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This list identifies the most frequently used architecture reference titles. Consult this page for a comprehensive list of architecture reference sources.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS	HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS
INDEXES, ABSTRACTS, DATABASES	GRAPHIC STANDARDS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS
DIRECTORIES	CODES AND SPECIFICATIONS
RESEARCH GUIDES

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Comprehensive, Multivolume

Dictionary of art / editor, Jane Turner. -- New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 1996-
N 31 .D5 1996
Encyclopedia of architecture : design, engineering & construction / Joseph A. Wilkes, editor-in-chief, Robert T. Packard, associate editor. -- New York : Wiley, c1988-
NA 31 .E59 1988
Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world / edited by Paul Oliver. -- New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
NA 208 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of world art. -- New York, McGraw-Hill <1959-c1987>
N 31 .E4833
Macmillan encyclopedia of architects / Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief. -- New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1982.
NA 40 .M25 1982

Concise, Topical

American shelter : an illustrated encyclopedia of the American home / Lester Walker. -- Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1981.
NA7205 .W34
Contemporary Architects / editors: Ann Lee Morgan and Colin Naylor. 2nd ed. -- Chicago <Ill.> : St. James Press, 1987.
NA 680 .C625 1987
Encyclopedia of American architecture / Robert T. Packard, Balthazar Korab. 2nd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1995.
NA 705 .P3 1995
International dictionary of architects and architecture / editor, Randall J. Van Vynckt ; European consultant, Doreen Yarwood ; photo and graphic researcher, Suhail Butt. -- Detroit : St. James Press, c1993.
NA 40 .I48 1993
Penguin dictionary of architecture <by> John Fleming, Hugh Honour <and> Nikolaus Pevsner; drawings by David Etherton. 2nd ed. -- Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1972.
NA 31 .F55 1972
Sir Banister Fletcher's a history of architecture. 20th ed. / edited by Dan Cruickshank ; consultant editors, Andrew Saint, Peter Blundell Jones, Kenneth Frampton ; assistant editor, Fleur Richards. -- Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 1996.
NA 200 .F63 1996
Who's who in architecture : from 1400 to the present day / edited by J. M. Richards. -- London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1977.
NA 40 .W48 1977

INDEXES, ABSTRACTS, DATABASES

Avery Index to architectural periodicals. Database version

Avery index to architectural periodicals. 2d ed., rev. and enl. -- Boston, G. K. Hall, 1973.
Z5945 .C653 1973
Avery index to architectural periodicals. 2d ed., rev. and enl. Supplement. -- Boston, G. K. Hall, 1975-
Z5945 .C653 1973 Suppl. Mfm

DIRECTORIES

Professionals, Firms

Pro file : the official directory of the American Institute of Architects. -- Topeka, KS : Archimedia, c1983-
NA 53 .P76

Database version

Directory of architectural firms / AIA Florida. -- Timonium, MD : Dawson Publications,
NA 54.F6 A43

Schools

Guide to architecture schools / editor, Richard E. McCommons ; managing editor/production, Karen L. Eldridge. 5th ed. -- Washington, D.C. : Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Press, c1994.
NA2105 .G85 1994

BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND RESEARCH GUIDES
Most bibliographies are located in the stacks. Those listed below are useful as guides to the overall literature of the field.

Architecture sourcebook : a guide to resources on the practice of architecture / <edited> by Kathryn M. Wayne. -- Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c1997. NA2750 .A731 1997

Directory of international periodicals and newsletters on the built environment / Frances C. Gretes. 2nd ed. -- New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1992. NA 1 .G7 1992

GRAPHIC STANDARDS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS

General

Ramsey/Sleeper architectural graphic standards. 9th ed. / John Ray Hoke, Jr., editor-in-chief. -- New York : J. Wiley, 1994- TH2031 .R35 1994 with supplements

Accessibility

Accessible housing design file / <produced by> Barrier Free Environments Incorporated. -- New York, N.Y. : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1991. NA2245 .P5 A34 1991

Building Types

Time-saver standards for building types / edited by Joseph De Chiara and John Hancock Callender. 3rd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., c1990. NA2760 .D42 1990
Time-saver standards for housing and residential development / edited by Joseph De Chiara, Julius Panero, Martin Zelnik. 2nd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1995. NA9051 .T55 1995

Site

Time-saver standards for site planning / Joseph De Chiara, Lee E. Koppelman. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1984. NA2540.5 .D4 1984

Tracing Files

Entourage : a tracing file for architecture and interior design drawing / Ernest Burden. 3rd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1996. NA2780 .B873 1995
Photo entourage : a tracing file sourcebook / Ernest Burden. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1991. NA2780 .B874 1990

HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS

Architect registration examination. Multiple choice handbook / NCARB. -- Washington, DC : National Council of Architectural Registration Boards,
NA 123 .N362
Architects handbook of professional practice / edited by David Haviland. -- Washington, D. C. : AIA Press, 1994- .
NA 1996 .A726 1994.
NCARB architect registration examination handbook. -- Washington, D.C. : National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1985-
NA 123 .N3 LER

ILLUSTRATION INDEXES AND SOURCES

World architecture index : a guide to illustrations / compiled by Edward H. Teague. -- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1991.
NA 202 .T4 1991
Also, under Dictionaries, Dictionary of art and Encyclopedia of world art.

BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS
The titles below are graphically-oriented codes or code interpretations. For a list of codes, consult the resource guide, Building Codes.

American national standard for buildings and facilities - providing accessibility and usability for physically handicapped people / Secretariat, National Easter Seal Society, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ; American National Standards Institute, Inc. -- New York : American National Standards Institute, c1986.
NA2545 .P5 .A521 1986

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