Page dedicated to Architecture History and History of Cities in the following sections:
2. Tertiary Information.
3. AI Prompts and Applications
4. Secondary Sources typically found in peer reviewed journals and monographs. Rely on Full Text/Index Databases to retrieve abstracts and or citations,
5. Primary Sources
6. Developing your Outline and Attribute credit to primary and secondary sources.
The place we start and gather background research, Tertiary sources combine information and related topics. Summarize one or more bodies of knowledge on a topic. Point to the commentary and original primary sources.
Examples:
About Pueblo Civilizations:
“First Civilizations: 12,000 Bc-Ad 1500.” 2001. In History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural & Technological Context, 1–34. University Press of New England.
Orum, Anthony M. 2022. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies. [Enhanced Credo edition]. Wiley Blackwell. https://search-ebscohost-com.nyit.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,uid&db=cat04612a&AN=ny.280947&site=eds-live&scope=site.,
TIPs:
Review background research in specialized encyclopedic works;
Follow the trail of bibliographies/endnotes found in those sources;
Written after the fact, in response to, or including analysis of an original writing, artwork, design plan or building.
Example: Dunn, Sarah, and Martin Felsen. 2019. “Behind the Wheel: Charles Darwin and Superstudio Do the Driving.” Architectural Design 89 (4): 94–99. doi:10.1002/ad.2462. (Article includes analysis of Superstudio ideas (secondary source) and explains new plans (primary).
An original source plan proposal or study, documentation from the original event; original plans and drawings, personal correspondence, works of art, historical newspaper articles,
Finding primary sources,
Example: Tange, Kenzo. 1987. “A Plan for Tokyo, 1986.” Japan Architect 62 (November): 8–45.
"The article presents a proposal for the structural reorganization of the Coastal City of Tokyo and Tokyo Bay City in Japan. ...The author states that the proposal was developed in cooperation with commissions from government agencies and from the city of Tokyo. "
Discussion: This is a journal. Why is it a primary source?
Finding Primary Sources on the Web
Library Databases with Images and Media
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Summarize articles and find connected papers.
Reference:
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, (Artist), Italian, born 1941, Adolfo Natalini, (Artist), Italian, born 1941, Gian Piero Frassinelli, (Artist), Italian, born 1939, Roberto Magris, (Artist), Italian, born 1935, Superstudio, (Artist), founded 1966-1982, and Alessandro. The Continuous Monument: St. Moritz Revisited, Project Perspective. Drawing date: 1969. Cut-and-pasted printed paper, color pencil, and oil stick on board, 16 7/8 x 19 1/8" (42.9 x 48.6 cm). Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). https://jstor.org/stable/community.14645193.