Architecture: Guide to Avery Index and Finding Plans
Other Resources to find floor plans
- A+T Online Library This link opens in a new windowThe digital collection of A+T Architecture Publishers, consisting of monographs and series on design, architecture, and other topics related to the built environment.More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
- Detail Inspiration This link opens in a new windowDETAIL Inspiration is an online image and reference database for architects in English and German. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
UB Building Plans
RESTRICTED ACCESS UBIT name and password required to view the floor plans Access to the building floor plans is for use by authorized faculty or staff for university purposes only. Students can request access to the floor plans for work related duties ONLY. Requests for class projects where students require floor plan information are handled on a case by case basis.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Since 2000, documentation from the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) has been added to the holdings. The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types, engineering technologies, and landscapes, including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Guide to Avery Index - Finding Floor Plans
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
To locate the floor plans, find the journal by looking for the call number in the Bound Periodicals/Journals section in APL. There is a scanner on the 3rd floor and on the 1st floor.
Using the Libraries Catalog
Search in the catalog for architect and building:
Click on the book link and use Control F keys to make sure the building is listed:
Write down the call number of the book and find the book on the 3rd floor of APL in Abbott Library.
Using Google Books
You can search in Google books if you are not finding the building in the catalog. Go to https://books.google.com/ and search for the architect and building:
And then go to the Libraries Catalog to check to see if we have the book in APL:
Write down the call number and get the book from APL, 3rd floor Abbott Library