Midwestern plants and trees

The Architecture Library has a number of resources that focus on trees and plants in the Midwest. On the new books shelf this month:

Native Plants in the Home Landscpae: for the Upper Midwest by Keith Gerard Nowakowski. (Univ. of Illinois Extension, 2004).
Call number: SB439.24.M629 N69 2004

There are more titles in the stacks:

Native Trees of the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscape Use by Sally Weeks (Purdue Univ. Press, 2005).
Call number: QK128.W45 2005

101 Trees of Indiana: a Field Guide by Marion T. Jackson (Indiana Univ. Press, 2004).
Call number: REFERENCE QK159.J24 2004

Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology by Russell Kirt. (Stipes Pub., 1995).
Call number: QK128.K54 1995

Search CardCat for SUBJECTS like these to find more materials in the Architecture Library and Bracken Library:

• Plant$ (use the truncation symbol to find “plant” or “plants”) and Middle West


• Trees and Indiana

Planning Videos

The Architecture Library's collection of videos includes urban planning topics. Some highlights:

Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom. Films for the Humanities, 2003.
Call number: DVD VIDEO 2908

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. A film by William H. Whyte. Direct Cinema Limited, 1988.
Call number: DVD VIDEO 2765

Understanding Urban Sprawl. Films for the Humanities, 2004.
Call number: DVD VIDEO 2958

Ask for videos at the Circulation Desk. Videos check out for 3 days.

Transportation--theme for October Featured Titles shelf

Now on display: books and videos that deal with designing and planning for various forms of transportation.


Check out the books on the shelf, or search CardCat for subjects like these:

City traffic
Local transit
Pedestrians
Roadside architecture
Terminals (Transportation)
Traffic engineering
Transportation, Automotive
Urban transportation