Line
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains 125,000 terms relating to art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, and archival materials. Entries for each term provide a definition and show each term in relation to a broader hierarcy of concepts. Entries also provide links to related terms, sources for the data, and notes.
- URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/
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- Hortus Third
Call Number: Science Ref SB45.B220- Location: Science Library Reference Collection
- The Oxford Companion to Gardens
Call Number: Main Ref SB469.25.O95- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Call Number: Main Ref NA31.F55 1998- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Plant Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- From the main screen, select "Plants of Horticulture" to enter a searchable database of nearly 4,000 images and descriptions of species and cultivars. Created by Ohio State University.
- URL: http://hcs.osu.edu/plantfacts/plant
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Guides/Handbooks
- Information Sources in Urban Regional Planning: A Directory and Guide to
Call Number: Main Ref HT165.5.D87- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Landscape Architecture Sourcebook: A Guide to Resources on the History
Call Number: Main Ref SB470.53.L3637- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Images/Photographs
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
Online Access: On/Off CampusLandscape and Architecture Images from the UGA College of Environment and Design.
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library, a joint project between the College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia and the Digital Library of Georgia, will contain 1500 images of important and representative architectural sites and landscapes in the state with an emphasis on Athens and Middle Georgia. The collections, held at the Owens Library in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia, consist of color slides and black and white photographs taken from the 1940s through the 1980s by Owens and Linley. Owens, former dean of the University of Georgia's School of Environmental Design, taught landscape architecture at the university from 1928 to 1973 and designed the Founders Memorial Garden, a tribute to the first Garden Club in America. Linley, author of The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: A Guide to the Architecture of the State and Architecture of Middle Georgia, was a faculty member from 1963 to 1986.
- Database Provider: galileo
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=larc
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- Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) from the Library of Congress provides access to about 65% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about one million digital images in all. Image collections include environment and architecture, people, and historic events.
- URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
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- Plant Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- From the main screen, select "Plants of Horticulture" to enter a searchable database of nearly 4,000 images and descriptions of species and cultivars. Created by Ohio State University.
- URL: http://hcs.osu.edu/plantfacts/plant
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Organizations/Associations
- American Planning Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Homepage for the American Institute of Certified Planners
- URL: http://www.planning.org/
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- American Society of Landscape Architects
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Information on job opportunities, continuing education professional conferences, publications and news briefs.
- URL: http://www.asla.org/
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- CELA: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains a faculty directory for US and Canadian landscape architecture schools, as well as conference, publication, jobs and other professional information. It also has a searchable database of landscape architecture related websites.
- URL: http://www.thecela.org/
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Supply Catalogs
- The Electronic Bluebook of Building and Construction
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Over 800,000 regional classified listings and 46,000 display ads.
- URL: http://thebluebook.com/497/register.old.htm
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- Landscape Architecture Magazine's Product Profiles and Directory
Call Number: Main Ref SB469.33.L36- Annual supplement to the journal Landscape Architecture.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Landscape Construction Manufacturer Directory
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.la-info.com/
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- Sweets Group
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://sweets.construction.com/
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- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.thomasregister.com/
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Web Subject Guides
- Artifact: Best of the Web for Arts and Creative Industries
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Created through a partnership between the University of the Arts London, CALIM, South Cheshire College and Manchester University, this web directory includes links in several arts-related subject areas including architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual arts.
- URL: http://www.artifact.ac.uk
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- cyburbia.org: Internet Resources for the Built Environment
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A comprehensive directory of internet resources on planning, architecture, urbanism and other related topics. Also contains links to architecture and planning related mailing lists and newsgroups and hosts several interactive message boards.
- URL: http://www.cyburbia.org
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- GardenWeb
Online Access: On/Off Campus- One of the largest all-purpose gardening site on the web, with discussion groups, directories, a bookstore and a botanical dictionary.
- URL: http://www.gardenweb.com/
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