RESEARCHING THE MONUMENTS OF PARIS
MPA LIBRARY CATALOG
Good subject headings for general searches are:
Monuments — France — Paris (France)
Architecture — Europe
Call numbers (the number that shows where a book is shelved in the library) are linked to subject headings. In the Dewey system that our library uses, the 448's are about French language, the 720's are about architecture, and the 914's are about travel in France.
Books in the MPA library about Paris and its monuments include:
Ces Monuments Qui Racontent Paris by Jean Daly (448 Dal)
In French; a great summary of all the monuments.
Paris (DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) by Mike Gerrard and Donna Dailey (914.436 Ger)
A travel guide that includes detailed coverage of Paris's most important monuments.
There Goes the Neighborhood: Ten Buildings People Love to Hate by Susan Goldman Rubin (720 Rub)
Has sections on the Eiffel Tower and the Pompidou Center.
Medieval Cathedrals by William W. Clark (726.6 Cla)
Talks about the flying buttresses of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame on pp. 64-65 (in context with other cathedrals of the time).
DATABASES
In the Advanced Search section of the library's Academic Search Premier database, do a subject search on two subjects: "monuments" and "Paris (France)". This recently yielded 12 results (of scholarly articles about Paris's monuments), half of them full-text.
WEB SITES
General sites about all the monuments:
Official Web sites for specific monuments:
