Research Guides: Historic Preservation: Reference and Genealogy

Key Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & more

Oxford Reference
Language and subject dictionaries and reference works
Oxford Art Online
Provides access to Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.

Oregon Encyclopedia
The Oregon Encyclopedia provides definitive, authoritative information about the State of Oregon, including significant places, culture, institutions, events, and people. Primary support from Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society.
PreservationDirectory.com
PreservationDirectory.com is a database which provides information on thousands of organizations and institutions associated with historic preservation.

Ancestry.com
Created for genealogical research, Ancestry.com provides full texts of city directories, yearbooks, newspapers, census data. UO Libraries does not have a subscription. Individual membership required or access on-site at some libraries such as Eugene Public Library or Multnomah County Library.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects of Canada: 1800-1950
This website is intended to be an authoritative work of reference for the history of Canadian architecture during the study period of 1800 to 1950, and it contains biographies of over 2,400 architects who lived and worked in Canada as well as those architects who resided in the United States, Britain and elsewhere, and for whom it is now possible to link their names with buildings constructed in this country.