The Library has access to a variety of databases that both specialize in Architecture and also that will help you acquire a background into issues to do with Architecture, such as design thinking, building and philosophy.

Top Architecture Databases

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• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals [2]       
  This primary resource of architectural journals and magazines from around the world. Index only, use the SFX link to search for full text.
  Tutorial [3]
• Art and Architecture Complete
  [4]The second largest resource of architecutural journals and magazines, with the advantage of having some full text material.
  Tutorial [5]
• ARCH: Australian Architecture Database
  [6]ARCH is an index of Australian architectural and some design journals and magazines. Limited scope but useful for some Australian based searching. 
• Australian Heritage Bibliography [7]
  The Australian Heritage Bibliography is a useful database about historic buildings in Australia, and also contains information about Australian heritage generally. It can be searched in conjuction with ARCH if you use the Informit Databases [8] interface and select both of these titles from the (long) list provided.
• Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
  [9]DAAI is an index of design journals, related to the Avery Index. Contains some architecture content.
  Tutorial [10]
• CumInCAD [11]
  Free index to articles about computer aided architectural design. Partial full text. Requires to you to create a logon to access full text.
• Designinform [12]
  Design inform contains journal articles, biographies of designers and architects and digitized versions of 19th and 20th century art periodicals.
• Proquest Discovery [13] - Is the best superdatabase for design, in that it comprises DAAI and the Avery Index in the one search. You will get a lot of extraneous information from your searching however, so knowing how to refine your search will save you a lot of hassles.
  Refer to this Tutorial [5] video for some tips on how to do that.

Science & Technology Databases

• ASCE Journals: American Society of Civil Engineers
  [14]Full text (complete) journals on engineering topics; includes Journal of Architectural Engineering [15]
• Science Direct
  [16]Science Direct has full text (complete) journals in pdf format; useful journals for architecture include:
  Energy and Buildings, Applied Thermal Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Building and Environment.
  Tutorial for Science Direct [17]

Images

• Academic Search Complete [18] - Tick the 'image quick view' box before searching to return only matches that contain diagrams or illustrations
• Art and Architecture in Video [19] - This is a video databases containing biographies, profiles of contemporary artists and architects, interviews, surveys of art history, aesthetics, theory, criticism, and more, spanning from Greek and Roman forms to the modern.
• ArtStor [20] -  Is a purely image database. It doesn't contain architectural images per se but does contain art and design content that may interest you.
• Britannica Image Quest [21] - Is a mighty database containing an enormous resource of images you can reuse in your assignments. It contains pictures from Getty, The British Museum, the Encyclopedia Britannica and many more.
• Proquest Discovery [13] - Is the best superdatabase for design, and has an image restriction feature available from advanced search under 'figures and tables'. It has a 'save to presentation' option also.  
  Tutorial [5]
• ScienceDirect [16]- Has an image search available from the advanced search mode. It even has video that has been embedded into journal articles that you can refine by.