Guides: ARCH 8120: Architectural Research Methods: Databases

Searching

Tips for Searching
Ways to structure your keywords, operators, and truncations for better searching in the catalog and databases.
Inter-Library Loan Requests
Can't find an article or other resource at Penn? Place a request via ILL. To request books not at Penn, try BorrowDirect or EZBorrow first.

Databases by Subject

The following links are lists of databases in Franklin grouped by broad disciplines:

Reading application

BrowZine
Platform for browsing and reading online journals across disciplines

Citation Searching

These databases cover a wider range of topics than many of the others covered in this guide. They also allow for citation searching. You can use these to find out if and where a paper has been cited since its publication.

Scopus
Indexes most peer reviewed journals in science, technology, and medicine, and many in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Scopus also includes a number of trade publications and conference papers, and can perform author and affiliation searching.
Web of Science
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address, as well as for articles that cite a known author or work.
Google Scholar
Access to Google Scholar with Penn-only links to full-text articles. Once authenticated through Penn's proxy, full-text articles to which Penn Libraries subscribe will become available within the Google Scholar search results.

Online Reference

AccessEngineering
An engineering reference and teaching platform that delivers world-renowned, interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools.
Knovel
Reference materials in the fields of engineering and applied sciences.
MADCAD
Access to building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes primarily from the United States, but including some international resources.

Architectural History & Theory

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Get citations for articles on all aspects of the built environment from this comprehensive index.

Art & Architecture Source
Database for searching art and architecture journals. Includes full text.

Design and Applied Arts Index
Get abstracts for design and applied arts articles published from 1973 onwards.

Engineering, Energy & Environment

Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
Principal index for the scholarly, professional, and policy literature on the environment.
Compendex
Compendex covers journals and conference proceedings in all areas of engineering. Controlled vocabulary helps you to locate a wide range of information on your topic.
MathSciNet
Principal index for mathematics literature.
OSTI.gov
Provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), this database contains bibliographic records for a variety of content on energy and energy-related scientific and technical topics.
OECD iLibrary
Source for statistics and publications from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).
EIA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. Key site for current U.S Energy statistics and reports.
NREL
U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
E&E News
News site dedicated to Energy and Environmental issues.

Multidisciplinary

JSTOR
Access back issues of core scholarly journals in all disciplines.
EBSCO MegaFILE
Covering every area of academic study and general interest subject area.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
Search global dissertations as well as those submitted by the University of Pennsylvania.