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Landscape Architecture & Interdisciplinary Studies includes a number of primary and secondary research databases of interest to the practice. Among them are architecture and planning studies as well as geology, geography and environmental and green databases.

Primary Landscape Architecture Resources

Art & Architecture Complete
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Art & Architecture Complete is a comprehensive bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for academic journals, magazines and trade publications with full text for many periodicals and books, as well as selective coverage for a number of other publications. An image collection is also available.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
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The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions. It contains over 600,000 entries surveying over 2,500 American and international journals, including many that are peer reviewed. Publications from professional associations and regional periodicals are also included.
BuildingGreen.com
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BuildingGreen.com is an online resource focused on building design through a lens of sustainability. It includes authoritative information on progressive building design strategies, topics and issues. BuildingGreen’s content unravels the complexities around sustainable design and green materials. New content is added to the website on a regular basis.
Environment Complete
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Environment Complete is the electronic version of Environment Index, and covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains citations for articles from domestic and international journals, monographs and conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Educati
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
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Provides abstracts and limited full-text for articles from more than 300 core publications covering horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE indexes 200+ scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Materials draw on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Urban Studies Abstracts
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Urban Studies Abstracts is an interdisciplinary database covering urban affairs, urban studies, urban history and community development.

Interdisciplinary Landscape Architecture Studies

GeoBase
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GeoBase is a multidisciplinary database covering human and physical geography, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation.
GeoRef (EBSCO Interface)
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Contains literature of Geology and related topics 1785–Present by the American Geosciences Institute.The database contains over 3.3 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
GeoScienceWorld
GeoScienceWorld is a full text electronic journal database that consists of content from earth science publishers and organizations. Journal content is indexed, linked, and inter-operable with GeoRef.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia of animal life, describing microscopic animals through primates. Contains color pictures and detailed descriptions.
IEEE Xplore
More than 3 million full text IEEE journals, conferences & standards + IET journals and conferences + VDE conference papers + all IEEE standards except for the Drafts. All content back to 1988 with...

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Design and Applied Arts Index
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Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. DAAI covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture. Updated monthly.
Dissertations & Theses Full Text (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, Full Text)
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Includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and some retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (OhioLINK ETD Center)
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Online theses and dissertations from Ohio graduate students. Includes links to full-text.
Material ConneXion
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Materials database containing more than 4,500 materials and processes. Includes photographs, and company/vendor contact information. Can search materials by keyword, material type, manufacturer name, and manufacturer location.
MADCAD.com
MADCAD.com is a cloud-based reference library of more than 60,000 codes and standards.

Kent State University Map Library
A selection of printed maps reflecting modern and historical periods can be found here, as well as U.S. government printed maps of all types, including USGS surveys.

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