Online newspapers
- Newsbank Access AustraliaNewsbank Access Australia is a text and image newspaper database which features a large collection of Australian news from multiple newspaper sources and is updated daily. Access includes archives from the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s to the present day.
Image collections
The following image databases contain images of buildings, architectural plans and artworks.
- JSTORJSTOR provides access to an online electronic archive of major journal titles and e-books. The JSTOR collection covers subject areas such as: Arts and Sciences Biological sciences Business Ecology and Botany General Science Language and Literature Mathematics and Statistics Sustainability, Security and Music.
- Detail InspirationDetail Inspiration is an image and reference database uses relevant visual inspirations to support architects in their search for construction solutions.
- Google Arts & CultureGoogle has partnered with hundreds of museums, cultural institutions, and archives to host the world's cultural treasures online. Here you can find artworks, landmarks and world heritage sites, as well as digital exhibitions that tell the stories behind the archives of cultural institutions across the globe.
Collins Street by Steffi Pereira
Melbourne Buildings by Sharon Mathews
Melbourne Central Dome by Matt Briney
Online video collections
Search these streaming video platforms for documentaries on architects, architecture and art.
- KanopyKanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform for films and documentaries.
- Informit EduTVAustralian broadcast television content from 2006 onward - including TV shows, feature films and documentaries.
- Pidgeon DigitalPidgeon Digital is a web-based digital collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers. The collection was founded in 1979 by Monica Pidgeon (long-time editor of the influential magazine Architectural Design) and lectures are continually added.
Where Architects Live (Kanopy)
Biomimicry: Design to Heal the Planet (Pidgeon D)
Greek Art and Architecture (Kanopy)
Database Licensing
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