Find Journal Articles

• Academic Search Premier 
  Index to major journals and magazines in all subject areas. Updated continually. Coverage is 1984 to date.  Click on Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals to limit search results to research articles.

Suggested databases for architectural studies:

• Art Index
  Art Index contains citations to articles and book reviews in about 270 periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published primarily in the U.S. and Europe. Includes archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, film, industrial and interior design, and photography. Coverage is 1984 to date.
  
• Avery Index
  Avery Index indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archeology, city planning, interior design and historic preservation. Coverage is from the early 1930's to date
  
• GoogleScholar
  Search engine for the scholarly literature in all disciplines.
  
• InformeDesign
  Database of research in interior design, architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning primarily from journal articles. Registration required for access.
  
• PsycINFO
  Indexes and abstracts books, journal articles and technical reports dealing with psychology. Coverage is 1887 to date.
  
• PubMed
  PubMed covers international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Coverage is 1953 to date.
  
• Scopus
  Indexes journals, conference proceedings and web sites in the sciences and social sciences.  Coverage is 1996 to date though earlier material is being added regularly.
  
• Sociological Abstracts
  Indexes and abstracts journals in sociology as well as books, disssertations and sociological association papers. Coverage is 1952 to date.  

Find the Full-text of Journal Articles

• If you're looking at results in one of the databases listed above just click on the button next to the article citation. The article will display if it's available electronically. If there is no online access, you'll be given the opportunity to look for a print copy in MERLIN.
  
• If you have an article reference, but are not currently in a database, go to the MU Libraries' homepage and select Find a Specific Article/Journal to enter . Once in you're given the choice to search for a specific article or journal title. If electronic coverage is not available, check MERLIN to see if we have a print copy of the journal.
  
• MU Libraries does not subscribe to all journals. If you find a journal article that you need, but cannot find the full-text using , select the option Request through Interlibrary Loan/Request a Copy.
  
  You can also request an article without using the feature by filling out an article request form which is available from Request Items-ILL@MU under About the Libraries on the MU Libraries homepage.
  
  Usually you will receive the article electronically within a few days of placing your request. For more information go to the following link: Obtain materials not owed by MU Libraries

Keeping Track of Your References and Making Bibliographies

• Download Endnote software which is free for MU students.
  
• Endnote instructions and guides.
  
• Zotero--a Firefox addon that collects, manages, and cites research sources

Find Library Books

• From the MU Libraries' homepage, choose MERLIN.  Type in words describing the topic you are researching. Once you have a list of hits, select one that looks on-target, then examine the subject headings for that item. Click on that subject heading to retrieve similar items. Go to the following link for directions for having books sent to you: Requesting books from MERLIN
  
• If you need more books, click on the MOBIUS button. This expands your search to about 50 additional libraries in our network including Washington University which has an extensive collection of architecture books: Requesting books from MOBIUS.
  
• To request books not listed in MERLIN or MOBIUS click on Request Items-ILL@MU under About the Libraries on the MU Libraries' homepage. For more information go to the following link: Obtain materials not owed by MU Libraries
  
• Browse new books

Save Searches and Auto Alerts

• Many databases allow you to save searches to run at a future date or set up Auto Alerts (a saved search that will be run whenever the database is updated with the results emailed to you). Go to the following link for instructions for setting up alerts in specific databases: Saving Searches and Auto Alerts
• You can set up alerts in MERLIN to be notified when new books arrive in a particular subject area: MERLIN Alerts or you can subscribe to New Book RSS Feeds.

Additional Resources and Contacts

• Architectural Studies Subject Guide
• ARTStor 
  ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
• LibX Firefox Extension for MU Libraries
• Off-campus access
• Report a problem with off-campus access
• Janice Dysart, Architectural Studies Librarian, (573) 882-1828
• June DeWeese, Head of Access Services, Ellis Library, (573) 882-7315.