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AASL Core Reference List: Libraries/Spec Coll

Association of Architecture School Librarians Core Reference List

Libraries/Catalogs

The Art Institute of Chicago Ryerson and Burnham Libraries. The Burnham Index to Architectural Literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1989-
Records for articles have been added to the Avery Index, but not local collections information for the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.
Avery Library. Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University. 2nd ed., enlarged. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1968.
19 volumes of photographed cards from the Avery Library catalog.

Special Collections/Catalogs

Avery Library. Architectural Trade Catalogs from the Avery Library, Columbia University, on Microfiche. New York: Clearwater Pub. Co., 1988.
3477 microfiches.
"British Architectural Library Catalogue." Royal Institute of British Architects. Accessed June 16, 2014. http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/webcat.
Ellison, Julie K. American Architectural Books: Based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock Bibliography. A List of Architectural Books Available in America Before the Revolution. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1973.
128 reels on microfilm. Text of books listed in the bibliography American Architectural Books by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Second grouping is books listed in Helen Park's bibliography A List of Architectural Books Available in America Before the Revolution. Index compiled by Julie K. Ellison.
Fowler, Laurence Hall. The Fowler Collection of Early Architectural Books. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1978.
86 reels microfilm. Accompanied by guide.
Harris, Eileen and Nicholas Savage. British Architectural Books and Writers, 1556-1785. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
National Art Library (Great Britain). The Nineteenth Century Books on Art and Architecture. Cambridge, UK: Chadwyck-Healey, 1997.
From the National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum. 10,000 microfiches.
Park, Helen and Julie K. Ellison. American Architectural Books. Supplement Based on the Helen Park List. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1973.
14 microfilm reels. Accompanied by: index to the microfilm edition of American Architectural Books, compiled by Julie K. Ellison.
Placzek, Adolf K. and Angela Giral. Avery's Choice: Five Centuries of Great Architectural Books: One Hundred Years of an Architectural Library, 1890-1990. New York: G.K. Hall, 1997.
Royal Institute of British Architects. Catalogue of the Royal Institute of British Architects Library. 2 vols. London: The Royal Institute of British Architects, 1937-38.
Savage, Nicholas. Early Printed Books, 1478-1840: Catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints Collection. 5 vols. London: Bowker-Saur, 1994-2003.
Schimmelman, Janice Gayle. Architectural Books in Early America: Architectural Treatises and Building Handbooks Available in American Libraries and Bookstores Through 1800. 1st ed., 2nd print, rev. and exp. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999.
Sokol, David M. American Architecture and Art: A Guide to Information Sources. American Studies Information Guide Series, vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1976.