Conservation Architecture

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Historic Building Conservation

This section lists resources for specific purposes.

Find journal and magazine articles. These include up-to-date publications.

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Use this resource to search for journal articles, e-books and images. All visual arts subjects are included. Links to the full text are provided, where available.


• BCIN 

Discover what has been published on the conservation, preservation and restoration of cultural property.


The Royal Institute of British Architects Library catalogue can be used to find what journal articles and books have been published on your subject.

The RIBA Library catalogue can be used to find what journal articles and books have been published on your subject.


fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Access the full text of more than 500 journals and bibliographic records of many more, going back to 1888. Subjects include ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental policy, sustainability, geography and urban planning.

Search and access many journal articles from 1888 to the present.


• Geobase 

GeoBase is a multidisciplinary database of bibliographic information and abstracts that indexes journal literature across the earth sciences including geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography andgeomechanics from 1980-present. Updated weekly,GeoBase contains 1.8 million records with over 100,000 new records added annually. 

There's a quick search video tutorial and a Refining Results video tutorial

There's not a video for the Expert Search, but there are help pages here, which are very useful. 


• Greenfile 

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

GreenFILE covers research information on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. This is a multidisciplinary resource and topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. 

GreenFILE covers research information on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.


fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

ScienceDirect's extensive and unique full text database covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, published by Elsevier. More than 2,500 journals and more than nine million full-text articles are available in ScienceDirect providing access to the physical sciences and engineering life sciences. This resource is also available through the Discovery service. A Science Direct Advanced Search guide video is available.

Search authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, published by Elsevier. Topics include architecture, interior design and conservation.

 

Your Subject Team

 Greta Friggens

Faculty Librarian

email greta.friggens@port.ac.uk