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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: Intro to Avery

This guide illustrates the Avery Index's unique features for locating current and historic literature and imagery related to architecture, interior architecture, adaptive reuse, urban planning, landscape architecture, & historic preservation.

Start with the Avery Index

The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is the only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design. This database surveys more than 2,500 US and international journals.

Dates of Coverage: 1934 - current, with selective coverage back to 1741.

Major areas of coverage include:

Archaeology History of architecture
Architecture Interior design
Architectural design Landscape architecture
Furniture and decoration Sustainable development
Green design Urban planning
Historic preservation  


Avery Index Current Journal List

Avery Index Retrospective Journal List

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. In addition, this database also provides nearly 13,000 citation records for architects' obituaries.

Did you know?
The Avery Index originates from the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Columbia University, New York, NY.

Locate Elevations, Models, Sections, Site Plans & more

The citations in the Avery Index consistently include detailed information about the type of images contained within each article.

Use the Physical Description feature to locate the specific types of images needed for your projects. (Find it by scrolling down on the Advanced Search page)



Search/Limit Illustrations by Type:

All
Aerial Image
Bibliography
Chart
Computer Generated Image
Details
Diagrams
Drawings
Elevations
Engravings
Graphs
Illustrations

Maps
Models
Photographs
Plans
Plates
Portraits
References
Sections
Site Plans
Sketches
Tables
Views (axonometric)

Search Urban Studies Abstracts with the Avery

Urban Studies Abstracts
Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 46,000 records dating from 1973 to present, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Journals Indexed

Select Urban Studies Abstracts along with Avery from the Ebsco database selection screen to search both databases simultaneously.