Library Course Guides for the School of Architecture & Design: Course Guides & Workshops

Libraries Support Success in your Courses: FALL 2023

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• Instructors: Request In class Library Tutorials and/or Import the Art & Architecture Library Canvas Module

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ARCH 201 Library Tutorial and Readings Guide:

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Library Resources for ARCH 222:

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Library Resources for ARCH 291/791 :

• Research Starter: Food Security

• Quick Search results: Food Insecurity in Arkansas

• Nationwide Statistics on Food Security

• 3/17/21 : Worksheet and links to maps

• ArcGIS - Living Atlas

• Data.gov

• GIS Research Guide

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Library Resources for ARCH - 301 

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Books on Reserve

• Richard Plunz, History of Housing in NYC on Reserve in Ed Hall and Manhattan Libraries
• Roger Sherwood, Modern Housing Prototypes on Reserve in Ed Hall and Manhattan Libraries
• Hilary French, Key Urban Housing of the 20th Century on Reserve in Ed Hall and Manhattan Libraries

More in the Stacks and Ebooks

• Browse HOUSING subdivided geographically in the STACKS:   NA7100-7884
• Browse HOUSING by Form in the STACKS: NA4150-4160

Journals on Housing Design

Articles & Reports

The mediums, Articles, Journals, and documentaries provide the latest information on a topic. Read and examine these articles for the latest research and new arguments emerging from research and practice. Though not comprehensive, these suggested articles represent a portion of what has been debated through the literature, 

• Housing and Development Articles and Reports from CQ Researcher Database
• Dive Deeper: Examine these and Related Journals focused on HOUSING issues. 

History of Housing

• Examine and Select from articles published in the scholarly journal, Architectural Histories

Typology

• Avilla-Royo, Raül, Sam Jacoby, and Ibon Bilbao. 2021. “The Building as a Home: Housing Cooperatives in Barcelona.” Buildings: An Open Access Journal for the Built Environment 11 (4): 1–21. (PDF)
• Kurz, Daniel. 2022. “Diversität Macht Stadt : Stadtsiedlung Reitmen Schlieren, Haerle Hubacher, Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz Und Raderschall Partner = [Diversity and the City : Reitman Urban Housing Development in Schlieren, Haerle Hubacher with Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz and Raderschall Partner].” Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, no. 1–2 (January): 25–33. (PDF)

Future of housing

• Start with this Search Query "Future of Housing" across architecture databases.
• This search query points to "Future Housing" from beyond the disciplines. 
• Search Across Databases such as, ProQuest Central, and Art & Architecture Full Text to focus on Trade or Scholarly Articles published in the past 5 years. 

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Library Resources for ARCH 327 Reading List:

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Library Resources for ARCH 361:

 - Readings Folder

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Library Resources - ARCH 362 - Kim

• Visits the library website, catalog, and databases to gather information and images on your assigned project;

  • Example search

• Reconnect with browsing by locating related works in the stacks or online. 

• Review background research in specialized encyclopedic works; and bibliographies/endnotes found in those sources;

  • Example Search

• Discuss how to get the most out of organizing your research and research consultations.

  • Basic Running List of Sources (google doc template)
  • Zotero (guide)
• Recognize how to attribute credit to text and images. 
  • Citations Guide
  • Citing and Captioning Images (pdf)

• Research Consultations

• Librarian Crit Rubric 

• Questions?

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Library Resources for ARCH 401:

Building Systems | Structural Materials | Building Skins

Search the Library Catalog to locate books/ebooks from the bibliography. Expand your search by considering the broader/narrower/related linked keywords. Select and Search multiple databases to locate records that point to articles written in professional/trade journals such as Detail Magazine, Architecture Design, A+U, case studies, and books. Expand the search across ebooks database platforms such as Acess Engineering (ie, timber), GreenFile, and CuminCad Search Materials across databases and websites.

Timber Construction Details

Steel Construction Details

Concrete Construction Details
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Still image from Video attachment to the ICRA 2018 paper:
Accurate and Adaptive In situ Fabrication of an Undulated Wall using
an On-Board Visual Sensing System Various clips during the construction of the steel wire mesh are shown.

Library Resources for ARCH 423 

From the Reading List:

PreFabricated Systems Principles of Construction (ebook)

Loblolly House : elements of a new architecture.

The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design
The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design (ebook)

Mechanical and electrical equipment for buildings / Walter T. Grondzik, Architectural Engineer, Ball State University; Alison G. Kwok, Professor of Architecture, University of Oregon

Modern Construction Handbook (ebook)

The Student Handbook of Professional Practice (ebook)

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Library Resources for ARCH 473:

•  AIA Contract Document Comparisons Information 

• Google Folder with Scan Requests (login with your @nyit.edu email)

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>Excerpt from AIA Guide to Contract Documents 2007.

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Library Resources for ARCH 501 - 502 

Database Sets:

• Architecture, Design, and Fine Art 

• Engineering  - including the ASME Digital Collection; and IEEExplore

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• GIS & Social Explorer Guide Page

• Locating Geospatial Information Slide Deck

Organizing Research & Citations

• Writing Citations 

• Zotero

Institutional Repository

Spatial Data related to Labor and Industry

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Accurate and Adaptive In situ Fabrication of an Undulated Wall using
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Library Resources for ARCH 705 - Cody

SCANNED READINGS and RESEARCH OUTPUT for THIS COURSE  (be sure to login with @nyit.edu)

DATABASES:

• Architecture, Design and Fine Art DBs

• Engineering DBs - including the ASME Digital Collection; and IEEExplore

EBOOKS and JOURNALS: 

• ebooks block; including the eBook Engineering Core

• DEMO SEARCH: Materiality across selected databases.

CITATIONS:

• Citation formats differ by course and by journal requirements. Pay close attention to citation formats when writing proposals.
• Consult the Citation Guide

Public Libraries provide additional resources:

• NYPL 

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History of Interior Design DSGN 362

Part I: Library Refresh 

Part II: Exercise - Background Research for Exploring Topics

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Library Collections for ARTB 651 - Critical Thinking and Writing - SP2023

This brief guide highlights library sources and services most relevant to this course. Contact librarians whenever you need a hand furthering your ideas. 

• Search the Library Catalog or Libraries Worldwide for sources in from the select bibliography.

• Kristine Stiles and Peter Selz, editors.  Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings is on Reserve in the Art & Architecture Library. Click Here to view the Stiles Table of Contents. Then, Request Scans from books or print journal

General Design Theory 

The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm, by Tom Kelley (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), (ebook)

Change by Design, Revised and Updated: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires, Tim Brown  (ebook)
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, Tom Kelley (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), (ebook)

The Design Method, The: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication, Eric Karjalouto (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) 
Design for How People Think: Using Brain Science to Build Better Products 1st Ed., John Whalen  (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.)(ebook)
Design Is Storytelling, Ellen Lupton (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.)
Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work, Nigel Cross, (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) 
The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods 1st ed., by M. Lewrick, P. Link, L. Leifer   (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.)
Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming, by Ellen Lupton (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) (ebook)
A Whole New Mind : Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), Daniel Pink (ebook)

Graphic Design
Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design, Steven Heller (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), (ebook)
Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Commonsense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug  (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.)
How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer, Debbie Millman (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) (ebook)
79 Short Essays on Design, Michael Bierut, (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) (ebook)

Games/Animation
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Ed Catmull. (president of PIXAR) (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) (ebook)
Critical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage, Professor Erik Champion (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), (ebook)
Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), (ebook)
From Barbie to Mortal Kombat : Gender and Computer Games, Justine Cassell, Henry Jenkins (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.),  (ebook)
Simulation and its Discontents, Sherry Turkle (Simulation and Visualization) (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), 

3D-Product Design
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. by Sherry Turkle (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.) (ebook)
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things, Donald Norman (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), 
The Design of Everyday Things (Links to an external site.) (Link will open in new tab.), Donald Norman, (ebook)

Contemporary and Critical Art Historical Online Collections

• ArtxHistory: an inclusive framework for an open, equitable art history.

Primary & Secondary Source Research in the Arts

• Smithsonian Archives of Amercian Art
• The Getty Institute
• The NYPL Art & Architecture Library Guide to Researching an Artist
• Art Historian Ann McClanan explains the differences in Primary and Secondary Arts in art history research. (6 min video).

Databases for Arts Research

• Art History Research Guide

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Library Resources for ARTH 201 - Art History III

Refer to the Art History Research Guide for biographical Search, image search in references sources and databases. 

Art for  the Digital Age

About Citations for Images

Image Citation using Chicago:

"According to the Chicago Many of Style (17th ed.) information about the image, whether it is a photograph, painting, or other work of art, can be presented in the text and not in a note or bibliography.  However, if a citation is required, citing an image in Chicago style requires you to include much of the same information you would include in citing a print resource like author(s)/editor(s), title of image, and publication date. Chicago style dictates a different citation format depending on whether the image is from an electronic resource or published photograph."

Bibliography:

Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Image Title. Year. Medium. size. Museum or place image is, Location, URL. 

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• Citing Primary Sources in Chicago This link opens in a new window (Library of Congress)
• How do I cite an image? This link opens in a new window (CMOS Shop Talk)

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Library Resources for ARTH 602 - Aesthetics and Theory:

eBooks & Essays

Comic Propaganda Pages - Log In with @nyit.edu google account

This is not propaganda, Chapter 3 & 4 - Log In with @nyit.edu google account

‘Nature and Function of Critical and Creative Thinking’ (ebook)
'Fact Over Fake; A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias and Political Propaganda' (ebook)
'How to Read a Paragraph, the Art of Close Reading' (ebook)
'A Thinker's Guide to Ethical Reasoning' (ebook)

Propaganda, Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995 (ebook)

The Age of Spiritual Machines : When Computers Exceed human Intelligence, Kurzweil, Ray (ebook)

Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies : How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age,  Barclay, Donald A. (ebook)

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking for designers, Piotrowski, Christine M (ebook)

How Propaganda Works, Stanley, Jason (ebook)

Living with Robots, Dumouchel, Paul (ebook)

Playing Smart : on Games, Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence, Togelius, Julian (ebook)

The Curious Person's guide to fighting Fake News, McAfee, David G.(ebook)

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence : Why Computers Can't Think the Way We Do, Larson, Erik John (ebook)

Bad News : Why We Fall for Fake News, Brotherton, Rob (ebook)

Disinformation and You : Identify Propaganda and Manipulation, Jones, Marie D. (ebook)

Ethics in Design and Communication : critical perspectives, Scherling, Laura (ebook)

LaGarde, J. Fact vs. Fiction : Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News,

Bostrom, N. Superintelligence : Paths, Dangers, Strategies (ebook)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry Into Values, Pirsig, Robert M. (ebook)

The Singularity is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology, Kurzweil, Ray (ebook)

AI : its Nature and Future, Boden, Margaret A. (ebook)

Books in Print

Real World AI: A Practical Guide for Responsible Machine Learning, Alyssa Rochwerger 

The Quest for Artificial Intelligence : A History of Ideas and achievements, Nilsson, Nils J.

Artificial Intelligence : An Illustrated History : from Medieval Robots to Neural Networks, Pickover, Clifford A. 

McFarland, E. Blockchain Wars: The Future of Big Tech Monopolies and the Blockchain Internet, 

Artificial Intelligence: 101 Things You Must Know Today About Our Future - Updated Edition for Post-Covid-19 World, \ Rouhiainen, L

This is Not Propaganda : Adventures in the War against Reality, Pomerantsev, Peter (on order)

Comic Art Propaganda : a Graphic History, Strömberg, Fredrik (PN6714 .S77 2010)

New York Times  (* Register for free access to the NYTimes.com here using your NYIT email address)

Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers

• Wall Street Journal (* Register for free access to the WSJ.com here using your NYIT email address)
• Washington Post
• Times, The (London, UK)
• Financial Times (Full-Text Delay: 1 month)
• Search across newspapers with the News and Media Databases

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Pattern History through Library Sources and Digital Humanities

1. Gathering background information from encyclopedic overviews such as Oxford Art Online and Credo Reference.
2. Refer to in-depth information across books and journals
3. Gather additional visuals from digital humanities sources

Encyclopedic Sources

Dive Deep with Books and Ebooks

Image Collections

Notable Museum Collections

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Research Tips for the Compressive Structure Report:

1. Gathering background information from specialized encyclopedias and reference ebooks.

2. Refer to in-depth and case studies information across ebooks and journal articles

3. Cite your sources using the citation generators and OWL purdue.

1. Specialized Encyclopedia and Reference Sources:

Articles provide an overview and information on built works with the structural design. Follow the articles and references. 

2. Examples of Three Works from eBooks and Journal Articles

3. Cite Your Sources in MLA format. 

Example Reference Article:

Goode, Patrick. "arch." The Oxford Companion to Architecture. : Oxford University Press, , 2009. Oxford Reference. Date Accessed 23 Oct. 2023 <https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198605683.001.0001/acref-9780198605683-e-0052>.

Example Ebook Entry:

1. Möller, Eberhard. Manual of Structural Design : Structural Principles - Suitable Spans - Inspiring Works, Detail Business Information GmbH, The, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyit-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6963509.

2. Tanner, Jennifer Eisenhauer, and Richard E. Klingner. Masonry Structural Design, Second Edition. 2nd edition., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. 

Example: Journal Article:

Effective Paraphrasing:

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Adjunct Committee - 11/07/22 - Library Service Highlights

Library Spaces & Hours

• Art & Architecture Library in Education Hall  

• Manhattan Library, 2nd Fl. 1855 Broadway                  

Publishing Resources for Faculty & Staff

• Update your Researcher Profile 
• Guide to Publishing Directions from Librarian E. Rivera

Library Events - for students and faculty

Librarians in Action: A Conversation About Social Justice in Libraries

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Embedded Librarian Available for Canvas 

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Document Delivery 

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