This page contains a list of journals and databases that you can use to search for Architecture related electronic resources such articles, proceedings and journals.
A journal is an academic publication that features articles written by scholars about their research. Most of them have been checked by other academics (i.e. peer reviewed) and they are more reliable than general web articles and newspaper articles.
The Library subscribes to a large number of electronic & print journals and some are as follows:
Limited content for the following Printed Journals is available electronically:
Architect Journal of the American Inst of Architecture
Databases are structured collections of records that index journal articles, conference papers, reports, book chapters, and other scholarly documents. These databases are created by commercial publishers or academic societies and are often global in scope, allowing researchers to access a broad range of literature within a specific discipline. When searching a large international database, the articles found may or may not be accessible through the University of Pretoria (UP) Libraries.
Started in 1973 when the Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria began a project to index and retrieve information from architectural journals. Articles from 93 international and South African journals were indexed over the years to enable users to access information on architects, buildings, building materials and methods, design theory, urban design, and much more.
Art Source covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of over 63,0000 images, it is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.
The AAT is a thesaurus containing generic terms, dates, relationships, sources, and notes for work types, roles, materials, styles, cultures, techniques, and other concepts related to art, architecture, and other cultural heritage (e.g., amphora, oil paint, olieverf, acetolysis, sintering, orthographic drawings, Olmeca, Rinascimento, Buddhism, watercolors, asa-no-ha-toji, sralais).
The Artstor Digital Library features an unparalleled range of images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository. Artstor facilitates research and education in numerous disciplines, including art and visual studies, architecture, religion, anthropology and archaeology, global studies, fashion and costume, classics, world history, and more. Our library is solely available for teaching, education and scholarship, with all images supported with comprehensive metadata and cleared for educational use. Researchers, faculty, and librarians can find rare collections not accessible anywhere else, and contributions are added monthly, continually expanding our areas of reference and study.
Over 12,000 ASTM standards operate globally. Defined and set by us, they improve the lives of millions every day. Combined with our innovative business services, ASTM standards enhance performance and help everyone have confidence in the things they buy and use – from the toy in a child’s hand to the aircraft overhead.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, published by the Getty Research Institute, is the only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design. The index covers international, scholarly and popular periodical literature, including publications of professional associations; US state and regional periodicals; and major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia.
EBSCOhost databases and discovery technologies are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users.
JSTOR offers both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections. Arts & Sciences Collections, the General Science Collection, and the Biological Sciences Collection, the entire JSTOR archive
Indexes the extended archive of the Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria. Donations of the work of some of South Africa’s major architects were accumulated over the years, including original hand-drawn plans, elevations, sections, and diaries. The database includes diverse research reports, articles, frameworks, sketches and photographs.
A site which, via the World Wide Web, makes information of interest about the Southern African Built Environment readily accessible.
SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SAGE Research Methods links over 175,000 pages of SAGE’s renowned book, journal and reference content with truly advanced search and discovery tools.
The South African Bureau of Standards has made this Complete Collection of Standards and Related Documents available to our institution subject to adherence to their intellectual property rights. The Collection is to be used for reference purposes only. Each file is watermarked, password-secured, and non-printable, but allows content copying.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
SpringerLink is the premier electronic data source from Springer for researchers in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, social sciences and economics.
Multidisciplinary database giving access to the electronic version of articles from more than 8,500 scientific journals, of which 7,300 are reread by a peer review committee. There are also bibliographic references and summaries for more than 12,500 journals and 13,200 publications (books, reports, conference proceedings, etc.). Certain identified documents only offer access to bibliographic data and summaries.
