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Architecture Library
The Architecture Library is located on the second floor of the McEwen School of Architecture at 85 Elm Street in downtown Sudbury.
Contact the Library
Email: architecturelibrary@laurentian.ca
Telephone: 705-675-1151, extension 7273
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 9 AM to 8 PM
Friday: 9 AM to 4:30 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 1 PM to 5 PM
Library hours are subject to change on short notice. For an up-to-date view of our library hours, go to laurentian.ca/library-hours.
Books
Searching the catalogue
The catalogue is your primary tool for finding books:
- Search "any field" when starting your search.
- Select title when you know the book you want.
You can then limit your search to the Architecture Library’s collection by selecting Architecture.
Requesting a book
To have a book placed on the hold shelf for you:
- Click on the title to see the full record
- Navigate to the Get it heading
- For books from the Architecture or J.N. Desmarais libraries, click Request (next day pickup) and complete the form. For items with multiple volumes, each volume will have its own link.
- For books from other libraries, click Get it from another library and complete the form.
- If you want the complete book, you must select Format: Physical.
- If you want just a single chapter or excerpt of less than 10% of the book, you can select Format: Digital and specify the chapter title or page range.
You will receive an email when the book is ready for you to pick up.
Multi-volume items
Browsing the shelf
Books are organized by call numbers. Here is a quick video on how to read a call number. Architecture-related materials are generally classified under NA.
Relevant call number ranges include:
E-F – History. Historic Preservation.
GN – Vernacular Architecture
HT – City Planning. Urban Design.
KF – Architecture and Law
LB – Buildings for Education
N – Visual Arts
NA 1-60 – General
NA 100-130 – Architecture and the state
NA 190-1555.5 – History
NA 1995 – Architecture as a profession
NA 2000-2320 – Study and teaching. Research
NA 2335-2360 – Competitions
NA 2400-2460 – Museums. Exhibitions
NA 2500-2599 – General works
NA 2599.5-2599.9 – Architectural criticism
NA 2695-2793 – Architectural drawing and design
NA 2835-4050 – Details and decoration
NA 4100-8480 – Special classes of buildings
NA 4100-4145 – Classed by material
NA 4150-4160 – Classed by form
NA 4170-8480 – Classed by use
NA 4170-7020 – Public buildings
NA 4590-5621 – Religious architecture
NA 7100-7884 – Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings
NA 7910-8125 – Clubhouses, guild houses, etc.
NA 8200-8260 – Farm architecture
NA 8300-8480 – Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc.
NA 9000-9428 – Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
NC – Drawing and Graphic Arts
NK – Interior Architecture and Design
RA – Hospital and Health Facilities Design
SB – Landscape Architecture
TH – Building and Construction
Z 679 – Library Design
Rare books
The rare book collection contains books that are special editions, rare, unique, valuable, or fragile. So that we can preserve them, they cannot leave the Library. Ask staff at the front desk to view them.
Ebooks
How do I find ebooks?
There are 2 ways of finding ebooks:
- Search the catalogue
- Search ebook databases
How do I search the catalogue for ebooks?
You can search for ebooks in the catalogue by limiting the format to books/ebooks. Follow the links to get access.
Which databases do I search for ebooks?
Articles
Where do I search?
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals ?
- Art & Architecture Source ?
- Artstor (now on JSTOR) ?
Artstor content is now available through JSTOR
Other useful databases to search
What does the Library have in print?
A + U Architecture and Urbanism = Kenchiku toToshi
Architect: The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects
Architectural History: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
Arkitektur: The Swedish Review of Architecture
ARQ Architectural Research Quarterly
Azure: Design Architecture & Art
Detail: Zeitschrift für Architektur & Baudetail
Detail (English): Review of Architecture and Construction
Detail Inside: Zeitschrift für Architektur und Innenraumgestaltung
Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation History, Theory & Criticism
JAPA: Journal of the American Planning Association
Journal of Architectural Education (JAE)
Journal of Architectural Engineering
Journal of Landscape Architecture
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
The PLAN: Architecture and Technologies in Detail
Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme
Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD)
Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review
*Based on the AASL (Association of Architecture School Librarians) core periodical list. (Last updated June 10, 2020)
Images & Media
Searching for images online
- Artstor: a visual resource database
- Archnet: an open-access library on the built environment of Muslim societies
- Getty - Open Content Program
- Google Advanced Image Search (under “usage rights,” choose “free to use or share”)
- OpenVerse - more than 600 million images and audio clips available for reuse under a Creative Common license
- Wikimedia Commons
Borrowing films from the Library
The film collection includes DVDs screened as part of MSoA film series.
Loan Period
14 days
How to view
The Library loans out USB connected DVD and blu-ray Drives.
How to borrow
Ask staff at the front desk to borrow a DVD or DVD drive as the collection is located in the backroom.
Drawings & Maps
Print drawings
View lists of drawings held at the Architecture Library:
Online sources for drawings
- Artstor Database (available through Laurentian University's catalogue)
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Canadian Architectural Archives
Equipment
Audio-Visual
External Slimline USB blu-ray & DVD RW drive
Portable projection screens (80 inches) (60 inches)
Loan period: 3 days and can be extended for special circumstances
How to borrow
Ask the staff at the Library front desk.
Materials
The Architecture Library is developing a small, reference collection of core architectural building materials samples. The Materials Collection introduces students to a range of materials that can be used in the design and construction of the built environment.
CSI MasterFormat Divisions
The Materials Collection is organized by the Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) MasterFormat to familiarize students with industry standards before entering the design profession.
CSI MasterFormat is the standard for organizing construction specifications of commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada.
MasterFormat is a product of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Construction Specifications Canada.
External Material Collection Resources
Materia - Materia is the global network in the area of innovative materials. Materia encourages joint innovation on the road to a more beautiful, sustainable and high-quality built environment.
The University of Texas at Austin Materials Laboratory - The Materials Lab maintains the largest and most comprehensive academic material collection in the world. The ever-growing collection features 27,000+ material samples and is reflective of the current building and design markets with a particular focus on smart, emerging and sustainable materials and technlogies.
Citing Sources
Chicago style resources
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
- The Chicago Manual of Style print copy is available in the Library (Call # Z 253 U69 2017 Ref).
- Purdue University’s online guide
- Colgate Visual Resources Library is an excellent guide for citing images
Quick reference
Chicago uses two different forms: the Author-Date system and the Notes and Bibliography system. Make sure you use the proper style and form as requested by your professor. The following quick reference guide will be using Chicago Notes and Bibliography*.
For the first notation, include all of the source information: author, title, and publishing data. When citing a source a second time, include the author’s last name, the abbreviated title, and the pages. If a source is cited more than two times successively, use “Ibid.” followed by the page numbers (if differing). Notes are formatted as footnotes or endnotes beginning with “1.”
*Chicago style uses hanging indents in its bibliography.
BOOK | Lastname, Firstname. Book Title. Location of publication: publisher, year. Obama, Barack. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. New York: Vintage Books, 2006. |
TRANSLATED BOOK |
Lastname, Firstname. Book Title. Translated by Firstname Lastname. Location of publication: publisher, year. De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine. The Little Prince. Translated by Katherine Woods. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1971. |
CHAPTER IN A COLLECTED WORK |
Lastname, Firstname. “Chapter Title.” In Book Title, edited by Firstname Lastname, pages. Location of publication: publisher, year. Barman, Jean. “Taming Aboriginal sexuality: Gender, Power, and Race in British Columbia, 1850-1900.” In In the Days of our Grandmothers: A Reader in Aboriginal Women’s History in Canada. Edited by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Lorna Townsend, 270-300. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. |
JOURNAL ARTICLE |
Lastname, Firstname. “Article Title.” Journal Title, Volume, no.# (year): pages. Accessed Month day, year (if applicable). URL or doi. Buchanan, Brett. “The Time of the Animal.” PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, 2 no.2 (2007): 61-80. Accessed November 7, 2012. http://search.proquest.com/docview/43243630?accountid=12005. |
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE |
Lastname, Firstname. “Article Title.” Newspaper (place of publication), Month day, year. URL (if applicable). Smith, Teresa. “Drought-Stricken Almonte Farmer Receives Much-Needed Hay from Saskatchewan.” Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa), October 31, 2012. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Drought+stricken+Almonte+farmer+receiv... |
ONLINE PRESENTATION / CONFERENCE |
Name of presenter. “Presentation Title if available.” Presented to Name of conference and organization, place, date. URL. Brown, Brené. “The Power of Vulnerability.” Presented to Ted Talks, Houston, June 2010. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html. |
WEBSITE |
Author, screen name, or editor. “Title of page.” Website name, date last modified (if available). Date accessed (if not modified). URL. Historica Dominion Institute. Richard Pierpoint. Historica Dominion Institute. Accessed November 8, 2012. https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/richard-pierpoint |
BLOG |
Generally, blogs are listed in the notes and not the bibliography. However, if it is a blog of significance you may add it to your bibliography. If the title includes the word “blog” there is no need to repeat it within parentheses. In the notes: Geist, Michael, “Canadian Copyright Reform in Force: Expanded User Rights Now the Law,” Michael Geist (blog), November 7, 2012, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6692/125/. |
Managing citations with Zotero
is a free, web-based citation manager that allows you to:
- Directly import references from article databases, the library catalogue, e-book collections, etc.
- Manage and organize your references.
- Create a bibliography.
- Share your references with others
- Add in-text citation and a bibliography directly into your assignment
To enable Zotero's Library Lookup service to find full-text documents licensed by Laurentian University, set Edit->Preferences->Advanced->General->Resolver to https://omni.laurentian.ca/openurl/01OCUL_LU/01OCUL_LU:OMNI
Getting started with Zotero:
- Follow the Managing Citations guide for Laurentian
- Contact the librarian supporting your faculty
- Consult Zotero's documentation, such as the Quick Start Guide or Tutorials
Academic Integrity for Students at Laurentian University
While working on your research papers and various written assignments, please be mindful to cite your sources and protect yourself against plagiarism. Please consult the Policy on Student Academic Integrity.
Thesis Resources
Laurentian M.Arch Theses
The Architecture Library has print copies of M.Arch Theses that can be consulted in the library. Ask the front desk staff to view any theses.
LU|ZONE|UL provides access to M.Arch theses online.
Blogs and websites
Online theses and dissertations
University repositories
CURVE - Carleton University Research Virtual Environment
LU|ZONE|UL (Laurentian University)
eScholarship@McGill (McGill University)
RULA Digital Repository (Ryerson University)
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
PRISM (University of Calgary)
Essais de fin d'études en architecture (Université Laval)
MSpace (University of Manitoba)
UWSpace (University of Waterloo)
Papyrus (Université de Montréal)
Books
One School, One Book
One School, One Book
Each year the Library selects a book and invites the McEwen School of Architecture community to read the book over the winter term and come together to share their thoughts.
2024
The book selected this year is Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. Drop by the Architecture Library to borrow a copy and join our book discussion in the Winter term led by Professor Tammy Gaber.
2019
Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Boston: Mariner Books, 2014.
The Name of the Rose. Film. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2004.
2018
King, Thomas. The Inconvenient Indian: a curious account of Native people in North America. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2017.