Environmental Design Library @ UC Berkeley

Sacred Space: Resources

• Key Terms to search for books & articles
• Research Guides
• Bibliographies & Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias & Atlases
• Directories & Guidebooks
• Planning & Programming
• Design
• Color and Pattern
• History
• Indexes - for articles
• Journals
• Images - links to sites
• Libraries & Borrowing Information

Use this guide to locate resources on the design of sacred spaces. Consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff for further information.
Compiled by Susan Koskinen, updated by David Eifler. Content reviewed: .

Key Terms & Subject Headings

Use to find books in OskiCat and Melvyl & articles in the indexes.

Research Guides

• Building Science Resourceshttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_buildingscience.html
• Vernacular Architecture & Landscape Architecturehttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/vernacular.html

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Bibliographies & Dictionaries

• Adaptive reuse of churches: a bibliography of recent periodical literature / Mary Ellen Huls. Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, [1986].
  EnvDesign NA200.A12 A7 no.1596 Index
• Cities and churches : an international bibliography / by Loyde H. Hartley; foreword by Martin E. Marty. Metuchen, N.J.: American Theological Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 1992.
  GTU Lib BV637 .H37 1992 Reference
  Main BV637.A12 H37 1992 v.1-3
• Early Christian and Byzantine architecture: an annotated bibliography and historiography / W. Eugene Kleinbauer. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, c1992.
  EnvDesign NA360.C56.A12.K55 1992 Reference *very good for sources for building elements.
• Religion and the American experience, 1620-1900: a bibliography of doctoral dissertations, Arthur P. Young and E. Jens Holley, comps. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
  Main BL2424 A12 Y686 1992
• Religion and the American experience, the twentieth century: a bibliography of doctoral dissertations, Arthur P. Young and E. Jens Holley, comps. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
  Main BL2424 A12 Y68 1994
• Romanesque architecture: a bibliography / Martin Davies. New York, NY : G.K. Hall, c1993.
  EnvDesign NA390. A12.D38 1993 Reference

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• Art & architecture thesaurus. Supplement 1 / Toni Petersen, director. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992
  EnvDesign Z695.1.A7 A76 1990 Suppl. Index
• The concise dictionary of architectural and design history / Frederic H. Jones.Los Altos, Ca.:Crisp Publications,1992.
  EnvDesign NA31 .J62 1992 Reference desk
• The concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church /E.A.Livingstone. 2nd ed.Oxford :Oxford Univ Press, 2000.
  GTU Lib BR95 .O82 2000
• Dictionary of Islamic architecture / Andrew Petersen. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
  EnvDesign NA380. P43 1996 Reference
• Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art / James Hall ; introd. by Kenneth Clark. Rev. ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1979, c1974.
  EnvDesign N7560 .H34 1979b Reference
  Main N7560.H34
• Glossary of art, architecture & design since 1945 / John A. Walker; foreword by Clive Phillpot. 3rd ed., rev., enl., and illustrated. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1992.
  EnvDesign N34 .W341 1992 Reference desk
• Historical dictionary of Reformed Churches / Robert Benedetto, Darrell L. Guder, Donald K. McKim. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
  GTU Lib BX9415 .B46 1999 Reference Collection
  Doe Refe BX9415 .B46 1999
• Oxford Art Online http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ UCBOnly Contains articles on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography from prehistory to the present day.
• Pocket dictionary of theological terms / Stanley J. Grenz, David Guretzki & Cherith Fee Nordling. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, c1999.
  GTU Lib BR95 .G66 1999 Reference Collection

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Encyclopedias & Atlases

• Case studies in archaeology and world religion : the proceedings of the Cambridge Conference / edited by Timothy Insoll. Oxford : Archaeopress, c1999.
  Anthro CC51 .C37 1999
• The design encyclopedia / Mel Byars. New York : Wiley, c1994.
  EnvDesign NK1370 .B93 1994 Reference
• Encyclopedia of Religion -- contains an extensive collection of signed articles on the theoretical, practical and sociological aspects of religion, including extensive coverage of non-Western religions.
  Main Stacks BL31.E46 1987
• Encyclopedia of sacred places / Norbert C. Brockman. New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.
  EnvDesign BL580 B76 1998 Reference
  Doe Refe BL580 .B76 1998
• Encyclopedia of science and religion / J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen, editor in chief. New York: Macmillan Reference; [Detroit, Mich.] : Thomson Gale, c2003. This set has more than 400 articles written by experts who highlight the effects of major scientific discoveries on world religions. It includes entries such as Buddhism, Economics, Evil and Suffering, Language, Reproductive Technology, and String Theory. The articles range from definitions to essays and discussions of the religious and scientific perspectives of the issues. Also includes contemporary issues, Eastern traditions, and disciplines outside of science and religion.
  Doe Refe BL240.3.E53 2003 Non-circulating. Library has: v.1-2 (c2003)
• Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world / edited by Paul Oliver. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  EnvDesign NA208.E53 1997 Reference Library has: v.1-3 (1997)
• Historical atlas of religions / Karen Farrington. New York : Checkmark Books, c2002.
  Moffitt BL80.6.F37 2002
• The Routledge historical atlas of religion in America / Bret E. Carroll Scales differ. New York : Routledge, 2000. Routledge atlases of American history.
  Doe Refe G1201.E4.C3 2000
• Religious leaders of America: a biographical guide to founders and leaders of religious bodies, churches, and spiritual groups in North America / J. Gordon Melton. 2d ed. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1999.
  GTU Lib BL2525 .M46 1999 Reference Collection
  Doe Refe BL72 .M458 1999 Biographies
• Understanding art: a reference guide to painting, sculpture, and architecture in the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
  Doe Refe N5940 .A7813 2000 v.1-2 2000

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Directories & Guidebooks

Use subheading --guidebooks or --directories with a subject search.

• Berkeley landmarks : an illustrated guide to Berkeley, California's architectural heritage / Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny. Berkeley, CA, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Rev. ed, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA735.B38.C34 2001 ref desk
• The churches and catacombs of early Christian Rome : a comprehensive guide/ Matilda Webb. Brighton, Great Britain ; Portland, Or.: Sussex Academic Press, 2001.
  Main DG816.29 .W43 2001
• A guide to places of worship in and around San Francisco / Elvira Monroe ; [photographs by Theoni Pappas]. San Carlos, CA : Wide World Pub., c1984.
  Environ BL2525.M66 1984 Reference
  Bancroft pF869.S3.6.M59 1984
• Irish churches and monasteries : an historical and architectural guide / Sean D. O'Reilly. Cork [Ireland]: Collins Press, 1997.
  EnvDesign NA5482 .O74 1997
• Sacred places of San Francisco / narrative by Ruth Hendricks Willard and Carol Green Wilson; photographs by Roy Flamm ; .Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press, c1984.
  Environ BR560.S3.F42 1985 copy 2 Reference desk.
  Bancroft F869.S3.6.W54 1984
• Sacred places : 101 spiritual sites around the world / written and illustrated by Brad Olsen. 1st ed. San Francisco : Consortium of Collective Consciousness; Chicago: Distributed to the retail trade by Independent Publishers Group, c2000.
  EnvDesign BL580.O47 2000
• World Council of Churches : Yearbook 2001. Geneva: World Council of Churches.
  GTU Lib BX8.2.W78 Y47 2001

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Planning and Programming

Includes building standards, codes etc.

• Architectural programming and predesign manager / Robert Hershberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1999.
  EnvDesign NA2728 .H47 1999 CD-Rom Circulation Desk, book in stacks
• Architecture, form, space & order / Francis D.K. Ching. 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1996.
  EnvDesign NA2760 .C46 1996
• Building Codes and Regulatory Resources - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Codes.html for current building codes and standards.
• NFPA 909, code for the protection of cultural resources. 2001 ed. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, 2001.
  EnvDesign TH995.M8.N3 2001
• Problem seeking : an architectural programming primer / William M. Pena and Steven A. Parshall. 4th ed. New York: Wiley, c2001.
  EnvDesign NA2728 .P46 2001
• Time-saver standards for architectural design data / Donald Watson, Michael J. Crosbie, John Hancock Callender, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1999.
  EnvDesign TH151 .T55 1999 compu/d
• Time-saver standards for architectural lighting / Gary Steffy. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2000.
  EnvDesign TK4188 .S753 2000 Reference
• Time-saver standards for building materials & systems : design criteria and selection data / Donald Watson, editor. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2000.
  EnvDesign TA403.4 .T54 2000
• Time-saver standards for building types / Joseph De Chiara, editor, Michael J. Crosbie, editor. 4th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001.
  EnvDesign NA2760 .D42 2001 Copy 1 reserve; copy 2 ref
• Time-saver standards for interior design and space planning / [edited by] Joseph De Chiara, Julius Panero, Martin Zelnik. 2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001.
  EnvDesign NK2110 .T48 2001 Reference
• Widening the eye of the needle : access to church buildings for people with disabilities / John Penton. 2nd ed London : Church House, 2001.
  EnvDesignNA4950.P46 2001

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Design

• Altars made easy : a complete guide to creating your own sacred space / Peg Streep. 1st ed. [San Francisco]: Harper San Francisco, c1997.
  GTU Lib BL580 .S77 1997 Ref Collection
• New American country churches / William Morgan ; photography by Radek Kurzaj. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. Includes the history of church building development and photos of rural churches in a variety of architectural styles.
  EnvDesign NA5205.M67 2004
• American sacred space / David Chidester and Edward T. Linenthal, editors. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995. Series title: Religion in North America.
  GTU Lib BL581.U6 A48 1995
  Main BL581.U6 A48 1995
  NativAmer BL581.U6 A48 1995
• Architecture for the gods / Michael J. Crosbie. Mulgrave,Vic: Images Pub. Group, 1999.
  Env Design NA5212 C76 1999
• Building plans : for medium/large churches / Fred H. Turner, compiler.Nashville, Tenn : Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, c1991.
  EnvDesign NA5205 .T87 1991
• Building the Cathedral / David Macaulay. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 
  Main NA4830 .M317 1999
• Building with the breath of life : working with Chi energy in our homes and communities / Tom Bender. Manzanita, OR : Fire River Press, c2000.
  EnvDesign BF1779.F4 B85 2000
• Church builders / Edwin Heathcote and Iona Spens. Chichester : Academy Editions ; Lanham, Md. : distrib in the United States by National Book Network, 1997.
  EnvDesign NA4800.H43 1997
• Church buildings / edited by The Architects' journal [London?: AJ Information Library, 1967?]
  EnvDesign NA4810.C5 1967
• Churches / Judith Dupre; introductory interview with Mario Botta. 1st ed. Ny, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, c2001.
  Env Design fNA4800 D87 2001
• From synagogue to church : the traditional design : its beginning, its definition, its end / John Wilkinson. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
  EnvDesign NA4690 .W46 2002
• Houses of God : region, religion, and architecture in the United States /Peter W. Williams. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997. Series title: Public expressions of religion in America.
  EnvDesign NA5205 .W55 1997
  GTU Lib NA5205 .W55 1997
• Inside churches : a guide to church furnishings / The National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies [editors]. Rev. ed. London: Capability Publishing with NADFAS Church, 1993.
  EnvDesign NK1653.G7 I57 1993
• Light revealing architecture / Marietta S. Millet ; illustrations by Catherine Jean Barrett. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1996.
  EnvDesign NA2794 .M55 1996 reserve.
• Natural church development : a guide to eight essential qualities of healthy churches / Christian A. Schwarz. 3rd ed. Carol Stream, IL: ChurchSmart Resources, 1998, c1996.
  GTU Lib BV652.24 .S35 1996
• Path, portal, path : architecture for the rites / Christopher V. Stroik. Chicago, IL : Liturgy Training Publications, c1999.
  EnvDesign NA4828 .S76 1999
  GTU Lib NA4828 .S76 1999
• Planting growing churches for the 21st century : a comprehensive guide for new churches and those desiring renewal / Aubrey Malphurs. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c1998.
  GTU Lib BV652.24 .M35 1998
• Preparing the environment for worship / David McNorgan. Ottawa, Ont: Canda: Novalis; Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, 1997.
  GTU LIb BX 1970.3 M35 1997
• Re-pitching the tent : re-ordering the church building for worship and mission in the new millennium / Richard Giles ; illustrations by Roy Barnes; foreword by the Archbishop of York. Repr. 1997 with amendments. Norwich : The Canterbury Press Norwich, c1997.
  EnvDesign BV604 .G472 1997
• Sacred space and structural style : the embodiment of socio-religious ideology / Vicki Bennett. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c1997. Series title: Religions and beliefs series ; no. 7.
  EnvDesign NA5346.O8 B45 1997
• Sacred space, meaning and form : the Third International Congress on Religion, Architecture, and the Arts / Moshe Davidowitz, general chairman; edited by David James Randolph. Internl Congress on Religion, Architecture, and the Arts, 3d, Jerusalem, 1973. New York : United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, c1976.
  GTU Lib NA 4595 I57 1973
• Sacred space : an aesthetic for the liturgical environment / Dennis McNally. Bristol, IN, U.S.A.: Wyndham Hall Press, c1985. Series title: University monograph series.
  GTU Lib NA4605 .M32 1985
  EnvDesign NA4605 .M41 1985
• Silence, song and shadows : our need for the sacred in our surroundings /Tom Bender. Manzanita, Or. : Fire River Press, c2000.
  EnvDesign NA2540 .B46 2000
• Stones of witness : church architecture and function / Colin Cunningham.Stroud : Sutton, 1999.
  EnvDesign NA5464 .C85 1999
• Tadao Ando: Architektur der Stille = architecture of silence: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum / Werner Blaser. Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, c2001.
  EnvDesign NA1559.A5.B54 2001
• Ugly as sin: why they changed our churches from sacred places to meeting spaces and how we can change them back again / Michael S. Rose. Manchester, N.H.: Sophia Institute Press, 2001.
  Env Design NA4828 R67 2001

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Color and Pattern

• The art of color; the subjective experience and objective rationale of color. Translated by Ernst van Haagen. New York, Reinhold Pub. Corp. 1961.
  EnvDesign ND1280 .I812
• Color and meaning : art, science, and symbolism / John Gage. Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press, c1999.
  Main QC495 .G33 1999
  Moffitt QC495 .G33 1999
• The color of light : commissioning stained glass for a church / Sarah Hall. Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training Publications, c1999.
  EnvDesign TT298 .H33 1999
• The elements of color; a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten, based on his book The art of color. Edited, and with a foreword and evaluation, by Faber Birren. Translated by Ernst van Hagen. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [1970].
  EnvDesign ND1493.I8 I813 1970
• Interaction of color / Josef Albers. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1971.
  EnvDesign ND1489 .A4 1971
• Louis I. Kahn: Licht und Raum = light and space / Urs Buttiker; translation of German texts into English by David Bean. Basel ; Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, c1993.
  EnvDesign NA737.K32 B88 1993
• Living colors : the definitive guide to color palettes through the ages / Margaret Walch, Augustine Hope. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1995.
  EnvDesign ND1510 .W35 1995 Reference
• Reinhold color atlas, by A. Kornerup and J. H. Wanscher. New York, Reinhold 1962, c1961.
  EnvDesign ND1285 .K6 Reference
  Anthropology ND1285 .K6

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History

Use for the history of religious architecture design and building. Consult the library catalogs, using the previously suggested subject terms for more information.

• The Cathedral of Ferrara : an artistic and iconographic guide of a religious architectural masterpiece / Berenice Giovannucci Vigi. Firenze: Nardini, 2000.
  Main N7952.F47 G56 2000
• Buildings, faith, and worship : the liturgical arrangement of Anglican churches, 1600-1900 / Nigel Yates. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  Main BX5141 .Y38 1991
  GTU Lib BX5141 .Y38 1991
• The differential use of constructed sacred space in Southern Britain, from the Late Iron Age to the 4th century AD / Alexander Smith. Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2001.
  Anthropol DA90 .S634 2001
  GTU Lib DA90 .S634 2001
• The emergence of the Christian basilica in the fourth century / James Riley Strange. Binghamton, N.Y.: Global Publications, c2000.
  GTU Lib NA4150 .S77 2000
• Hagia Sophia : architecture, structure, and liturgy of Justinian's great church / Rowland J. Mainstone. New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1988.
  EnvDesign NA5870.A9 M241 1988
  GTU Lib NA5870.A9 M28 1988
• A history of building types / Nikolaus Pevsner. Princeton, N.J.:Princeton University Press, c1976.
  EnvDesign NA4170 .P481 copy 4 reference
  Art Hist NA4170 .P48 Room 308G
• Islamic art and architecture / Robert Hillenbrand. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999.
  EnvDesign N6260 .H55 1999
• Mosques in Norway : the creation and iconography of sacred space / Saphinaz-Amal Naguib; photographs by Arthur Sand; line-drawings by Kirsten Berrum. Oslo: Novus: Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA4670 .N34 2001
• The music of silence : entering the sacred space of monastic experience / David Steindl-Rast; with Sharon Lebell. 1st ed. [San Francisco]: Harper San Francisco, c1995.
  GTU Lib BX2435 .S68 1995
• The pilgrim's guide to Rome's principal churches / Joseph N. Tylenda .Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, c1993.
  GTU Lib NA5620.A1 T96 1993 Reference
• Placing the gods : sanctuaries and sacred space in ancient Greece / edited by Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne. Oxford: Clarendon Press ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.  
  Main BL795.S47 P53 1994
• Romanesque and gothic France: architecture and sculpture / Viviane Minne-Seve, Herve Kergall ; translated from the French by Jack Hawkes and Lory Frankel. New York : H.N. Abrams, 2000.
  Main N6843 .M5613 2000
  GTU Lib N6843 .M5613 2000 SIZE 2
• Santa Maria del Fiore: il Duomo di Firenze e la Vergine incinta / Irving Lavin; traduzione di Silvia Panichi. Roma: Donzelli, c1999.
  Main NA5621.F7 L38 1999
• Symbolism in Hindu architecture as revealed in the Shri Minakshi Sundareswar / L. Peter Kollar ; photographs by Alan Croker. New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA6002 .K65 2001
• Spiritual gardening : creating sacred space outdoors / by Peg Streep; principal photography by John Glover. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, c1999.
  EnvDesign SB455 .S817 1999
• Theology in stone: Church architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley  / Richard Kieckhefer. Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
  EnvDesign NA4800.K53 2004

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Philosophy

• The hermeneutics of sacred architecture: experience, interpretation, comparison / Lindsay Jones. Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Harvard University Press for Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, c2000. Series title: Religions of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
  EnvDesign NA4600 .J66 2000 v.1-2 (c2000)
  GTU Lib NA4600 .J66 2000
• Holy ground : theoretical issues relating to the landscape and material culture of ritual space objects: papers from a session held at the Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Cardiff 1999 / edited by.Oxford : Archaeopress, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA4595 .H65 2001
  Anthropology NA4595 .H65 2001

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Indexes for Articles

• Architecture Indexes and Abstracts
  Use this general list of indexes for articles on design and current projects.
• Anthropological Literature (@RLG) database - UC Only
  Includes citations to articles and essays in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Subjects covered include art history, ethnohistory, geography, genetics, folklore, geology, history, linguistics, music, and religion.
  Coverage: 1984 to the present.
• ATLAS Full Text Plus - UCB Only
  The ATLAS (American Theological Library Association Serials) project provides online versions of the entire runs of a collection of more than 50 scholarly periodicals in the field of religion, most of which go back to 1949. ATLAS journals represent a wide selection of Christian traditions (including Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal), Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism, and other religious traditions. Some FULL TEXT.
  Coverage:1949 to the present.
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - UC Only
  The primary article index for architecture. It indexes more than 1,000 scholarly and professional journals in the subjects of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.
  Print.1890-1988. EnvDesign fNA8.C64 INDEX
  Coverage: 1860's -- present, daily updates.
• FirstSearch - UC Only
  Several OCLC databases: WorldCat, ArticleFirst, ERIC, GPO Monthly Catalog, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, and PAIS International.
  Coverage varies by database.
• Index to Current Urban Documents - UCB Only
  Resource for local government publications of the U.S.
  Online access: UCB: Materials included: v.29(2000)-. Location: http://uclibs.org/PID/7547
  Online access: CDL: Location: http://uclibs.org/PID/7547
  EnvDesign JS13.A12 M85 1(1972) -- Index CD-ROM on reserve. Print edition: vol. 1, 1971/72 - present
• Index to Historic Preservation Periodicals
  Published by National Trust for Historic Preservation Library. Volume 1 covers articles published from 1979-1987, and a supplement covers 1987-1990. It indexes local publications such as Oakland Heritage Alliance News, BAHA News, Heritage Newsletter (Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage) and California Preservation.
  EnvDesign Z1251.A2.U51.1992 Index
• Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
  International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property.
  EnvDesign Z810. I57. I572 Index.
• Index to the Architect and Engineer, volume 1-95, 1905-1928 California Historical Society, 1982. Continued by: Western architect and engineer.
  EnvDesign NA1.A64
• NewsBank Fulltext Newspapers http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=news - UCB Only
  Complete full-text content of local and regional news from over 300 US newspapers. Includes titles not in Lexis/Nexis Academic like San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee.
• Philosopher's Index - UCB only
  Indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosphy and related fields. Covers ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of religion etc.
  Online coverage: 1940 --
• Research Library (ProQuest) UCB Only
  Some full text. Indexes journals and newspapers on art, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and sciences. Interfaces available for many languages.
  Coverage: 1971 - present
• Religion Index one: periodicals: American Theological Library Association. 1949/1959 --
  Main BL20.5 I6 Latest vol. Doe Ref.
• Web of Knowledge - UCB only
  Indexes journals in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences, providing searching of footnoted citations. Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index.
  Coverage: 1900 - present.

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Journals

• Church buildings today. Billericay, Essex : John Catt Ltd., 1960?-1962?
  EnvDesign NA4790 .C5 Storage Info: no.3-10 BOUND 3(Apr 1961)-5(Jan 1962)
• Church building.Billericay, Essex : John Catt, Ltd., -1970.
  EnvDesign NA4790 .C5 BOUND 7(1962)-10(1963), 18(1966)-29(1970)
• Cities: the international journal of urban policy and planning.Guildford, Butterworths.
  EnvDesign HT165.53 G7 C5
• Cross currents.[New Rochelle, NY, etc., Association for Religion and Intellectual Life, etc.] Absorbed: Religion & intellectual life spring 1990-. GTU Lib Periodical Periodical Collection.
  Main BR1 .C73 - also available through Expanded Academic Index and Proquest.
• Environmental & architectural phenomenology newsletter. Manhattan : Architecture Dept., Kansas State University, 1990 Cumulative index http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~triad/EAPind.html
  EnvDesign BF353.E53 Library has: 1(1990)-
• Faith & form. [Washington] Guild for Religious Architecture.
  EnvDesign NA4600 .F3 (1968)- Bound 1:1(Oct 1902)-1:2(Dec 1902), 1:4(Apr 1904) --
• Guide to social science and religion. Flint, MI. National Periodicals Library, 1969 --
  Doe Refe H71 A12 G83 Periodical Indexes, 1987-1996.
• Historical monuments Author: Turisticki savez Srbije. Beograd, 1960.
  Main Stack NA5941 .T87
• Journal of the American Society for Church Architecture.<1961>[Philadelphia, American Society for Church Architecture]
  EnvDesign NA5212.A1A4 J6 BOUND 9(1968)
• Journal of urban history. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
  Env Design HT111 J681
• Kunst und Kirche (Darmstadt, Germany : 1971) / herausgegeben vom Arbeitsausschuss des Evangelischen Kirchbautages und vom Diozesan-Kunstverein Linz.Darmstadt: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Verlage Das Beispiel, 1971.
  EnvDesign NA4605.K83. Library has: 1971
• Twentieth century architecture: The Twentieth Century Church, #3. / Twentieth Century Society. London : The Twentieth Century Society, 1994. Shelved: Recent issues on current periodicals. Library has: 1(summer 1994)-
  Env Design NA968 .J682
• Urban history. Volume 22:3, 12/95, includes Current bibliography of urban history:Cambridge University Press, c1992.
  EnvDesign HT101.U7

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Images

• American memory (U.S.Library of Congress)http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
  Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' Americana collections.
• Image Sources for the Built Environment (UC Berkeley, Library) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/research_images.html
  A selected list of print materials that provide views, plans, sections, elevations, and/or details of important buildings and sites.
• California heritage project. (UC Berkeley, Library) http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/calheritage.html
  A digital archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library. Includes many historical images of SF Bay Area places.
• Digital Archive of American Architecture http://www.bc.edu./bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267
  An overview of the history of American architecture from the earliest colonial structures of the 17th century including houses, churches, and industrial buildings.
• Digital Archive of European Architecture - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/contents_europe.html
  Images of buildings from Prehistoric, Greek, and Roman architecture to Romanesque and Gothic Churches and Medieval fortifications.
• Ethnic studies (UC Berkeley, Media Resources Center) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/VideographyMenu.html
  An online videography of a collection of videos and related materials pertaining to ethnic studies, organized by ethnic group.
• Gothic Dreams http://www.elore.com/elore4-2.html
  Includes a study of Gothic cathedral features and a comparison of the cathedrals of Notre Dame and Canterbury, as well as an analysis of Chartres, and the Deep Dig, a glossary.
• Great Buildings Collection http://www.GreatBuildings.com/gbc.htm
  Large online collection of images, models - search by building type.
• NetSERF http://www.netserf.org/
  The interent connection for medieval resources, see the link for Architecture.
• Partners for Sacred Places http://sacredplaces.org/
  National Center for the stewardship and Preservation of historic Religious Properties.
• Research on Place and Space http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/place/
  Site created by Prof. Bruce Janz, University of Central Florida, Orlando.
• Triumph of the Baroque http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/intro1.htm
  0nline exhibit, subtitled Architecture in Europe: 1600-1750, explores the Baroque in Rome; churches and chapels; residences; and civic, commercial, military, and royal buildings. Contains a small collection of images. From the National Gallery of Art.
• World architecture index: a guide to illustrations, by Edward Teague. NY: Greenwood Press, 1991. Comprehensive list of illustrations, plans and views found in over eighty different architecture books arranged by geographic location.
  EnvDesign NA202 T4 1991 Reference Desk

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Libraries and Other Information

• Anthroplogy Library
• Graduate Theological Union
  Current UC Berkeley students, faculty, library staff, and visiting scholars: Bring your UCB ID card to the Circulation Desk to obtain your free card. Library staff must be listed in the current faculty/staff directory. Visiting Scholars must have their blue or yellow ID card. Please note: borrowing privileges do not include remote access to subscription databases via the web. More information on borrowing from the GTU Library.
• UCB Library Borrowing for Current Graduate Theological Union students bring your current student ID card to the UCB Library Privileges Desk in Doe Library and you will be issued a library card.

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