GUIDES TO THE INTERNET

Cyburbia
http://www.cyburbia.org/
Developer:Dan Tasman, University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning 
"Cyburbia contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, urbanism and other topics related to the built environment. Cyburbia also contains information about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas".  One of the Web's most extensive lists of internet resources in architecture, building construction, environment, and planning. Morethan 7,000 links.

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REFERENCE RESOURCES

International Directory of Design
http://www.penrose-press.com/IDD/search.html
Developer: Penrose Press
Access is free to this international database of schools, organizations, periodicals, and people associated with architecture, decorative arts, fashion, urban planning, typography, interior decorating, photography, and video and television.

 
 

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GOVERNMENT ANDINTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Departmentof Survey and Mapping Malaysia
http://jupem.gov.my/
Developer: Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
"The Department of Survey and Mapping has a range of mapping and other products that can be purchased by individuals or organisations".

 
 

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LISTSERVS AND NEWSGROUPS

Below are some very useful databases of e-mail discussion groups/listservs and newsgroups where you can locate groups to join :
 

DianeK. Kovacs Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
http://www.kovacs.com
Developer : Diane K. Kovacs
"The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-conferences screens, evaluates and organizes discussion lists, newsgroups, MUDS, MOO'S, Muck's, Mushes, mailing lists, interactive Web chat groups etc. (e-conferences) on topics of interest to scholars and professionals for use in their scholarly, pedagological and professional activities."

LisztMailing Directory
http://www.liszt.com
Developer : Scott Southwick
Searchable directory of over 85,000 listserv, listproc, majordomo and independently managed mailinglists.

MailbaseElectronic Mailing List Service 
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/
Developer : Mailbase
Provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community. Has 1,791 discussion lists, and 124,249 members worldwide. Search by subject or name.

Netnews (Usenet News)
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/Network_Services/news.html
Developer: Brown University
Usenet news or netnews is essentially a worldwide public bulletin board. Thousands of    "newsgroups", which have many hundreds of thousands of  "postings" daily by millions of people connected to the internet around the world, deal with almost every topic conceivable. 

TileNet
http://www.tile.net/tile/listserv/index.html
Developer : Lyris Technologies, Inc.
Index includes both e-mail discussion groups and Usenet newsgroups. Also includes e-mail forms for subscribing.

Special Listings and Groups related to Housing, Building and Planning :

Architecture, Building and Planning Subject
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/HB/areas/RARCH.html
Developer: Academic Registrar, The University of Melbourne.
This website provides lists of subject description by Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne.

 
 

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SEARCH ENGINES

There are many sites that display links to several engines.  They are called 'Metaindexes'.
Here are some of the more useful ones:

All-inOne Search Page
http://www.allonesearch.com/all1srch.html
Developer : Danfield Automation
All-in-One Search Page provide over 800 of the Internet's best search engines, databases, indexes, and directories in a single site. The ALL-IN-ONE is like a starting point for Internet searching.

Digisearch
http://www.digiway.com/digisearch
Developer : Digiway Ltd.
With this service you can search www-links from various search engines simultaneously. Give the word(s) you want to search for, maximum time to search and the search engines you want to use. You can also use search engines directly by following their links.

Internet Search Engines
http://www.freeality.com/
Developer : Internet Oracle,Inc.
Excellent site providing links to major search engines, specialized subject search engines, as well as metaengines. Highly recommended.

There are also metaengines that allow you to run your search terms against several search engines simultaneously. Here are some ot them:

Cyber411
http://euklid.mi.uni-koeln.de/~jbe/ref/www.cyber411.com/
Developer : Cyber Networks,Inc.
Runs your search against 16 search engines.

Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com/
Dogpile is simply the easiest way to find better search results from more of the Web. Dogpile uses innovative metasearch technology to search the Internet's top search engines, including Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, About, FAST, FindWhat, LookSmart, and many more. With one single click, Dogpile fetches the best results from the combined pool of the best search engines -- instead of results from just one single search engine. And Dogpile makes it easy to refine your search so you can find the most meaningful results right away. No wonder it's the "Top Dog" of the search industry. 

Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
Developer : Go2Net, Inc.
Runs your search against 9 search engines. Only the results of 10 sites from each engine are displayed.

OnlineMeta Search Engines
http://www.freeality.com/meta.htm
Developer : Internet Oracle,Inc.
Provides links to 20 meta engines,including Dogpile, MetaCrawler, Ask Jeeves, and other major metaengines. Your one-step centre for metaengines.

Search.Com
http://www.search.com/
Developer : CNET Networks, Inc
"...over 200 search engines,guides, auctions, store fronts, Usenet archives, news archives, sharewarelibraries, and yet more web resources are uniquely integrated in a singleeasy to use interface."

 
 

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STANDARDS

BSI Standards Catalogue
http://www.bsi.org.uk/index.xalter
Developer : Elysium Ltd. 
The British Standards Institution's electronic catalogue of standards. One can search and order a standard.

ISO Catalogue
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList
Developer : International Organization for Standardization
Check out the standards issued by the International Organisation for Standardisation and if necessary order a copy online.

Japanese Standards Association
http://www.jsa.or.jp/default_english.asp
Developer : Japanese Standards Association
You can search for standards published in English via their search engine.

National Standards Systems Network
http://www.nssn.org/
Developer : American National Standards Institute
Has a search engine to search for standards from 13 databases, including ANSI, ISO, ASTM, IEEE, etc.

SIRIMONLINE
http://www.sirim.my/
Developer : SIRIM Bhd.
SIRIM is the Malaysian national organisation for standardisation and industrial development under the Ministry of Science and Technology. This Homepage provides information on the Institute and its activities. The USM Library subscribes to SIRIMLINK. Please enquire for service.

The World-wide Web Virtual Library : Standards and Standardization Bodies
http://www.eelab.usyd.edu.au/ee_database/communication/standards.html
Developer : 
Provides links to international, regional and national and other standardisation bodies and companies. Also has links to specific sets of standards.

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TEACHING RESOURCES

World Lecture Hall : Architecture and Building Science
http://ppti.ugm.ac.id/download/Mirrors/www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/arc/
Developer: Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services 
Contains links to compilation of teaching resources for architecture and building science.

 
 

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ARCHITECTURE

Guides to the Internet

Internet Resources : Landscape Architecture (ADAM Browse Tree : Architecture )
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/l/landscapearchitecture.htm
Developer: Surrey Institute of Art & Design
Annotated links to selected Internet resources covering architectural techniques, ancient history, architecture from 1400 AD, public structures, religious structures, residential buildings, buildings for education and research,landscape design, and architects by country.

Architectural Web Sites 
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archweb_noframes.html
Developer: Stephen Peter, University of New South Wales
Collection of links to sites on architecture, building products, architecture schools,architects, architect's institutes, and other links of interest.

Architecture Web Resources
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html
Developer: Jeanne Brown, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Site dealing with resources in architecture, building, construction, AEC, design, real estate, housing, urban, energy, environment.

Art and Architecture
http://eserver.org/art/
Developer : Jay H. Bernstein
Lots of useful links to art and architecture.

ArtSource 
http://www.ipli.com/artsource/welcome.html
Developer: Mary Molinaro, University of Kentucky Libraries
Excellent index to networked resources on art and architecture. ArtSource, a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc. This site is intended to be selective, rather than comprehensive.

BUBLLink : 720 Architecture
http://link.bubl.ac.uk/architecture/
Developer : BUBL Information Service
Selection of Internet resources in architecture.  Links are divided under the following sections : General resources, Journals, Architecture of specific places, and Design and decoration of structures and accessories.

Kyrie's Architecture Page
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/2511/architecture.html 
Hundreds of links to architectural related areas on the web. However the alphabetical arrangement  makes it quite difficult to use.

Society of Architectural Historians : Net Resources
http://www.upenn.edu/sah/netresources.html
Developer : Societyof Architectural Historians
List of resources arrangedunder the following headings : Information resources, Image resources,Net link compilations, Collections, Architectural libraries, Electronicexhibitions, Architects and texts.

Voice of the Shuttle : Architecture Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse-netscape.asp?id=2705
Developer : Alan Liu, Universityof California, Santa Barbara
Excellent page of links to architectural resources.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library : Architecture
http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html
Developer:Rodney Hoinkes, Centre for Landscape, University of Toronto

Yahoo! Arts : Design Arts, Architecture
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
A good place to start your search for Internet resources in architecture.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Academic and Research Institutions

UK Architecture - Schools
http://www.bristolarchitecture.com/Education.html
Developer: Dan Tasman, University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning 
List of architecture schools worldwide.

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Directories

Architecture Asia : the architect and design network for Asia
http://www.architectureasia.com/
Developer:Scott Whittaker, City Space Design Group Ltd.
Architecture and design resource for the Asian region. Includes architectural information, companies, organizations, education and events. Has its own site search engine.

 
 

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Electronic Journals

Links to over 100 Architectural Magazines
http://www.architectstore.com/magazine.html
Developer : Architectstore.com 
Alphabetical list of architecture magazines.

 
 

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Image Collections

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture : image download area
http://www.akdn.org/agency/aktc_akaa.html
Developer: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
At this site, you can get images of the award winning buildings, as well as see slide shows and videos.

Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gschtml/gotthome.html
Developer: Library of Congress
"The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects (of twentieth-century America), including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings,and other structures". Search by using keywords, or browse by subjects.

Great Buildings Online
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings.html
Developer: Artifice, Inc.
An international  directory of built architecture. Has over 750 buildings, many with images, with information about their architects and descriptions of the buildings.

Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library and Rotch Visual Collections
http://vandyck.anu.edu.au/work/teach/context/libraries.mit.edu/rvc/aka/agakhan/
Developer: MIT Rotch Library
This site has an excellent collection of images and links to Islamic architecture sites.

 
 

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Indexes and Abstracts

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
http://www.library.umass.edu/reference/dbguides/avery_index.html
Developer:  Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University 
Avery Index provides citations to articles on archaeology, architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, interior design, and historic preservation, from 2,000 periodicals published worldwide between the 1930's and present.

 
 

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Listservs and Newsgroups

Architecthetics
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/architecthetics/
Developer: Mailbase
This discussion list enables those who have an interest in architecture and aesthetics to provide their views and exchange news and information onthe built environment in an aesthetic context.

 
 

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Professional Bodies and Associations

eArchitect
http://www.e-architect.com
Developer: TeleBuild, L.L.C
Excellent site offering information about the Institute, employment information, project leads, conferences, industry news and research resources. 

 
 

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CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Construction Education Connection
http://www.constructioneducation.com/
Developer: Association for Project Managers 
"The Construction Education Connection is dedicated to the faculty and students of construction programs worldwide as well as the construction industry. This site brings together many different construction web sites for those performing research or just searching for construction information". 

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ENGINEERING AND BUILDING SCIENCE

700+Civil Engineering Resources, Focused on Building Construction Engineering
http://www.neduet.edu.pk/resources/respage2.html
Developer: Helena Klein, Civil Engineering Library, Lund University
Links to research/education sites, organisations, discussion forums, information sources, tips, tools and journals.

BUBLLink : 690 Building
http://link.bubl.ac.uk/building/
Developer: BUBL Information Service
Selected Internet resources (mainly British) related to building. Links are categorised under 2 broad headings : General resources and Societies.

Building Information Warehouse
http://www.biw.co.uk/
Developer : Visual Technology
The Building Information Warehouse is a database of on-line information and show case for integrated product specification with design drawings / co-ordinated models viewed over the web. It contains directories of construction professionals, contractors, product suppliers, service suppliers, education, institutes, research and publications.

BuildNet
http://www.abuildnet.com/
Developer : BuildNET
BuildNET provides a comprehensive network of links, resources and opportunities for the construction industry.

Civil and Construction Engineering
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Engineering-and-Technology/Civil-and-Construction-Engineering.html
Developer : Galaxy
Links to academic organization, gateways, directories, other organizations, software.

Construction Information Sources
http://ctca.unb.ca:80/CTCA/sources/
Developer : Construction Technology Centre Atlantic
Excellent directory of construction resources on the Net. Arranged by categories, and searchable by keywords.

EEVL : Engineering Section, Subject Guide
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/engineering/engsubjectguide.htm
Developer: EEVL, Heriot-Watt University 
Annotated list of Internet resources regarding construction and building materials

World-WideWeb Virtual Library : Civil Engineering
http://www.ce.gatech.edu/WWW-CE/home.html
Developer: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
"The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive list of WWW servers containing information about Civil Engineering, including Gopher servers and FTP archives. This list includes universities, organizations, government agencies, and commercial sites from around the world".

 
 

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INTERIOR DESIGN

Gottscho-SchleisnerCollection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gschtml/gotthome.html
Developer: Library of Congress
"The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures". Search by using keywords, or browse by subjects.

Interior Decorating
http://interiordec.miningco.com/mbody.htm?PID=2768&COB=home
Developer: Miningco.com. Inc.
Contains a wide range of Internet resources in interior decorating , including FengShui, interior design schools, etc.

 
 

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URBAN AND REGIONALPLANNING

Asian Urban Research Group 
http://urban.tutrp.tut.ac.jp/AURG/
Developer: Akira Ohgai, Dept. of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Group of Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian researchers working in the area of urban and environmental planning. At this site you get to read about their projects and upcoming conferences.

ISTL : Highway Engineering Resources
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/96-fall/choinski.html
Developer: Elizabeth Choinski, J.D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi 
Anannotated listing of highway resources on the WWW.

MIT Architecture : Rotch Library and Visual Collections
http://architecture.mit.edu/resources/rotch.html
Developer: Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning, MIT
Links are categorised under the following sections : Planning, Statistical and data resources for urban planners, Housing and community development, Transportation and Maps.

Planners Web
http://www.plannersweb.com/
Developer: Planning Commissioners Journal
Resources on city planning, regional planning, land use, zoning, and environmental issues.

Planning Resources on the Internet
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/cityweb.html
Developer: Environmental Design Library, University of California, Berkeley
"...serves as a gathering place for selected Internet sites for city and regional planning".

Transportation Resources
http://www.educationindex.com/transpo/
Developer: Princeton University
Extensive directory of transportation-related Internet resources.

National Academic Mailing List Service
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
A list of discussion groups for  recent urban and regional problems.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library : Landscape Architecture
http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/larch.html
Developer: Rodney Hoinkes, CLRnet and the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Toronto 
Provide links to Internet resources in landscape architecture.

 
 
 

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