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• Desgodets, Antoine. Les edifices antiques de Rome : dessinés et mesurés très exactement (1682)
• Desgodets, Antoine. Les edifices antiques de Rome (1771)
  
  

• Architecture and Design Collection (University Art Museum)
  • Repository of architectural records
• Architectural Index (Art Reference Orange Z5941.A7 1950-Present)
• Architectural Periodicals Index (Art Reference Orange Z5941.A73 1972-1994)
  • Print index to architecture articles
  • More details about illustration type
• Atkinson Photographic Archive (UC Berkeley)
  • Photos of buildings and grounds of UCSB and other UC campuses
• European Architectural History Network (EAHN)
  • Supports research and education by providing a public forum about the history of architecture
• Great Buildings
  • Entries including architect, location, date building type, construction materials, and style
• The Index to the Architect and Engineer (vol. 1-95 1905-1928)
  • Online index helpful for those studying early California architecture
• Index to Italian Architecture (Art Reference NA1111.T4 1992)
  • Find interiors, exteriors, plans, elevations, and/or sections in other books
• Structurae
  •  Free web resource, geared toward structural engineering
  • Contains detailed information about (predominately European) buildings and other structures
• World Architecture Index (Art Reference Blue NA202.T4 1991)

• Architecture and Ornament: An Illustrated Dictionary (Art Reference NA2840.M36 1998)
  • Illustrations arranged by building part precede the dictionary
• The Grammar of Architecture (Art Reference NA200.G75 2002)
  • Arranged by period, contains glossary
• Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture (Art Reference NA31.B83 2002)
  • Entries are arranged alphabetically, with cross-referenced subdivisions
• Materials, Structures, and Standards: All the Details Architects Need to Know but can Never Find (NA2540.M43 2006)
  • Included are tables, charts, diagrams, dimensions, standards, codes and general data useful to architects
  • Organized in six chapters
  • Contains a cross-referenced guide
• The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture (Art Reference NA7205.C27 1994)
  • Strictly visual- no glossary of terms
  • Arranged chronologically by style/type
• A Visual Dictionary of Architecture (Art Reference NA31.C44 1995)
  • Definitions clustered under thematic entries
  • Includes many structural terms