Rensselaer Libraries

Guides/Tutorials

• Course Related Guides
• ARCH 2110 - The Building and Thinking of Architecture
• ARCH 4690 - Case Studies
• ARCH 6810 - Research Design Seminar
• Database Guides
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Guide
• Doing Library Research
• Architecture Library Survival Guide
• Style Guides
• Chicago Manual of Style Online
  Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.
• Subject Related Guides
• Architecture and Building Science Image Collections
• Art and Architectural History - Image Textbook Sets and Teaching Tools
• Interdisciplinary Image Collections, Search Engines, and Portals
• Lighting Resources
• Online Sanborn Maps: Boro of Manhattan
  In addition to the print volumes for Manhattan issued by the Sanborn Mapping and Geographic Information Service, the Libraries have licensed the tiff images and pdf index to the Manhattan maps. Due to licensing restrictions these resources are only made available to the current students, faculty and staff of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Web Resources: Architecture