Penn Libraries resources Spring/Summer 2020
All Penn Libraries are currently closed until further notice due to COVID-19. This guide is intended to help you navigate online resources during this period. Please be sure to log in with your Pennkey on the Libraries home page before starting. For updated information, please check https://www.library.upenn.edu/blogs/libraries-news/covid-19-libraries-policies-and-information. For personalized help, please reach out to me via the buttons in my profile - by email, by scheduling a virtual appointment, or by chat.
Services and tools
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BrowZineBrowse scholarly journals by subject
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Digital ILLSubmit requests for access to chapters and articles
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Lean Library browser extensionFor help determining off-campus access to online resources
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LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)Online courses and tutorials on all subjects
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Penn Libraries Virtual Computer LabFollow the link to register for remote access to NVivo and ArcGIS
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Zotero citation helpHelp with citations and formatting. Contact Sophie through the link!
Libraries databases, broadly
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Guide to accessing electronic resourcesand help with proxy troubleshooting
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List of Penn Libraries databasesSearch by title or subject
Related guides to Penn Libraries
Art and Design eBook resource suggestions
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Art & Architecture ePortalA product of Yale University Press, access to some university press art and architectural history publications, as well as image resources
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HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access ServiceFull text access to many design related books and journals, pre- and in-copyright. Find individual titles in Franklin, or log in using University of Pennsylvania for temporary access to some in-copyright items. Please note: Hathi provides access to only one copy of an ebook per each print book held by Penn.
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HathiTrust ETA FAQInformation on accessing temporary Hathi material
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List of individual ebook platformsYou can search these interfaces individually for titles if logged in with Pennkey
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Shortcut to Franklin - past 30 daysShortcut to Franklin catalog results, displaying online titles added in the past 30 days
Art and Design database suggestions
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Art & Architecture SourceDatabase for searching art and architecture journals. Includes full text.
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ArtFilms DigitalTrial of streaming video collection offering access to over 5000 films aimed at arts education and arts practitioners
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ArtstorIncludes Artstor images as well as Penn's Image Collection, Materials Library, and some Kislak and Archives collections
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Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsAvery is an index so provides citations only
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CompendexEngineering database that overlaps with architectural disciplines
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DIS.artStreaming art film platform (formerly a magazine) focusing on studio art, historic preservation and art history
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Electronic Arts IntermixStreaming platform for video and media art
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JSTORFull text access to chapters and articles across disciplines. Some access does not include most recent years.
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Material ConneXionDatabase for material research
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OECD iLibraryResources on energy, environment, and transport
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Pidgeon DigitalTrial of archive of over 200 architect talks and transcripts
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RotundaTrial includes Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia
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SAGE Research MethodsHandbooks on quantitative and qualitative research
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VoxGov AcademicUS government info sourced from government websites
Librarian for Design and History of Art
Librarian for Art & Architecture
Shannon Robinson
Contact:
smrob@upenn.edu
she/her/hers
Non-Penn online resources
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Airtable2-year free account if you sign up with your student email
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Free Library of PhiladelphiaIf you have a public library account, use resources such as OverDrive for ebook and streaming options
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Guggenheim Museum book collection200+ books on modern art on the Internet Archive
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USModernistOpen digital collection of major US 20th-century architecture magazines