Architecture

A rich archive of images of architectural monuments, landscape architecture, public art, etc.

Sanborn maps, large-scale plans of a city or town, were created to assist fire insurance companies assess the risk associated with insuring a particular property. This collection includes 660,000 maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.

1867-1970

Online access to over 500,000 photos with detailed captions from the AP news wire. Includes all photos from US and abroad added in the previous 365 days (800 per day) plus many selected historical photos from 1844 to the present. Also includes printed graphics and news audio clips transmitted by AP, and selected publicity photos from PR Newswire, Prime Newswire, and other sources. Updated continuously.

1844 - All AP photos, graphics, and audio clips from the current year, plus selected historical photos since 1844, and selected publicity photos.

Images from this collection are part of the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library Imageworks, which is housed in the lower level of the Duderstadt Center. The collection primarily serves the College of Architecture & Urban Planning and the School of Art & Design. Unique highlights of the collection include recent gifts of images of architecture from Japan, India, and the Middle East.

Some images are available for public viewing, however most are limited to the University of Michigan campus.

Comprehensive, cross-referenced collection of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA; also some state and local codes. Access is limited to 5 concurrent users for IBC 2006, 3 concurrent users for IBC 2003, 2 concurrent users for IBC 2000 and 1 concurrent user for all other material. If you receive the error message, "You are exceeding the maximum number of concurrent access for this resource," please try again at a later time.

1988-

The name BHA has been used informally to refer to a group of databases: RAA, RILA, BHA, and IBA. The data available on the Getty Web site comprises two of these databases: BHA and RILA. BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art/Bibliographie d'histoire de l'art) covers the years 1990-2007; the Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in French or English and all subject terms in French and English.  RILA (Répertoire de la litterature de l'art) covers 1975-1989.  At present, the Getty has no plans to add RAA (Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie), which covers 1973-1989.  IBA (International Bibliography of Art), covering 2008 to the present, is a separate subscription-only database from ProQuest that is not included on this free website provided by Getty.

1975 - 2007

CumInCAD is a cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about over 8,700 records from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, CAADRIA, eCAADe, SiGraDi, CAAD futures, DDSS and others. All papers include full abstracts. Full texts, in PDF, of some 6,000 papers are also available.

Current

Citations to articles from architecture and related periodicals, emphasizing the fields of architectural design and history.

1934 -

Art Abstracts™ is a comprehensive resource for art information featuring high-quality indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals dating back to 1984, including 280 peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracting of over 13,000 art dissertations, and indexing of almost 200,000 art reproductions, which provide examples of styles and art movements, including works by emerging artists. The database covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus.

1929 - (Indexing); 1994 - (Abstracting); 1997 - (Full Text of selected articles)

Collections of digitized images of artworks, cultural and historical artefacts, etc., from museums and other sources maintained by the UM Digital Library Production Service.

Varies by collection.