Planning - Basic Sources  

Indexes and Abstracts


America: History and Life

Index to the history and culture of the US and Canada

Art Abstracts.
A quarterly author and subject index to publications in the fields of architecture, art history, city planning, landscape design and other related subjects. 1984 to present. 

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.
Indexes articles on architecture in the widest sense, including city planning and housing.

Business Source Premier
Index to journals in business, management, finance and economics. Useful source of information for city and regional planning, community development, housing and transportation.

Catalog of United States government publications
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cgp/index.html 

EconLit
the American Economic Association's electronic database, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature. It is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969. It provides comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more.  

GPO Monthly Catalog.
A current bibliography of publications issued by all branches of the government including both the congressional and the department and bureau publications. 1976 to present.

Index to Current Urban Documents.
The only guide to local government publications and documents issued by and for municipalities. Includes some statistics and census information. There are geographic and subject indexes. 

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS).
Covers all subjects that bear on contemporary public issues and policy. Indexes publications issued in the following six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Emphasis is on factual and statistical information.  1972 to present. 

Sage Urban Studies Abstracts.
Abstracts of important recent literature on all aspects of urban studies. 
Langsam Periodicals:  Current issues. Langsam Stacks:  Bound vols 1998 - . HT51.S24
SW Depository: 1973-1997

Social Sciences Citation Index.
The subject of a search is symbolized by the starting reference rather than a word or subject heading. The searcher starts with a reference or an author identified through a footnote, book, encyclopedia or conventional index. This publication enables the user to identify related writings. 1980 to present. 

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

 

Professional Organizations:

American Institute of Certified Planners. Roster. 1980--; biennial. Title and business address usually provided. Includes a directory of other national planning associations.
URL: http://www.planning.org/abtaicp/abtaicp.html

American Planning Association. Membership directory. 1990--; irregular. 
URL: http://www.planning.org/

Asian Planning Schools Association(Univ. of Hong Kong)
URL: http://www.hku.hk/cupem/apsa/

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
URL: http://www.acsp.org/

Directory of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and State Transportation Agencies, prepared by John Hohl. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, [1992]. Lists metropolitan planning organizations for transportation serving major metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Langsam GovPub TD1.20/10:92-12

International Society of City and Regional Planners. List of members = Liste des membres = Mitgliederliste. 1992--; annual. Includes professional code of conduct.
URL: http://www.isocarp.org/

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. URISA membership directory. 1980--; annual. 
URL: http://www.urisa.org/

Urban Land Institute. ULI Sourcebook. Washington D.C.: ULI - the Urban Land Institute. Annual. The membership directory of the Urban Land Institute. Special features include a real estate information resource lsit, ULI's Code of Ethics, and a buyer's guide.
URL: http://www.uli.org/
HD257.U44 1994 DAAP Reference



Internet Resources

Blackader-Lauterman Electronic Resources for Urban Planning
URL:http://www.mcgill.ca/blackader/guides/urbanplanning/ 

Center for Urban Policy Research
URL: http://policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/index1.htm 

City of Cincinnati Planning Department
URL: http://www.rcc.org/planning.html 

Cyburbia.org--Internet Resources for the Built Environment
URL: http://www.cyburbia.org/
Comprehensive starting place - Highly recommended

Design Center for American Urban Landscape image bank
http://www.designcenter.umn.edu/imagebank/index.html
The Design Center Image Bank contains over 17,000 images, including low-level oblique aerial photographs and eye-level images. The current focus of the collection is the Twin Cities metropolitan region in Minnesota and dates from the early 1990s through the present. Both built and natural environments are included with many images of typical environments--such as downtowns and suburban sprawl--that are relevant to other locations.

Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Rural Zoning Commission
URL: http://www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc/default.asp?NavBar=1 

Internet Resources for Planning Research (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Library
URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/cityweb.html

KnowledgePlex
http://www.knowledgeplex.org/
"Created by a distinguished team of founding partners and implemented by the Fannie Mae Foundation, KnowledgePlex® is designed to support the efforts of practitioners, grantors, policy makers, scholars, investors, and others involved or interested in the fields of affordable housing and community development."

Planners Web
URL: http://www.plannersweb.com/ 

Urban Land Institute
URL: http://www.uli.org/DK/index.cfm

VCU's Urban Studies and Planning Page (Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning
URL: http://www.has.vcu.edu/usp/ 
Includes abstracts of articles in the latest issue of JAPA, as well as links to other Internet sites.



Print guide to government sites:
Government information on the Internet / edited by Peggy Garvin ;
introduction by Greg R. Notess. Lanham, Md. : Bernan, c2003
DAAP Reference ZA5075.N69 2003

 

Statistical Resources

U.S. Census Bureau
URL: http://www.census.gov/

County and City Data Book 
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html

American Factfinder
Population, housing, economic and geographic data
URL: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 Federal Agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Statistical Resources on the Web
Comprehensive gateway to statistical sources compiled by the Documents Center, University of Michigan Library
URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

CIS - Statistical Universe.
Published by the Congressional Information Service, this is a comprehensive guide and index to the statistical publications of the U.S. government. Indexed by names and subjects, and by categories (e.g., geographic breakdowns, demographic breakdowns), and by title. It includes statistics from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, indexed by subject, name, categories, titles, and agency report numbers.
Also available in a print version, American Statistics Index (Z1223.Z7 A5 Langsam GovPub)
URL: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv

STAT-USA
Economic, business, and international trade information from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/


Selected Internet Resources on Statistics
URL: http://lii.org/search?searchtype=subject;query=Statistics;subsearch=Statistics
from the Librarian's Index to the Internet
URL: http://www.lii.org/

 

   


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