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Louis Sullivan

The following resources will help you research the life and work of Louis Sullivan

Print Sources

The Story of Architecture by Jonathan Glancey (720 GLA)
Guiding readers through a staggering 5,000 years of world architecture, Jonathan Glancey's eminently knowledgeable, authoritative, and always fascinating insights make reading this book irresistible, despite the enormity of the subject. Featuring influential and innovative architects of every age, along with their masterpieces, from the ziggurat at Ur to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this stylish, lavishly illustrated book shows the unique historical, geographical, and cultural elements that have influenced and literally shaped the world's greatest architecture.

Online Databases

Student Resource Center Gold - Offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts
Hint: Select Advanced Search when searching for multiple keywords.

Internet Resources

Chicago History Museum - Sullivan at 150: http://www.chicagohistory.org/sullivan150/credits/index.php

Chicago Landmarks - Louis Sullivan: www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Sullivan.html

Great Buildings - Louis Sullivan: www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Louis_H._Sullivan.html

Lieber Meister - Louis Sullivan - The Architect and His Work: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/sullivan.html

Louis Henry Sullivan - Architect Biography: http://architect.architecture.sk/louis-henry-sullivan-architect/louis-henry-sullivan-architect.php

Louis Sullivan - Buildings Extant in Chicago: http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/rbarchives/sullivan/extant.html

PBS - American Experience - Louis Sullivan 1856-1924: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_sullivan.html

Internet Search Tips

Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.google.com or
http://scholar.google.com/, etc.
(Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "Louis Sullivan", be sure to put quotes around it so
that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on Louis Sullivan as opposed to all of the sites containing the word
Louis plus all of the sites containing the word Sullivan.
If you would like to search for something specific about Louis Sullivan, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to explore the architecture and life of Louis Sullivan, I would enter the following:

"Louis Sullivan", architecture, biography

Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

Authority: Can you tell if the author is credible (believable)?
Objectivity: Is the information objective (honest and free of bias)?
Currency: Is the information recent and up-to-date?
Design: Is the site designed in a clear and user friendly way?
Navigation: Is the site easy to navigate through, and are all links current and usable?

For help evaluating information found on the Internet, refer to the guides listed in Evaluating the Quality of Information listed above.

REMEMBER TO CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USE in gathering your information on a
Works Cited (Bibliography) page. Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.

Created by Liza Zandonella, Library Media Specialist.

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