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Print drawings
View lists of drawings held at the Architecture Library:
Online sources for drawings
Searching for images online
- Artstor (now on JSTOR): a visual resource database
- Archnet: an open-access library on the built environment of Muslim societies
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Canadian Architectural Archives
- Getty - Open Content Program
- Google Advanced Image Search (under “usage rights,” choose “free to use or share”)
- OpenVerse - more than 600 million images and audio clips available for reuse under a Creative Common license
- Wikimedia Commons
Sources for maps and demographics
- Scholars GeoPortal
- Greater Sudbury Maps Online (not always available)
- City of Greater Sudbury Open Data Portal
- Maps of Ontario
- Geospational Data at LU
- Canadian Real Estate (view a particular listing in detail, scroll below photos and listing information to the tab entitled "Statistics". There you will find data on income, population, housing, household, education, commute, languages -- provided by a third-party supplier based on census data from Statistics Canada.)
Fire Insurance Plans
Search city insurance plans in detail to discover urban city maps that provided insurance companies with vital information. This included building composition -- in order to assess fire risk and subsequently assist in assigning insurance rates. These historical plans provide details on building construction and usage. In two dimensions, they provide colourful insight into streets, neighbourhoods, and non-residential regions.
- Fire Insurance Plans from the Architecture Library, in physical format.
- Fire Insurance Plans from Western University Libraries. Online format covers, City of: Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Toronto, as well as Canada-wide, Listings by Province, and United States