Architecture, Design and Planning Databases
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| Acumen Acumen is The Australian Institute of Architects’ new practice advisory service for architects. Acumen aims to provide architects with the most relevant and up-to-date advisory material and news about managing an architectural practice and managing architectural projects.  |
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| AHB : Australian Heritage Bibliography via Informit Online (1987 - present) Produced by the Australian Heritage Commission, AHB references published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment. Emphasis is placed on reports written or commissioned by government and non-government heritage agencies throughout the country. Includes publications on national parks; endangered species; coasts; forests; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; world heritage sites; aboriginal rock art sites, ceremonial grounds and sacred sites; important historical and archaeological sites, and historic buildings and structures; and historic towns and precincts. |
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| Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals via EBSCO (1934-present) International coverage of architecture, design and planning research. |
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| ARCH : Australian Architecture Database via Informit Online (1980-present) Australian material in the areas of architecture, design and planning. Useful for searching for material on specific Australian regions. |
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| Pidgeon Digital (1979-present) Recordings of illustrated talks by architects and designers. |
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| ScienceDirect Searchable full-text journals from Elsevier publishers. A good generic database covering all subjects. |
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| Scopus Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. Jan 2012: Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) not currently supported in Document Download Manager |
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| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge (1900-present) A large multi-disciplinary database with a good coverage of architecture, design and planning. It provides citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas. |
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| ABS : Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical, Census and reference information. Useful for urban design researchers and urban and regional planners. |
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| ACM Digital Library (1985 - present) Contains bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) periodicals and proceedings on computer science and engineering as well as more general computing topics |
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| APA-FT : Australian Public Affairs Full Text via Informit Online (1978-present) Australian material in the areas of architecture, design and urban planning, as well as the related disciplines of sociology and social policy. |
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| API : Architectural Publications Index (1977-present) Architecture, design and planning references indexed by the British Architectural Library. Available from Additional Databases icon on all Library computers. Click on the Architecture folder to access. |
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Art Index via Ebsco (1929-present) International coverage of architecture, design and art. |
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| ARTstor International collection of digital art images. ARTstor has specific technical requirements. |
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| ATRI : Australian Transport Index (1976 - present) Covers road safety, transport economics, transport administration, intelligent transport systems, transport and the environment, public transport, road and airfield pavements, road design and engineering, traffic engineering and control, vehicle design and safety, and soil and rock mechanics. Useful for Planning students |
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| Audio Engineering Society On-line Electronic Library (1953-present) Useful for audio and acoustics researchers. A full text collection of all journal articles, convention preprints and conference papers published by the Audio Engineering Society. |
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| Australian Standards Full text access to current Australian Standards, Draft Standards, and handbooks. Useful for architectural and design science researchers. (Access to all Australian Standards, 43 ISO Standards, 2 EN Standards Only) To access/unlock any non-subscribed Standards, please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian. To "unlock a Standard" means to submit a print purchase request to the Library; it will not provide online access. Please remember to Logout! |
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| BCA : Building Code of Australia Use BCA Illustrated. ( |
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| BCA Illustrated BCA Illustrated is an electronic version of the Building Code of Australia / National Construction Code, enhanced with over 3000 explanations and illustrations designed to assist with interpreting the BCA as it applies to your building. Useful for architectural and design science researchers. The BCA is produced and maintained by the Australian Building Board on behalf of the Commonwealth Government and each State and Territory Government. To access full text, click BCA Illustrated Online Edition Subscriber Login - Click Here at top. Click Log Out when finished. |
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| BEDP Environment Design Guide Online
Aims to provide building design professionals with accurate, accessible, professional literature on how to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment. |
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| Business Source Premier via EBSCO (1922-present) Covers business and management material, and is particularly useful for facilities management and urban and regional planning researchers. |
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| CData Online 2006 Allows you to create your own tables of Census data on a range of topics such as, age, education, housing, income, transport, religion, ethinicity, occupation and more. |
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| DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index via Proquest (1973-present) Useful for design and studio art related journals. Includes architecture, computer aided design, industrial design and object design. |
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| Dissertations & Theses: Full Text via ProQuest (1861-present) Useful for locating doctoral dissertations and master's theses in the areas of architecture, design and planning. Full text access is available from 1997 onwards. |
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| Expanded Academic ASAP via InfoTrac (1980-present) Useful multidisciplinary database for architecture and design, urban planning, media, humanities and social sciences research. |
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| Factiva ) (1986-present Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from Australian and overseas media sources. 15 concurrent users only. Also use Proquest Newsstand databases for international & recent Australian news coverage. |
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| Geobase via Engineering Village (1980-present) Geobase covers physical and human geography, ecology, and development studies. Useful for urban designers and urban and regional planners. |
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| Geoscience Australia GEODATA Datapacks |
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| Google Scholar Searches the Internet for academic internet sites. Useful when searching for architecture, design and planning websites. |
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| GreenFILE via EBSCO (1955-present) Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment. Useful for urban and regional planners, urban designers, environment and behaviour researchers, and sustainable design researchers. |
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| IEEE Xplore (1950 - present) Provides full text access to high quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Includes IEEE and IEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus selected content back to 1950 and all current IEEE standards. |
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| Inspec via OvidSP (1969-present) Useful for researching the following areas: computing and information technology, electronics, engineering, and communications. |
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| JSTOR Full-text of major academic journals and scholarly literature from around the world. The last five years are not available in this database. Includes 22 Architecture and Architectural History titles and 77 titles covering Art and Art History. |
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| Proquest Arts Research Search a number of Arts & Humanities databases together (including ArtBibliographies Modern, DAAI, Music, Performing Arts, Newspapers and Theses) and retrieve many full-text articles. |
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| Proquest Central (formerly Proquest 5000) (1900-present) Useful multidisciplinary database for architecture and design, urban planning, media, humanities and social sciences research. |
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| Proquest Newsstand databases Search a wide range of international and Australian newspapers in ANZ Newsstand, Canadian Newsstand, and Proquest Newsstand. ANZ Newsstand covers Australian and New Zealand newspapers published by Fairfax Australia and News Ltd, AAP newswires and ABC transcripts. Key titles included: The Age (1/9/1996 - ), The Australian (2001- ), Canberra Times (21/5/2007 -), Courier Mail (Feb 2001 -), Sun Herald (1/9/1996 - ), Sunday Age (1/9/1996 - ), The Sydney Morning Herald (1/8/1996). Content list. Use Factiva for access to ANZ titles prior to these dates. |
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| Scirus Searches the Internet for academic internet sites. Useful when searching for architecture, design and planning websites. |
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| Sociological Abstracts via Proquest (1952-present) Covers sociology and other related social science disciplines. Useful for researching areas where architecture, design and planning overlap with social issues. |
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| Spatial Information eXchange (SIX) Enables users to integrate and view a wide selection of NSW spatial datasets, including property, cadastral and topographic information, satellite data and aerial photography. Requires a plugin to be installed. Mac users go to SIX Lite |
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| Synthesis Digital library of Engineering and Computer Science The Synthesis Digital library of Engineering and Computer Science is composed of electronic lectures authored by an expert in the fields of Engineering and Computing science. |
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