I don’t think I’m alone among librarians in noticing that luck and accident are often involved in finding information online, no matter how well crafted the query or how well designed the finding aid.

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100 Buildings: 1900–2000, by Now Institute, Rizzoli, 304 pages, $25. Destination Architecture: The Essential Guide to 1000 Contemporary Buildings, by Phaidon editors, Phaidon, 560 pages, $29.95.

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