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The links below will help you find individual articles in journals. The UW Libraries may or may not have the journal containing the article you want. After you have found an article you want, note of the title of the journal (NOT the article itself), and reference the UW Libraries Catalog to see if we own that journal, it’s location and call number.

Main Databases in Landscape Architecture

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Avery indexes articles in 2,863 journals in the fields of architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia
Coverage: c. 1930—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: RLG Eureka
Access: UW restricted
Note: Use the Advanced Search mode for best results

Art Abstracts / Art Index Retrospective

Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective cover the fields of Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, Video;
Coverage: late 1920s—Present
Full Text: Yes
PDF: No
Provider: WilsonWeb
Access: UW restricted
Note: You must check both the Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective boxes at the top of the WilsonWeb page to search both.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Includes International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA)

The Bibliography of the History of Art indexes and abstracts articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs. This extensive and comprehensive index covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. The Bibliography of the History of Art includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989; 4,819 periodicals indexed
Coverage: late 1920s—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: RLG Eureka
Access: UW restricted
Note: Good for Landscape Architecture history, this index covers both journals and monographs (books).

Journal of Planning Literature

Indexes 400+ journals and provides comprehensive coverage of the city and regional planning literature. Browse and Search functions.
Coverage: 1999—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: Sage Publications
Access: UW restricted
Note: Use Browse for a Table of Contents of each issue going back to 1999.

RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Library Online Catalogue

Architectural Publications Index (API) compiled by the British Architectural Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Coverage: varies
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider:
Access: Public
Note: The RIBA Library Online Catalogue indexes books and journals in its collection, unlike Avery and Art Abstracts which just index journals

Interdisciplinary Research Databases

Eco

Cross-disciplinary database indexing scholarly journals, most peer-reviewed.
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Provider: OCLC
Access: UW restricted
Note: Access via Avery Index. Select "Eco" in "Search in database" dialog box.

Expanded Academic ASAP

Scholarly and general interest sources in humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
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Web of Science

Includes three separate indexes: Science, social sciences, and arts and humanities citation indexes
Coverage: Science Citation Index, 1970—Present; Social Sciences Citation Index, 1975—Present; Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975—Present;
Full Text: Yes
PDF: No
Provider: ISI
Access: UW restricted
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Related Subjects Databases

Business / Economics

Business Source Complete
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Full Text: Yes
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Provider: Ebsco
Access: UW restricted
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EconLit
The official publication of the American Economic Association. Indexes economics articles in scholarly journals and in collective works (books consisting of collections of essays or individual papers), dissertations, and books. Includes extensive abstracts.
Coverage: 1969—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: Ebsco
Access: UW restricted
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Education

Education Full Text
Provides indexing of periodicals and yearbook articles dating from 1983, abstracting of those dating from Jan. 1994, full text of those dating from Jan. 1996; covers English language books published after 1994.
Coverage: 1983—Present
Full Text: Some
PDF: Some
Provider: H.W. Wilson
Access: UW restricted
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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
ERIC is a Web-based digital library of free education-related sources of interest to educators, researchers, and the general public, and consists primarily of electronic bibliographic records describing journal and non-journal literature.
Coverage: 1966—Present
Full Text: Some
PDF: No
Provider: U.S. Department of Education
Access: UW restricted
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Engineering

ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts
Civil Engineering Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the serials literature in civil engineering and its complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation.
Coverage: 1966—Present
Full Text: Yes
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Provider: CSA
Access: UW restricted
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Engineering Village 2
The official publication of the American Economic Association. Indexes economics articles in scholarly journals and in collective works (books consisting of collections of essays or individual papers), dissertations, and books. Includes extensive abstracts.
Coverage: 1884—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: Elsevier
Access: UW restricted
Note: Also known as Compendex

Environmental Engineering Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts to the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
Coverage: 1990—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW restricted
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Geography

GeoBase
Covers human geography, physical geography, international development studies, environmental studies, and oceanography.
Coverage: 1990-Present
Full Text: Partial
PDF: No
Provider: WebSPIRS
Access: UW restricted
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History (U.S.)

America History & Life
American and Canadian History
Coverage: 1966--Present
Full Text: Partial
PDF: No
Provider: Ebsco
Access: UW restricted
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History (World)

Historical Abstracts
World history from 1450 to the present
Coverage: 1955--Present
Full Text: Partial
PDF: Partial
Provider: Ebsco
Access: UW restricted
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UW Libraries List of Historical Databases

Natural Sciences

Agricola
Contains bibliographic records primarily of journal articles and book chapters acquired by the National Agricultural Library in the agricultural and related sciences.
Coverage: 1970-Present
Full Text: Some
PDF: Some
Provider: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Provides citations and abstracts to the literature of the environmental sciences. The citations describe journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs, and selected books and patents.
Coverage: 1967—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW restricted
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Fisheries, Oceanography and Marine Sciences

Treesearch
"Treesearch is an online system for locating and delivering publications by Research and Development scientists in the USDA Forest Service. Publications in the collection include research monographs published by the agency as well as papers written by our scientists but published by other organizations in their journals, conference proceedings, or books. Research results behind these publications have been peer reviewed to ensure the best quality science.”
Coverage: 2004—Present
Full Text: Yes
PDF: Yes
Provider: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Access: Public
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Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
Bibliographic records on animal and bird species, wildlife management issues, diseases, game and hunting, Central and South American fauna
Coverage: 1998—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: Biblioline
Access: UW restricted
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Political Science

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Covers social and public policy literature from thousands of periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources
Coverage: 1972--Present
Full Text: Partial
PDF: no
Provider: CSA
Access: UW restricted
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Psychology

PsycInfo
Covers academic, research, and practice literature in psychology including relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior; provides indexes to journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents
Coverage: 1872--Present
Full Text: no
PDF: no
Provider: Ovid
Access: UW restricted
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Sociology

Sociological Abstracts
Contains abstracts of serial literature in sociology and related disciplines from approximately 2,500 journals.
Coverage: 1963—Present
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW restricted
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