| Finding Books | Reports |
| Recommended Databases | Additional Information |
| Prefab and Temporary Architecture | Demographic Information |
| Philadelphia | Follies |
| Searching the catalog for books on your topic | ||
| Try a keyword search: | Philadelphia AND city | |
| Try a subject search: | Buildings, Portable | |
| Avery Index – ELECTRONIC The Avery is the largest database devoted to architecture and design journals.This is a good place to look for precedent, or case studies. Click here for a guide on how to use the Avery Index. |
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| BuildingGreen.com — ELECTRONIC This electronic resource includes articles from Environmental Building News as well as GreenSpec, a convenient way to search for environmentally conscious building materials. |
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| Google Scholar — WWW Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.To link to Drexel full text from Google Scholar, first add Drexel in the Library Links within Scholar Preferences. |
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| Proquest — ELECTRONIC Large multi-disciplinary database with a lot of full-text access. It covers just about everything and is often a good place to start. |
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Prefab and Temporary Architecture
| We have several books on Prefab architecture. You can find them in the Catalog by doing a keyword search for PREFAB** AND ARCH**. | ||
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www.phila.gov – The official website of the City of Philadelphia includes links to agencies, officials, and policy documents www.pasda.psu.edu – Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access website with Pennsylvania GIS information, including online GIS tutorials www.cml.upenn.edu –The cartographic Modeling Lab at the University of Pennsylvania http://citymaps.phila.gov– Maps and photographs from the city of Philadelphia, including aerial photos, zoning maps, and a searchable photo archive www.ushistory.org/philadelphia – Historical background on Philadelphia from the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia www.pbs.org/philadiary – The website companion to the PBS film “Philadelphia Diary” based on interviews with Philadelphia residents www.cml.upenn.edu/nbase – Philadelphia NIS NeighborhoodBase, with GIS maps and charts of Philadelphia neighborhoods www.philaplanning.org/plans/areaplans/areaplans.html – Blight and redevelopment plan information from the Philadelphia City Planning Commission www.phila.gov/nti – The City of Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NIS), lead by Mayor John Street
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| Philadelphia Inquirer — ELECTRONIC You can search the archives of the Inquirer (back to 1981) via our NewsBank subscription. |
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| Green Plan Philadelphia – Look under Planning in Your Neighborhood” for ‘proxy’ community feedback. This site was mentioned in Friday’s panel discussion. | ||
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www.philaplanning.org/plans/areaplans/areaplans.html – Reports on neighborhood blight and redevelopment by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission www.philaplanning.org/plans/vls.pdf -Vacant Land in Philadelphia, a 1995 report by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission www.lgean.org/documents/Revitalization%20of%20Vacant%20Properties.pdf – The Revitalization of Vacant Properties, a report by the International City/County Management Association www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/uscities/pdf/philadelphia.pdf – The National Resources Defense Council’s 2003 report on pollution in Philadelphia’s drinking water www.housingalliancePA.org/Issues/Issues_Home.htm#Reclaiming%20Abandoned%20PA –The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania’s report and action guide for vacancy in Pennsylvania |
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| Ann Keith Kennedy will be in Room L14(lower level, Hagerty Library) on Friday morning and afternoon if you need assistance in research. | ||||
| The Charrette Website: http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/charrette/2009/ | ||||
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| Philadelphia School District — WWW The Philadelphia School District provides a lot of demographic information on their students, listed by school. Start with the name of a school, and then search for it here: https://sdp-webprod.phila.k12.pa.us/OnlineDirectory/schools.jsp. Then, look at the DATA link for that school’s page. |
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| Simply Map — ELECTRONIC A web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using United States demographic, business, and marketing data. Data sources include the U.S. Census and Census projections. Free individual registration is required before use. |
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| Statistical Resources Research Guide — WWW This research guide provides lots of sources for demographics including health and economics, both domestic and international. |
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Follies
| PS1 Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, Young Architects Program 2000: DuneScapes by SHoP 2002: Playa Urbana/Urban Beach by William E. Massie 2003: Light-Wing by Tom Wiscombe of EMERGENT 2004: Canopy by nARCHITECTS 2005: SUR by Xefirotarch 2006: BEATFUSE! by OBRA 2007: Liquid Sky by Ball-Nogues 2008: P.F.1 (Public Farm One) by WORK Architecture Company |
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