Here are some websites you might find helpful.
American Design Drafting Association/American Digital Design Association
http://www.adda.org/
The American Insititute of Architects
http://www.aia.org/
Art and Architecture Thesaurus
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/
Building Green.com
http://www.buildinggreen.com/
The International Archive of Women in Architecture
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/