Library Guides: Design Methods and Design Research: A Quick Guide to Resources: Indexes and Journals

Journals

This is a selection of current journals that cover the topic.

INDEXES

Use these periodical indexes and the keywords and subject headings, and/or the authors listed above to search for journal articles. For a broader, more comprehensive listing of architecture periodical indexes, see our guide Architecture Indexes and Abstracts.

API Online
via RIBA British Architectural Library online catalogue - RIBA British Architectural Library
The RIBA Library online catalogue is a free index to books, articles from 300+ periodicals in 20 languages, and records of drawings, photos, and manuscripts in the British Architectural Library catalogued or indexes since the 1980's. Covers 300+ journals from 45 countries on architecture and allied arts, construction, design, landscape, and to a limited extent, planning and urban history. Excludes book reviews. To limit to articles only, select ARTICLES under "Search Limits." Index Search Terms can be found in its thesaurus, Architectural Keywords

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes scholarly and professional journals covering architecture, architectural design, environmental design, furniture and decoration, interior design, historic preservation, history of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. [1860s - present]

Can limit to articles containing plans, sections, elevations and other graphic attributes. Most citations are from articles published since 1930 (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s).
Compendex
Indexes journals, conferences, technical reports and other materials related to the engineering and technical literature. (Ei Compendex Plus) [1884 - present]

Encompasses civil, structural, and mechanical engineering disciplines, as well as related fields in science and management.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California. (Dissertations & Theses - Proquest Digital Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) - Dissertation Abstracts - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global) [1861 - present]

Indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities. Dissertations published since 1980, and master's theses since 1988, include brief abstracts written by the authors. Offers full text of most of the dissertations added since 1997 . It is possible to search a subset of dissertations produced by UC students by going to Dissertations and Theses @ University of California (available in full text).

InformeDesign
A clearinghouse for design and human behavior research, a collaboration between the American Society of Interior Designers and the University of Minnesota. They produce a searchable database of research summaries in "practitioner-friendly" language that includes research-based design criteria as part of their interpretation of original research articles and reports with the aim of bringing research to practice and positively influencing the design of the built environment. The database "indexes" 100 refereed journals from about 2000 to the present. Acess is free, but registration is recommended.

PapersFirst
Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre [1993 - present]

Indexes papers presented at conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, workshops, and congresses worldwide in a variety of disciplines, including the arts, humanities, social sciences, physical and life sciences, biological and medical sciences,
Web of Science
Indexes leading journals in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Allows cited reference searching. (ISI Web of Knowledge) [1900 - present]

Provides links to footnoted citations as well as sources that have subsequently cited an article. Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (from 1975), Science Citation Index (from 1900), and Social Sciences Citation Index (from 1900).

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Design Methods and Design Research: A Quick Guide to Resources: Indexes and Journals

Journals

INDEXES

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