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DETAIL inspiration

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The DETAIL inspiration online databank gives users access to more than 5,500 DETAIL project documentations from more than 55 years of DETAIL. By using professional search functions and filter options to find key terms such as building type, material, construction year or the topic of an issue, DETAIL inspiration supports architects both in their quest for solutions and in their daily work. With every new issue of DETAIL, the databank expands by the current projects in question. Furthermore, the projects can be organized and saved as needed in personal watchlists.

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The DS is a growing image database of medieval and renaissance manuscriptions from a variety of U.S. institutions (Huntington Library, Jewish Theological Seminary, Grolier Club, UC Berkeley, etc.).

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The ICAA Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art digital archive provides access to primary sources and critical documents tracing the development of twentieth-century art in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States.

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Oxford Academic Online

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Books from Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Medicine Online, Oxford Clinical Psychology, and Very Short Introductions, as well as the AMA Manual of Style, are available on Oxford Academic as well as OUP journals

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Oxford Art Online

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Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with annual additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference source.

Access to the database is limited to 5 users.

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The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3).

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Oxford Journals

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Provides access to a search interface that retrieves articles across all Oxford titles; searches can be limited to specific subject categories.

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The Oxford Text Archive (OTA) collects, catalogues, preserves and distributes high-quality digital electronic texts and other literary and language resources for research and teaching.

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Paul R. Williams (1894-€“1980), the renowned African-American architect in Southern California, is the subject of this collaboration of individuals and organizations in which the American Institute of Architects Memphis and the University of Memphis are the core institutions.

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Indexing, abstracts, and much full-text coverage for performing arts periodicals since 1864.

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Contains every issue (1938-1957) of the pioneering photo-journalism newspaper that was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its peak.

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Projekt DYABOLA

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DYABOLA provides access to subject catalogs of publications on the history of art and the ancient world.

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Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, metal smithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture.

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ProQuest Research Library is a multi-disciplinary index suitable for both undergraduates and graduate students.

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This is a free online database that provides comprehensive information on public art in North America.

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