Guides: Architecture & Architectural Engineering Guide: Home

Welcome!

Hello and Welcome to the Gordon Library Architecture & Architectural Engineering Guide!

This guide is designed to help you with your research for architecture and architectural engineering classes and projects. Use the tabs on the top to navigate, or peek through this table of contents.

Home (this page)

The landing page, with quick facts and resources below. Navigate to the information you seek with the tabs above, or read through the table of contents to learn more about what each tab offers.

Research Resources

All your academic necessities like (e-)books, journals, and databases. See the featured section of works by or recommended by WPI faculty. Take me there!

Search & Evaluation Strategies

"Should I use a chapter or a journal article?" "What's the difference between a journal, newsletter, newspaper, or trade magazine, and which one should I be using?" Not all sources are built equally. Here you'll find videos and guides to assessing the value of a resource for your project. Let's go!

Standards and Professional Societies

On this page, learn about the engineering standards and access the ones assigned by professors. Also, check out professional societies nearby, in the country, and in the world. Onwards!

Citation Guidance

Now that you've done your research and written up your work, how do you give proper thanks to the scholars and tradesmen who you learned from? This page is all about citations, attribution, and references. To the APA!