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Scholarly Articles

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Art and Architecture Archive (Proquest)
Find articles from trade journals and magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Find content related to the field of fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, landscape, gardening and photography.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest)
Find journal articles on architecture and design, including the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Excellent for finding articles containing images, plans and drawings.
CumInCAD: Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design
A cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about over 8,000 records from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, CAADRIA, eCAADe, SiGraDi, CAAD futures, DDSS and others. All papers include full abstracts. Full texts, in PDF, of some 5,400 papers are also available.
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
The Arts & Sciences collection provides access to over 350 journals from a range of disciplines across the Social Sciences, Sciences, Business and Humanities subjects. Search for Scholarly articles on Architecture & Architectural History, Art & Art history, Garden & Landscape here
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)
Search for scholarly articles, reports, news sources etc. covering a broad range of disciplines and topics from business and architecture, humanities and sciences.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Find articles from journals covering subjects in the sciences, urban studies and some design.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
OnArchitecture
Find videos of building walk throughs and interviews with prominent authors and figures of contemporary architecture -- architects, designers and academics. Each video is complemented with material such as links to further reading and bibliography.
Bloomsbury Design Library
Find scholarly reference, books and images covering topics on architecture, design, and crafts worldwide, from 1500 BCE to the present day. Useful research and learning tool for design and visual arts. It will support both students and academics by allowing them to explore the history and context of influential design schools, people, periods, places, and disciplines.

Statistics

ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Comprehensive resource that provides statistics on all aspects of Australian society and services
OECD iLibrary
Full access to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development statistical databases.

Codes and Standards

Australian Standards Online (SAI Global)
Full-text access to the majority of Australian Standards, Draft Standards and some Handbooks and ANSTAT’s. Royalty issues prohibit access to approximately 100 of the total 6,500 documents. ISO and IEC indexes are available

For more databases, check out the Standards Subject Guide

National Construction Code (NCC)
The National Construction Code is Australia’s primary set of technical design and construction provisions for buildings. As a performance-based code, it sets the minimum required level for the safety, health, amenity, accessibility and sustainability of certain buildings. The Australian Building Codes Board, on behalf of the Australian Government and each State and Territory government, produces and maintains the National Construction Code.

You will need to create an account to access the NCC.
Victorian Building Authority - Regulatory framework
See the VBA website for information and guides to building legislation within Victoria, including links to the relevant legislation.

Practice Notes

Acumen Practice Notes
Acumen Practice Notes is an online resource of architectural practice material, providing an extensive database of advisory notes on managing architectural practice and projects in Australia. The practice notes are continuously updated with new and revised notes and include downloadable resources such as the ABIC reference contracts (as applicable to all states and territories), digital versions of the Institute's Client Architect Agreement and the Client Architect Agreement for Limited Services, Guide letters and Client information notes.
Environment
The Environment Design Guide (EDG) is now incorporated under 'Environment', comprising over 175 peer-reviewed design notes on built-environment sustainability within the fully redeveloped Acumen Practice Notes suite

Company and Industry Information

IBIS World
Find company and industry reports that provide detailed analysis on all aspects of Australian industries. Includes architectural services, construction and engineering industries. Find information on market share, projected outlook for industry and more.
Passport
Compare your industry/markets with overseas competitors. Find extensive coverage of international industries and markets via statistical data and reports.

MarketLine
Search for reports and case studies by industry, company or geography. Find market data, business strategies, product intelligence, key facts and news.

Check out the Industry and Company Information Subject Guide. For more databases.

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