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LITERATURE SEARCHING

•. LITERATURE SEARCHING. NICOLAI STEINØ Assistant professor, PhD Aalborg University School of Architecture & Design. The process of literature searching What do I want to know ? How do I find relevant references ? How do I retrieve the actual resources ? Demo Assignment. INTRODUCTION.

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LITERATURE SEARCHING

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  2. LITERATURE SEARCHING NICOLAI STEINØ Assistant professor, PhD Aalborg University School of Architecture & Design

  3. The process of literature searching What do I want to know ? How do I find relevant references ? How do I retrieve the actual resources ? Demo Assignment INTRODUCTION

  4. Isolate the subject Perform a literature rearch Build a weighed literature list Retrieve the literature A 4-step process THE PROCESS OF LITERATURE SEARCHING

  5. Works Projects Persons Subjects / Concepts Different kinds of information WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW ?

  6. Where is it? When was it built? Who designed it? Example: Letchworth Garden City Great Britain Early 1900s Unwin & Parker Works WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW ?

  7. Who designed it? What type of project is it? When was it made? Where has it been published? Example: Parc de la Villette Bernard Tschumi Deconstructionist park design Late 1980s Architectural Design Projects WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW ?

  8. Who is associated with the subject / concept? When was the subject / concept ceveloped? Where is the subject / concept applied / represented? Example: New Urbanism Peter Calthorpe, Duany & Plater-Zyberk 1990s Seaside, Florida; Celebration, Florida Subjects / Concepts WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW ?

  9. What are the works of the person? Is it a contemporary or historic person? What subjects / concepts is the person associated with? Example: Aldo Rossi Cemetary, Modena; Architecture of the City 1931-1997 Architectural theory, neo-rationalism Persons WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW ?

  10. Books Journal articles Images Documents Types of resources HOW DO I FIND RELEVANT REFERENCES ? ressources

  11. Library indexes Article indexes Literature lists (Search engines) Types of source retrieval systems HOW DO I FIND RELEVANT REFERENCES ? ressources

  12. Annotated book titles Annotated journal titles Examples: Danish public libraries www.bibliotek.dk Statsbiblioteket www.statsbiblioteket.dk Arkitektskolens Bibliotek www.a-aarhus.dk Aalborg Universitetsbibliotek www.aub.aau.dk Columbia University Libraries clio.cul.columbia.edu Library indexes HOW DO I FIND RELEVANT REFERENCES ? ressources

  13. Annotated article titles Examples Avery Index http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QAVERY Artikel basen Artur www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/servlet/BygNetServlet?action=701+1700&id=5 (see also www.aob.aau.dk under ’Se databaser, emner’) Article indexes HOW DO I FIND RELEVANT REFERENCES ? ressources

  14. Collections of references to selected subjects Examples: MIT OpenCourseWare ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-328JUrban-Design-Skills--Observing--Interpreting--and-Representing-the-CityFall2002/Readings/ archINFORM text search www.archinform.net/search/index.htm?ID=z3panUghG6rM60Qd Literature lists HOW DO I FIND RELEVANT REFERENCES ? ressources

  15. Physical books and journals E-books and e-journals Examples: Aalborg Universitetsbibliotek Statsbiblioteket Danish public libraries Ebrary site.ebrary.com/lib/aalborguniv AUB: Elektroniske tidsskrifter www.aub.aau.dk/portal/js_pane/forside/article/94 Resource formats HOW DO I RETRIEVE THE ACTUAL RESOURCES ?

  16. Rotterdam, Holland / the Netherlands West 8 Adrian Geuze Schouwburgplein DEMO

  17. Rietveld: Schröderhuis, Utrecht Mecanoo: Central Library, TU Delft Dudok: Town hall, Hilversum MVRDV: WoZoCo, Amsterdam Several architects: Koop van Zuid Topics ASSIGNMENT

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