Research Guides: Architectural Technology: Architecture History Assignment: Research Notes

Research fundamentals: 3 types of sources

When researching your plant, look for information in a variety of types of sources: decorative architectural column

Books and ebooks in the SCC, SFCC, and partner library collections (include reference books like encyclopedias & e-encyclopedias)
Articles or other multimedia located in library databases or in open collections like Google Scholar
Websites which are from reputable publishers like those on this guide

Before you start your research, it's a good idea to do a pre-research exercise by writing down search terms you think you might use in your research.

Think about:
Synonyms	Medieval or Middle Ages France or French
Narrower topics	Gothic architecture Gothic churches
Broader topics	Architecture history Art history
Alternate spellings	color and colour Post-modernism and Postmodernism

Consider
Movements	Green Architecture
Styles	International Style
Time period	Architecture of the 1920s Classical Archietcture Medieval Architecture
Century	19th century Architecture
Continent	Asian Architecture Architecture of Oceania Architecture of Europe Architecture of Western Europe
Country	Cambodian Architecture Architecture of the United States
Culture	Greek Architecture French Architecture