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PADDI - Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland

   


Welcome to PADDI
a major resource for Irish architectural and planning information on the Web

PADDI (Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland) is produced in collaboration by the Architecture and Planning Libraries of Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin.

PADDI is a bibliographic database which aims to provide wide access to information on all aspects of the built environment and environmental planning in Ireland, north and south. Indexing of material began in 1980; indexed material includes items published from c 1865 to the present, but the majority of items date from the mid 20th century onwards; the time period covered is 12th century to the present.

Directory/Links

The Directory aims to provide searchable descriptions of major collections of interest to researchers. Links connects to other useful web sites.


Number of records

The database currently contains 23385 bibliographic records, and was last updated 12 May 2008.

Accessing the PADDI Database

Click on Search in the menu above to begin searching the database. Then choose either:
  • Search All Fields which searches ALL the fields in the entire database (good for inexperienced searchers). Note that if you enter more than one word the database will retrieve records that have these words in the same field.
  • Advanced Search which allows searching of one or more specific fields (good for experienced database users and those with more specific requests)
If you are unsure of how to search PADDI, please click on the relevant Search help first.

Images

The site includes images of some, but not all, of the referenced buildings. The Notes field in specific records will indicate if there are accompanying images. To access photographs, computer generated images etc click the Images button.


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This page last updated 27 August 2007
 


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