Historic Gardens, June 2005
| Search Strategies: | Charles Gillette, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jefferson, Rose Greely, Beatrix Farrand, landscape, garden, park, Richmond, Charlottesville, New York, Boston |
VIRGO Library Catalog [Truncation = $]
Sample Quick search: charles gillette and landscap$ [keywords anywhere]
Sample Advanced search: Gillette (keyword) and Richmond (subject)
Databases
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Avery) [?] 1860-present. Indexes 2000+ jounals covering all aspects of architecture.
| Simple search: | Greely and landscap? |
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) [?] 1973-present. Indexes 2000+ journals covering art and related subjects from late antiquity to present.
| Advanced search: | Jefferson and garden? |
ArtBibModern [*] 1974 - Present
| Simple search: | Olmsted and Boston |
America History and Life [*] 1964-present. Indexes 2000+ journals covering all aspects of North American history.
| Advanced search: | Dumbarton oaks (keyword) and Farrand (subject) |
Historical Abstracts [*] 1954-present. Indexes 2000+ journals covering all aspects of European history 14th century to present.
| Advanced search: | Jekyll and garden* (keyword) |
JStor Full-text backfiles of many scholarly journals in areas such as anthropology, asian studies, ecology, economics, education, history, literature, math, philosophy, politics, sociology, and statistics.
Archives
Archives of American Gardens …Choose Archival, Manuscript and Photographic Collections, then under combined search, limit to Archives of American gardens.
Printed Sources
Garden Book (FA-REF SB469.37.G37 2000). A survey of 500 of the world's most influential garden designers, patrons and owners and their gardens from ancient times to the present. Arranged alphabetically by designer, indexed by place. One large illustration per garden.
Oxford Companion to Gardens (FA-REF SB469.25.O95 2001). Dictionary arrangement includes general and specific articles on the art of garden design from the earliest times to the present day.
Pioneers of American Landscape Design (FA-REF SB469.9.P56 2000). An encyclopedia of 160 American landscape architects.
Web Sites
Websites for Reuben Rainey's History of Landscape Architecture courses:
History of Landscape Architecture (LAR512): http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/lar/lar512P.html
History of American Landscape Architecture (LAR513): http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~rmr/lar513home.html
Contact the Librarian: Lorenza Amico | 924.6607 | lorenza@virginia.edu
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