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Useful Shortcuts(1) codes and regulationsAustralian Standards Online BCA: Building Code of Australia Online trade literature selector.com (RAIA) statistics HCCDA: Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive AusStats: Australian Bureau of Statistics (3) databases listing references to articles for all aspects of architecture use AVE: Avery index 1880- RIBA Library online catalogue 1982- ARCH: Australian architecture database 1980- some other Australian databases are BUILD: Australian building construction & engineering 1945-2002 APA-FT: Australian public affairs 1978- STREAMLINE: Australia's natural resources database 1982-2004 Agriculture & Natural Resources Online 1970- for comment, across a range of disciplines and current affairs, see Academic Search Premier Academic OneFile Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre elibrary Australasia among related subject areas try Art & Architecture Complete Geobase (geography; environment) 1980- CEDB: Civil Engineering DataBase 1970- Compendex: Engineering Index 1884- AGRICOLA (agriculture) 1970- BIOSIS previews: biological abstracts 1980- Business Source Complete 1965- ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center 1932- Historical Abstracts (except USA) 1914- Philosopher's index 1940- PsycINFO (psychology, social issues) 1940- CSA Sociological Abstracts 1952- for newspaper comment, international & Australian see Factiva for images try ArtStor - some 300, 000 images in architecture-related areas Has another author referenced an article that you will be listing? Sometimes citation indexing can be useful in architecture. Try Web of Science |
To find information for all aspects of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design try (1) Handbooks, subject encyclopaedias and dictionaries useful sources of reliable information and references to specialist books and articles. (2) Library Catalogue to find information in print or electronic format available through the Barr Smith Library. Click here for a reminder on efficient search techniques. If a print item is in Joint Store or at a campus library,
use [Requests],
from the top of the Cataloue Record, to get the item bought to the Barr
Smith Library.
When the Barr Smith Library doesn't have what you need check - Other
Catalogues (includes Flinders and UniSA)
remember
that you can borrow books from Flinders and
UniSA libraries on your
University of Adelaide card.
or
to see what may be available from other libraries
in Adelaide.
If the item you want is not available locally, you may want to
use the Document
Delivery service to get that item from a library interstate.
(3) Databases for architecture When you want to find comment in articles from journals or newspapers use a database. These are very large files covering many journals over many years. Use the Useful Shortcuts as a reminder of what databases are available. Remember to copy the search strategy that you developed for searching by Keyword (use and. or, not, " ") on the Library Catalogue. The same search strategy is used in the databases. From your results, if a reference doesn't make sense look at Interpreting citations and references or ask your librarian - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other links which may be useful in producing a report Writing in "Plain English" How your list of references should look Image & Copy Centre Information for External students |
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