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Our databases are a collection of information, organized for you to search. They provide access to a wealth of useful research materials including: academic journals, newspapers, magazines, e-books, relevant web resources, and various multimedia. All databases come from reliable sources.
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Brown Project Digital Collection
Select drawings and slides from the J. Francis and F. Bruce Brown fonds dating from 1886-1972. This digital collection includes architectural drawings and slides of churches; buildings at Mount Allison University; residences; Provincial Legislative Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia; and Monroe County Court House, Rochester, New York.
ASME digital collection. eBooks
ASME Press is an imprint of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), established to publish books and now eBooks, including and beyond the Society’s traditional programs of publications sponsored by ASME’s technical divisions. ASME Press has over 300 titles in print and The ASME Digital Collection currently contains over 200 new and classic eBooks and will increase by approximately 15 to 20 new titles each year. We publish high-quality professional and reference works, handbooks, select non-ASME conference proceedings, as well as advanced monographs in established and emerging areas of interest to mechanical engineers and allied disciplines.
Flanders Architectural Digital Collection
Selection from the John Flanders Photography collection featuring the work of Ron Thom as well as the influential Binning House by B.C. Binning and the firm Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners from the period 1947-1980. The archives collection contains approximately 3,000 images taken from the 1990s to early 2000s
ASME digital collection. Journals
Since 1880 the ASME Journal Program has used rigorous, peer-reviewed vetting, to publish the highest quality research and makes it available to engineering professionals looking to change the world. ASME journals are vital to keeping engineers abreast of current theory, practice, and application.
Calgary Modern Digital Collection
Selection of material from the Calgary Civic Trust fonds. Contents of the fonds date from 1999-2003 and feature photographs of Calgary and area buildings or landmarks including: apartments, overpasses, offices, businesses, schools, churches, shopping centres, banks, hotels, hospitals, and post offices.
Gordon Atkins Digital Collection
Selection of architectural drawings, models, and photographs of completed buildings from the Gordon Atkins fonds covering the period 1962-1987 with a focus on Calgary and area buildings. The fonds contains over 15,000 slides, negatives, prints, and drawings dating from 1954-1987.
Marine Building Digital Collection
Selection of architectural prints, drawings, and materials from the McCarter Nairne fonds relating to the Marine Building covering the period 1928-1930. The complete fonds includes several other projects of the McCarter Nairne & Partners firm and contains over 32,000 items from 1906-1981.
Panda Associates Digital Collection
Selection of images from the Panda Associates fonds highlighting buildings in the Toronto and Ontario areas covering the period 1946-1960. The complete fonds contains over 160,000 items (negatives, positives, slides, proofs, prints, and transparencies of architectural photographs) dating from 1946-1992.
Thomas Mawson Digital Collection
Selection of images from the Thomas Mawson fonds of Mawson's proposed urban development plan for the City of Calgary. The complete fonds contains material from 1910-1915 as well as 1979 and includes drawings, watercolours, slides, photographs, and documents.
Thomas J. Watson Library Digital Collections
Over 1.1 million pages of content, from across the Met and partner institutions, are freely accessible online through Watson Library's Digital Collections. Museum publications, dealer archives, manuscripts, sound recordings, trade and exhibition catalogs, images, decorated bindings, and more are represented.