Rensselaer Architecture Library
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Building Fundamental Library Skills: Outline of Workshop for Architecture Undergraduates
Where do I Start?--Navigating RensSearch: RPI Libraries' Web Gateway
How do I find Books, Reports, Journals or Magazines, Government Documents, Maps, Electronic materials, Visual and Audio recordings, DVDs and other resources in the Libraries? Where are they shelved or how do I connect?
- The Libraries' Online Card Catalog:Searching and Retrieving (identifying topics and searching skills)
- Location within the libraries
- Accessing Resources From Off-Campus
Requesting items through other services:
- Connect NY Borrowing book material from participating NY State libraries
- Illiad (Interlibrary loan service)
- Capital District Library Council (CDLC) (borrowing privileges)
- WorldCat
How do I find Reference Tools such as Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Directories both in the Libraries and on the Internet?
Reference Tools
- RensSearch: Find Reference Tools
- RensSearch: Online Reference Tools for Art & Architecture
- RensSearch: Subject Research Guides: Architecture
- Search the Catalog for Architecture Reference Tools in the Print Stacks
How do I find Journal/Magazine Articles on a Topic? What is a periodical? (What are the differences between periodicals such as scholarly journals, trade journals, popular magazines?)
General Full Text Journal Resources on RensSearch:
Architecture Specific Databases on RensSearch:
Art Specific Databases on RensSearch:
Accessing Full Text Resources Using SFX
How do I Locate Images and
Multimedia?
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