Subject Resources: Urban and Regional Planning
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![]() | AccessUN
Indexes United Nations documents and publications. | |||
| 1966 to the present | ![]() | |||
| American FactFinder
View, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business. | ||||
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![]() | Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Comprehensive index to journal literature in architecture and architectural design. | |||
| 1930s (with selected coverage back to 1860s) to present; includes the Burnham Index (serial publications from the 1830s to the 1960s). | ![]() | |||
![]() | Environmental Policy Index database
A comprehensive database to journal articles covering all aspects of environmental policy and politics. | |||
| 1950--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text. | |||
| 1980 -- present | ![]() | |||
| HOMER
Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs) | ||||
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![]() | ICONDA (International Construction Database)
Approximately 460,000 references to all aspects of planning and building from 23 countries. | |||
| 1976 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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![]() | PAIS International
Indexes public affairs journals, documents, pamphlets, books and yearbooks. | |||
| 1972 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Policy File
Public policy research indexing and abstracting, as well as full text items. | |||
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![]() | ProQuest
Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources. | |||
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| Rand Abstracts
Books, publications, and academic journal articles in RAND's publicly available collection. | ||||
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![]() | SIRS Researcher
General reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1988 -- present (indexing); 1994 -- present (summaries) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Social Sciences Citation Index
Citation database for the social sciences | |||
| 1965 to present | ![]() | |||
| Transportation Research Board Publications Index
TRB is a searchable index of all publications from the Transportation Research Board | ||||
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| TRANweb: Transportation Article File
A web based periodical index of transportation and law enforcement articles and conference proceedings located at Northwestern University. | ||||
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| TRIS Online
Web-based version of the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) bibliographic database | ||||
| 1960-present (some older articles are available) | ![]() | |||
![]() | ULI Development Case Studies (formerly Project Reference File)
Feature project reports produced by the Urban Land Institute. | |||
| 1985 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Urban Studies Abstracts
Publishes cross-indexed abstracts of important recent literature (plus related citations) on all aspects of urban studies. | |||
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![]() | Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases. | |||
| 1900-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | World Development Indicators
This is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of statistical data about development. | |||
| 1960 -- present | ![]() | |||
| WPA Maps Digital Archive
345 maps from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Land Use survey of Los Angeles conducted from 1933 through 1939. | ||||
| 1933-1939 | ![]() | |||
eJournals | ||||
![]() | African Development Review
A professional journal devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | ![]() | |||
![]() | Cities
Offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. | |||
| v. 12, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | City and community.
Publishes research studies that examine government planning in cities and towns. | |||
| v. 1, no. 1 (2002) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Demography
Interdisciplinary journal of general interest articles for population scientists. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 37 (2000) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Development (Society for International Development)
Dialogue between activists and intellectuals committed to the search for alternative paths of social transformation towards a more sustainable and just world. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 42, no. 1 (1999) -- v. 47, no. 4 (2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | Palgrave Macmillan | v. 42, no. 1 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Development and Change
Interdisciplinary journal of development studies and social change. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 29, no. 1 (1997) -- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Development Southern Africa
Publishes articles that reflect innovative thinking on key development challenges and policy issues facing the southern African region. | |||
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![]() | Environment and Planning A: Environment and Planning
An interdisciplinary journal of urban and regional research. | |||
| v. 33, no. 1 (2001) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
Research in the application of formal methods, methods models, and theories to spatial problems which involve the built environment. | |||
| v. 1 (1974) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
Journal committed to interdisciplinary research on issues of government and policy-making, with an international perspective. | |||
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![]() | Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
An interdisciplinary journal that leads internationally in discussions of the relations between society and space. | |||
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![]() | Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Assesses the environmental impact of policy, projects, processes and products and makes decisions based upon these assessments. | |||
| v. 15, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Ethics & the Environment
An interdisciplinary forum for theoretical and practical articles covering the broad area encompassed by environmental ethics. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 6 (2001) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | European Planning Studies
Provides a forum for ideas and information about spatial development processes and policies in Europe. | |||
| v. 8, no. 1 (2000) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Geographical Analysis
Presents significant advances in geographical theory, model building, and quantitative methods | |||
| Project Muse | v. 34, no.1 (2002) -- v. 36 (2004) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Geographical Journal
Publishes original research papers and review articles, which range across the entire subject of geography. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 165 (1893 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Geographical Review
A leading scholarly periodicals devoted exclusively to geography. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 89 (1916 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Growth and Change
Forum for scholarly research on all aspects of public, urban, and regional development and policy-making. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 29, no. 1 (1998)-- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Housing Studies
Leading theoretical and analytical housing journal. | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v.13, no.1 (1998)-present | ![]() | ||
![]() | International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Forum for the rapidly growing field of geographical information systems (GIS) | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 11, no. 6 (1997)--v. 18, no. 7 (2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | MetaPress | v. 1, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Analysis of all aspects of urban and regional development theory. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 22, no. 1 (1997)-- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | International Migration Review
A peer-reviewed journal on sociodemographic, economic, historical, political and legislative aspects of migration. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 33 (1966 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
![]() | International Regional Science Review
An international forum to share important research findings and methodological breakthroughs that improve spatial and regional analysis within the social sciences. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 22, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 22, no. 2 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Developing Areas
Provides empirical and theoretical research on all issues pertaining to the process of economic development. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 37 (2003) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Developing Societies
A refereed international journal on development and social change in all societies. | |||
| Sage | v. 18, no. 1 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Development Economics
Publishes papers relating to all aspects of economic development. | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1, no. 1 (1974) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Focuses on the integrated planning and management of the environment | |||
| v. 39, no. 4 (1996)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Journal of Forecasting
Papers dealing with any aspect of forecasting: theoretical, practical, computational and methodological | |||
| Wiley Interscience | Vol. 15, no. 1 (1996)--present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Inter-American Studies
Includes peer-reviewed original research in contemporary Latin American politics, economics, and society. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 11 (1959 - 1969) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of International Development
Research on development issues with a focus on social sciences. | |||
| Wiley Interscience | v. 8, no. 1 (1996)--present (older issues may be abstract only) | ![]() | ||
![]() | The Journal of Land & Public Utility Economics
Dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 23 (1925 -1947) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Planning Literature
Comprehensive index to recent books and journal articles in the field of city and regional planning and design. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 12, no. 1 (1997)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 13, no. 3 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Regional Science
Publishes unique articles and research papers in the field of regional science. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 38, no. 1 (1997)--present | ![]() | ||
| Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Environmental issues and the integration of natural & social science with environmental management & planning. management and planning. | ||||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 2002 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Urban Affairs
Publishes articles on urban research and policy analysis. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v.21, no.1 (1999)- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Urban Design
A scholarly international journal which advances theory, research and practice in urban design. | |||
| v. 5, no.1 (2000) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Journal of Urban History
Presents original research from the variety of fields concerned with urban history. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 25, no. 2 (1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 25, no. 2 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
development and operation of ports, harbors, and offshore facilities, as well as deep ocean engineering | |||
| American Society of Civil Engineers-ASCE | Vol. 125, no. 1 (1999)--present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Land Economics
Dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 24 - 78 (1948 - 2002) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Land Use Policy
An international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with all aspects of urban and rural land use. | |||
| v. 12, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
| Planning and Markets: An Electronic Journal
Devoted to the study of planned interventions versus market approaches. | ||||
| v. 1 (1998)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Planning Theory
An international peer-reviewed forum for the critical exploration of planning theory. | |||
| Sage | v. 1, no. 1 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Planning Theory and Practice
Theory and practice in the planning field | |||
| MetaPress | v. 1, no. 1 (2000) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Population Review
A peer-reviewed journal of demography and population studies. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 42, no. 1 (2003) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Population Studies
Presents theories and methods to extend scientific knowledge and to inform policy and practice in the field of population studies. | |||
| v. 1 - 55 (1947 - 2001) | ![]() | |||
![]() | Professional Geographer
Publishes concise research and brief book reviews in academic and applied geography. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 49, no.1 (1997)-- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Progress in Human Geography
An international review of geographical work in the social sciences and humanities. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 21, no. 1 (1997)-present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Progress in Physical Geography
An international review of geographical work in the natural and environmental sciences. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | vo. 22, no. 1 (1998)-prsent | ![]() | ||
![]() | Progress in Planning
Outlet for extended research papers on topics relating all aspects of urban planning. | |||
| v. 43, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Regional and Urban Economics
Exists to facilitate scholarship on important theoretical and empirical issues in urban and regional research. | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1/1 - 4/2, 1971-1974 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Regional Science and Urban Economics
Theoretical and empirical issues in urban and regional research. | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 5, no. 1 (1975) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Regional Studies
A leading international journal publishing multi-disciplinary research, policy analysis, and debate about urban and regional development. | |||
| v. 31, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Review of Regional Studies
The official journal of the Southern Regional Science Association. | |||
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| Southeastern Geographer
The journal welcomes contributions on any geographical subject. | ||||
| Project Muse | v. 44, no. 1 (2004) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
A leading international journal of major research papers and significant book reviews. | |||
![]() | JSTOR | v. 21 - 24 (1996 - 1999) | ![]() | |
![]() | Blackwell-Synergy | 1997 -- Present | ![]() | |
![]() | Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Provides an exchange of theory and practice on a wide range of areas relevant to understanding transitions in the region. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 49 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Transport Policy
An international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. | |||
| v. 2, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Transportation
Focuses on issues of direct relevance to the day-to-day operational management of transport systems. | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 24, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Contains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes. | |||
| v. 29, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
Publishes papers on all methodological aspects of the subject. | |||
| v. 29, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Addresses development of emerging technologies and their application and implications in the field of transportation. | |||
| v. 3, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Publishes original research on the environmental impacts of transportation. | |||
| ScienceDirect | ![]() | |||
![]() | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Publishes informative articles drawn from across the spectrum of logistics and transportation research. | |||
| v. 33, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Transportation Science
Publishes original contributions and surveys on phenomena associated with all modes of transportation, present and prospective. | |||
| Extenza | v. 34, no. 1 (2000) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Urban Affairs Review
Research and scholarly analysis on urban themes. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 34, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 34, no. 3 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Urban Design International
Forum for those involved in urban design and management. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 1, no. 1 (1997) -- 2002 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Urban Studies
International discussion of issues in urban and regional planning. | |||
| v. 1, no. 1 (1964) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Utilities Policy
Publishes research assessing and comparing issues of interest and application to the broad range of utilities. | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1/1 - 4/4, 1990-1994 | ![]() | ||
![]() | World Development
A multi-disciplinary monthly journal of development studies. | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1, no. 1 (1973) -- present | ![]() | ||
eBooks | ||||
![]() | NetLibrary Collection
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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Web Sites | ||||
| Crime in the United States: uniform crime reports
Compiles national crime statistics | ||||
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| Data Bases Available to All USC Researchers
Databases locally available to USC researchers. | ||||
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| Policy Brief Series
Collection of essays on current public policy issues in aging, health, income security, metropolitan studies and related research. | ||||
| 1994 -- present | ![]() | |||
| Population Index on the Web
Primary reference tool to all forms of research on the world's population. | ||||
| 1986- | ![]() | |||

