ARCH 100House Case Studies

Researching your house

Your Assignment:

Document your assigned dwelling using text and graphic information

Resources:

Reference Books

Library Catalogue Primo

Google Books

Journal databases Avery Index to Architectural Journals

Reference Books

Primo search

Details tab

Recall=book is on loan Hold: book is on shelf

Recalling a book

Sign in to verify your UW status

Authenticate

Recalling a book

Arch Circ Desk

Choose a pick up location

Check the index/table of contents for your house name

Search by Architect or Firm

Check the TOC or Index

Vacation, Portable, Prefabricated, Container, Modulor, Treehouse, Cabin etc.,

Search by House Type

Not enough info or no book at all

What if I can’t find a book?

Contains only 1 photo of his

“Primitive Hut”

I Google Books

Quotation marks search the words

as a phrase

Is this your lucky day?

You don’t always get this lucky

Ta-Dah!

Follow the leads

Webb was a member of Archigram

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Find Journal articles

Avery Index

Musagetes Library does not have all the journals listed in the Avery

Most architectural journals have not been digitized

Most architecture journals available online do not include images

Choose keywords carefully; Play around to get results

Search the Avery Index

Review the citations

Note the spelling of Jones’ first

name

Note the number of

pages

Check in Primo or Trellis

Do we have the journal ?

Page numbering

has changed

Check Trellis for a print issue

RACER is the library’s Interlibrary Loan system

Order the article through RACER

Make sure the information is accurate and complete

RACER request form

Add the missing

page numbers

Login= Watcard barcode Password= your last name

Choose a Pick Up location

Try a cross database search

Not enough info in the Avery?

Search more databases

Find citations in other databases

This is from the Thesis database

Find citations from other databases

Does the library have this journal?

Find citations in other databases

Search Primo or Trellis

Does the Library have this journal?

Trellis is the preferred

choice

Choose Waterloo

Available locations

Does the library have the volume you need? [v. 37 issue 2, Oct. 98]

Holdings statement

Request a photocopy of

the article

Choose TUGdoc and fill out the form

Request a copy

Wrap Up

Reference books - Floor plans

Primo – search by house name, architect/firm, or house type

Google Books

Avery Index/Proquest – journal articles

Architecture Guide – this PP