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"Sk8 skate park set to take a $200,000 improvements jump", City Messenger, 3rd April 2002, page 6 Morgan, Peter. "Skate
balls of fire", Advertiser, 19th December 2000,
page 29. "Board Meeting", Advertiser, 19th December 2000, page 27. "Kiosk for skate park opposed", Advertiser, 19th December 2000, page 5.BIBLIOGRAPHY Borden, Iain. "Beneath
the Pavement, the Beach: Skateboarding, Architecture and the Urban Realm"
in Strangely
familiar: narratives of architecture in the city. London;
New York, Routledge, 1996.
Main Collection 712.05 L257o Remember that you can use a number of databases to find out what
articles have been written on
the
topic. For newspaper comment try Australia/New
Zealand reference centre, ElectricLibrary
and LexisNexis.
Click here for
suggestions for quick ways of effective searching. "City SK8 Wins Award", City Messenger, 6th December 2000, page 13 Web sites
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for background information. Encyclopedia
of architecture, design, engineering & construction.
Wiley, New York, 1990.
Ching, F. D. K. Visual
dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design over a range of activities, building types, and environments. These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with Australian codes. Architect's
data. 3rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell Science Publishers,
2000.
Time-saver
standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data.
2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Finding MORE INFORMATION on the topicUse the Library Catalogue to find books and reports.For an initial search select Basic Search, then from Search by: select Keywords (using and, or, not). Using the Boolean operators will allow you to make your search effective. In the Search for: bar type words to describe your topic, then click on Search. With the AND operator between your search terms, the Catalogue will find records which include each search word. For example: architecture AND sports finds 16 records which include both of these words begining with this stem and finds 2 records.When there are alternative words for a concept, enclose the words within round brackets ( ) and type OR between each word. Where you want both singular and plural forms of a word, truncate the word and add a question mark ? to the stem. For example: (architectur? OR design?) AND (recreation? OR sport?)The resulting search report shows your search strategy and the number of titles which match that search strategy, followed by a numbered list of the titles arranged according to a relevance formula. If you want to see the most recent books first, go to Sort by above the list of titles, and pull down to Date (latest first). Where a title looks useful, click on the title to get the full description, including Subject Heading(s):, Call Number: and number of copies. Note any other words you could use in your search. Use the previous and next icons to move backwards or forwards through the list of titles. Note the range of social and technical topics covered in the titles retrieved. For each title that looks relevant, click on the small check box to the left of the title to create a temporary file of these records, which you can email, print or transfer to disk. Remember to click on Retain Selected before moving to the next page of results. Go to the bottom of the list of titles or individual record for the Save Options box and select Print/Save or Email or Save To Bookbag as required. Where there is a relevant Subject Heading, click on this to get a list of 50 subject headings. Choose a Subject Heading of interest to find records for other books with that Subject Heading. For example: Architecture--Human factors
environmental aspects [leave the default at] all of theseAlternatively, if you are interested in environmental aspects of either architecture or landscape, change the default, for example: environmental aspects [leave the default at] all of these
Use INDEXES and DATABASES to find what articles or papers have been written on your topic.These databases use Boolean operators, in most cases it is safe to use the words AND or OR (with brackets) but there may be other codes used for truncation, such as an asterisk *. Search notes are provided for each database but if you don't get the results you expect, please check with the Architecture Librarian, Kay Leverett.The databases listed below cover information on aspects of sports and recreation architecture. ARCH
- indexes Australian architectural and design journals. click
here for search notes
international databases may provide other ideas,
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