3. Find academic articles
Once you have develop a search strategy, it's now time to run your search strategy in a database or journal to find academic articles relevant to your research topic.
Sources of academic articles
Below are recommended databases and journals to search within and find academic articles on a chosen topic.
Databases
Library databases contain multiple scholarly and academics journals that provide credible and trustworthy information on specific topics. Works are often based on research. References provided in academic articles can be used to locate other relevant sources.
Click on the databases below and search for your chosen topic:
Journals
The Library has access to specific scholarly and academics journals that are focused on a specific topic.
Click on the journals below and search for your chosen topic:
- Architectural Design (AD)
Renowned for being at the leading edge of design and new technologies, covers topics diverse such as: architectural history and theory, the environment, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design.
- Architectural Science Review
Leading journal devoted to architectural science, technology and the built environment. Peer reviewed.
- Architecture Australia
National magazine of the Australian Institute of Architects. Independent reviews by leading thinkers in Australian architecture.
- Detail: Review of Architecture
Each issue of DETAIL is devoted to a specific constructional theme. Includes analysis of selected projects and plan drawings.
- arq: Architectural Research Quarterly
Publishes cutting-edge work covering all aspects of architecture. Contents includes: building design, urbanism, history, theory, environmental design, construction, materials, information technology, and practice.
Activity: Database searching
Choose a database from above and open that database in a new window. Enter the search strategy you came up with earlier. You can use the basic search or try the advanced search.