Monday, November 12, 2007

Site plans, elevations, sections & drawings

How do I find site plans, elevations, diagrams, and drawings of a building project?

Start at library.risd.edu
Select RISD Online Resources
Choose Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

The Avery Index has a search box which allows you to select and search for the type of Illustration you need. The drop down menu includes the following types of images:
Aerial images
Charts
Computer generated images
Details
Diagrams
Drawings
Elevations
Engravings
Graphs
Illustrations
Maps
Models
Photographs
Plans
Plates
Sections
Site Plans
Sketches
Tables
Views

To search for more than one type of image at a time, hold down the shift key while clicking on the Illustration type.
Once the search is complete, choose Check Your Library Holdings for Availability to see if RISD Library owns the journal.
RISD periodicals don't circulate so use the face-up scanner to scan articles and images. Save scans as color or greyscale jpg, tiff, or pdfs. Save to a flash drive or email the scans to yourself.

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