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URBN1871A Heritage in the Metropolis: Remembering and Preserving the Urban Past

Image Resources

Luna Insight This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the Brown University Instructional Image Collection and Luna Commons
Web browser LUNA allows viewing and exporting of images, including the contents of the Brown University Instructional Image Collection. LUNA also provides free access to the Luna Commons, image resources contributed by other institutional users of this software.

Tips for Using Luna Insight
Document created by librarian Karen Bouchard with tips for finding and working with images in Luna Insight.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.

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If you need assistance, please contact the CIS Help Desk or eresources@brown.edu.

Tips for Using JSTOR Images
Document created by librarian Karen Bouchard with tips for finding and working with images in JSTOR Images.

Providence Public Library Digital Collections
Includes 5000 images of Rhode Island history, including architecture and postcards, which may be freely downloaded.
Providence Preservation Society Slide Collection
Set of digitized slides on Google Drive documenting Providence architecture from the 1950s to 1990s. Arranged alphabetically by street name.

Plans

Note: Luna and Artstor, listed above, may have plans, depending on the building.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Covers architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation, 1930s-present
1930-present; (with selected coverage back to late 19th century) the Avery Index treats architecture and related subjects, such as city planning, historic preservation, and interior design.

Google Advanced Image Search
The Google Advanced Image Search form allows you to carry out a much more focused search.

Dhamrai, Bangladesh. Photo by David Stanley via Creative Commons license. Luna Collection.

Last Updated: Nov 15, 2023 10:54 AM
URL: https://libguides.brown.edu/Heritage
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Subjects: Art & Architecture, History, Urban Studies

Tags: american history, architecture, C--URBN1871A, rhode island, urban studies