Architecture and Planning Library
Alexander Architectural Archive
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Architecture and Community and Planning Collection Development Policy
Containing over 87,000 volumes and 240 current periodical subscriptions, the library's collection supports the curriculum of the School of Architecture. The library also serves the academic and research needs of scholars in the disciplines of art history, design, and American Studies, and is an important resource for architecture and planning professionals.
Subjects covered by the library's collection include architectural design, theory, history, and criticism, historic preservation, building technology, landscape architecture, interior design, urban design, and community and regional planning. Some materials, either aged, in poor physical condition, or of a certain rarity or historical significance, are contained in a separate Special Collection from which items may be viewed, in a limited capacity, upon request. The library also houses the Alexander Architectural Archive which contains documentation for historic and architecturally important projects in and out of the state, focusssing primarily on work by Texas architects.
Information about the Architecture Library's holdings, and most of the Alexander Architectural Archive, is accessible through the University of Texas Libraries' online catalog. For instructions, see the Library Catalog User Guide.
Materials not available from campus libraries can be requested through the University of Texas Libraries' Inter-Library Service.
Available through workstations in the University of Texas Libraries or via the Internet, Databases and Indexes to Articles provides access to periodical indexes, full-text resources, books and dissertations, statistical sources, and more. Avery Index and other database assistance is available from staff in the library.
Especially useful for architecture and planning research:
To borrow items from any UT library, or use other services restricted to current UT students, faculty, and staff, non-UT borrowers need to obtain a library card through one of the several programs offered to the community by the University of Texas Libraries.
