This is a quick guide to the major indexes to periodical literature about architecture, architectural history, landscape architecture and the history of landscape architecture. For a more comprehensive list, see our guide to Architecture Indexes & Abstracts http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_articles.html. For more information, consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff. UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using the Library's proxy service or the Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Content reviewed: April 2009. Compiled by Elizabeth D. Byrne.
| Disciplines Covered | Publication Dates Covered | Scope | Formats Covered | Full Text | Abstracts | Links to UC Call Nos. | Reviews | Limits to Peer-Reviewed | |
| Avery Architectural Periodicals Index
UC Only (Columbia Univ., J.Paul Getty Trust, RLG) |
Architecture, Planning, Interior design, Landscape, & more | 1930s--; selectively from 1860s | 2,500 journals worldwide; professional, scholarly, popular | Journal Articles | no | yes (1990s to present) | yes | yes | no |
| Art Full Text
UC Only (H.W. Wilson Co.) |
Architecture, Art, Planning, Film, Design, Landscape, Photography & more | 1984 to present | 460 journals worldwide; professional, scholarly, popular | Journal Articles | yes (20% journals 1997 to present) | yes (1994 to present) | yes | yes | yes |
| Art
Index Retrospective
UC Only (H.W. Wilson Co.) |
Architecture, Art, Planning, Film, Design, Landscape, Photography & more | 1929-1984 | 600 journals worldwide; professional, scholarly, popular | Journal Articles | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Architectural Publications Index
(API Online; R.I.B.A. British Architectural Library) |
Architecture, Construction, Design, Landscape, Planning | 1980s to present, selective older articles | 300 journals worldwide; British, European emphasis | Journal Articles, Books, Drwgs., Mss., Photos in the BAL | no | yes | no | no | no |
