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Architecture Library Guide

Find books

Books are a great place to start your research. They contain useful summaries about what's happening in your field and can help you to establish the key theories and background of your research. Books contain references to other resources that you can explore for more in-depth information.

Search UNIC Library Search or Library Catalogue by title, keyword or author to locate books. 

If you are a DL student and you cannot visit the Library to use print books, go to eBooks tab.

UNIC Library Search

A discovery tool allows you to search both Library Catalogue for print material and electronic subscriptions for e-resources.

Enter the title, keyword or author in the search box and either select All Resources (print & electronic) or Library Catalog (print).

 

Library Catalogue

Alternatively, you can directly use the Library catalogue to locate books.

Use the following Subject headings to find specific information for your research.

  • Architecture, Aesthetics
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Conservation and restoration
  • Architecture, Modern
  • Architecture, Drawing
  • Architecture, Philosophy
  • Architecture, Technological innovations
  • Architecture and society
  • Architectural design
  • Energy conservation
  • Buildings, Environmental engineering
  • Building materials
  • Structural design / analysis
  • House construction
  • Office buildings
  • Urban renewal
  • City planning
  • Sustainable architecture
  • Landscape architecture
  • Interior architecture
  • Light in architecture
  • Mechanics, Applied
  • Space perception
  • Computer art
  • Problem solving
  • Academic writing
Location on the shelves

Below you can find the location of various books relevant to Architecture in the library according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system:

 

  • 307                 Social aspects of planning urban communities & development; interdisciplinary works on cities.
  •  690–698       Building: practical aspects of building i.e. building contractors, types of construction & use of materials, utilities installation, heating, ventilation, and building detail finishing.
  • 711                 Urban Renewal and practical aspects of City Planning
  • 700 -709       Art, Philosophy and History  
  • 720-729         MOST NEEDED FOR YOUR COURSE WORK ARE LOCATED IN THIS SECTION:

  • 720                 Philosophy & Theory, History, Architecture (Architecture & the Environment (720.47); General and works of individual architects (720.92) & Architectural firms (720.922))

  • 721                 Architectural structure, elements and materials

  • 722 & 723     Ancient & Medieval Architecture

  • 724                 Modern Architecture

  • 725                 Types of Public Buildings

  • 726                 Types of Religious Buildings

  • 727                 Buildings for Educational & Research Purposes

  • 728                 Residential Buildings

  • 729                 Interior Architecture and Decoration

  • 745.2              Industrial art and design
  • 747                 Interior decoration, 749       Furniture and accessories
  • 770                 Photography and computer art
  • 006.69           Special topics in computer graphics, 006.7   Multimedia systems
  • 809.9332       Geography – literature: history and criticism

 

(Note: more books in the same areas can be located in other collections, e.g. Reference Collection, etc.)

 

Extra Tip!: As well as books specifically covering your subject, the Library also holds lots of titles to help you develop your study skills!