Note that for many topics you will not find an entire book; instead, you may find a chapter or an essay in a book focussed on a general aspect of your precedent (refer to your Brain Dump worksheet for ideas). Example: a book on urban parks might include information about Golden Gate Park. Check also for other useful subheadings, such as Bibliographies, History, Handbooks, etc. Guidebooks to cities may also have sections on parks, recreations and public gardens, so check subject headings such as Berkeley, Calif.--Description and travel.
For in-depth information about your topic, search the UC Library catalog using the tips below and your notes on specific building names, designers, location, and date built.
Tips for Searching the Library Catalogs
In the UC Library catalog use keywords or subject headingsto search for title, subject, author, or corporate author.
Use truncation or wildcards (* or ?) for variations of words (e.g. vatican*).
by time period:
Architecture, Postmodern
Gardens, Renaissance
Landscape Architecture, 20th century
by type of landscape or site:
Cemeteries
Gardens, Islamic
Landscape gardening Urban parks
Water in landscape architecture
Waterfronts
by location by city, state, or country:
Gardens--France
Landscape Architecture--New York
Plazas--Italy
Search for a specific landscape architect or designer:
Burle Marx, Roberto
Gustafson, Kathryn Kiley, Dan
by specific project orsite:
Biltmore Estate--North Carolina
Golden Gate Park--San Francisco, California Taj Mahal--India
by firms or organizations using corporate authors such as:
Hargreaves Associates
American Society of Landscape Architects
Olmsted Brothers
