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Librarian: Denise Cote
Office: SRC 3043b
Phone: (630) 942-2092
E-mail: cotede@cod.edu

Finding books in the C.O.D. Library

The library is being renovated. See this guide on how to order your books while the Library is being renovated.

Use the Library Catalog to locate books in the Library's collection.

You can do a "subject" or a "keyword" search.

Tip: A subject search locks you into just the subject headings; a keyword search looks for your words everywhere in the catalog. Do a keyword to expand your possibilities, but always try a subject search first.

• Search for building name: Ex. Subject Larkin Building | Keyword Chapel of St. Ignatius
• Search for an Architect: Ex. Subject Boullee | Keyword Labrouste
• Search for the type of building: Ex. Subject Architecture Domestic | Keyword Temples
• Search for the type of Architecture: Ex. Subject Organic Architecture | Keyword Industrial and Architecture
• Search for the city or country in which the building is located: Ex. Subject Architecture Florida | Keyword Houses and Spain
• Search for the time period: Ex. Subject Architecture Ancient | Keyword 19th Century and Architecture
• Search for specific artistic eras in Architecture: Ex. Subject Architecture Postmodern | Keyword Gothic Architecture
• Search for specific topics related to Architecture: (Ex. Subject Building Laws | Keyword Building Code

Using the Architecture 1100 Reserves List

There are books available for 7-day check out at the Main Library Circulation Desk for Arch 1100. The books on this list are good choices for those students that selected ancient buildings and for general information about the history of architecture and time periods.

The Arch 1100 reserves list is located here: http://lrc.cod.edu/search/r?SEARCH=architecture

Using the C.O.D. Reference Collection and "Survey" books

Its also important to look at materials that are in the reference collection and in books that are about broad topics in architecture (survey books). Your textbook is an example of a survey book.

Here are some excellent examples of these kinds of books.

• The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture
• Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century : Plans, Sections, and Elevations
• The atlas of American architecture : 2000 years of architecture, city planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering
• World architecture 1900-2000 : a critical mosaic
• A global history of architecture
• The Great Buildings Collection CD Use the website here: Great Buildings Online
• Key Monuments of the History of Architecture (good for ancient buildings)
• Sir Banister Fletcher's a history of architecture (good for ancient buildings)
• Buildings across time : an introduction to world architecture

Using Books in Other Libraries

You can also use books at other libraries to supplement your research. The library has borrowing agreements with other local colleges and you can use a special website called World Cat to find books and other materials from all over the country.

Don't forget that you are allowed to go in person to other libraries like IIT and UIC to use their materials in the Library. You wouldn't be allowed to check out materials but could make copies of book pages and articles.

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