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Research Guide for Architecture, Environmental Design, and Planning

Finding Books

How to Search for Books

Chinook - http://libraries.colorado.edu/

Chinook is the library catalog for materials at CU. Chinook is also used to manage your library account (including renewals, holds, recalls, saved searches, etc.)

Prospector - http://prospector.coalliance.org/

Prospector is a union library catalog of 23 libraries in Colorado and Wyoming . CU students, staff and faculty can request materials not held by CU through Prospector.

Interlibrary Loan ( ILL ) - http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/ill/

If the item you are looking for is not in Chinook or Prospector, request it through ILL.

WorldCat

Contains all records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes most libraries in the US and several abroad. Materials not available at CU can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan.

Browse Books in the Art and Architecture Collection

N - Visual Arts

NA - Architecture.
NB - Sculpture.
NC - Drawing. Design. Illustration.
ND - Painting.
NE - Print media.
NK - Decorative arts.
NX - Arts in general.

CU = Resources marked with this symbol are available on campus and to students, staff, and faculty from an off-campus location. Use of these resources is subject to copyright laws and license limitations.