Choosing a Database
Since Urban & Regional Planning is quite interdisciplinary, you need to think about what discipline would cover your issue. Below are links for useful disciplinary databases. If you are unsure, try the following all-subjects databases and note what disciplinary journals the relevant articles come from.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Full-text articles from over 5100 journals & 1000 magazines/newspapers on all subjects; indexing from another 4500 periodicals.
- JSTOR Full-text back files of around 950 core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
Business, Public Administration or Budgeting Issues
- EBSCOhost's Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete & SocINDEX with Full Text Search these three databases simultaneously to locate articles from public administration and related journals.
- WorldWide Political Science Abstracts -- 1975-present This political science database covers around 25 journals devoted to public administration from around the world.
- JSTOR Public Policy & Administration Journals Full-text articles from over 15 public policy and public administration journals, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago. Includes Administrative Science Quarterly and Public Administrative Review.
Public Policy Issues
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts -- 1975-present Covers political science, international relations, law and public administration from around 1500 journals.
- JSTOR Full-text back files of over 60 political science journals from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago, including American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, etc. Also includes another 900 core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive database for sociology, with some coverage of political science and criminal justice. Covers over 2500 journals, along with relevant books and conference proceedings. Includes over 10,000 author profiles.
- LexisNexis Academic Legal Full-text articles from over 500 law reviews & 300 legal magazines/newspapers; federal & state court cases (including the ability to Shepardize) and federal & state codes.
- Social Sciences Full Text (WilsonWeb) -- 1984-present Covers over 500 core journals and magazines in the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology, etc.); offers some full-text articles from 1995 to the present.
Engineering or Scientific Issues
- IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Full-text articles from around 170 journals, around 875 conference proceedings, and over 1900 IEEE standards. Full coverage is back to 1988, with selected coverage back to 1913.
- Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (FirstSearch) -- 1983-present Covers over 700 core journals and magazines in chemistry, energy, engineering, physics, etc.
- Web of Science -- 1995-present Indexes and analyzes citations from around 5700 scientific journals. Useful for finding highly cited articles and articles from non-IEEE journals.
- SpringerLink Full-text articles from around 700 journals (mainly scientific and medical) back to 1997; indexing only for another 1300 journals, books, and protocols.
Social Issues
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive database for sociology. Covers over 2500 journals, along with relevant books and conference proceedings. Includes over 10,000 author profiles.
- JSTOR Full-text back files of over 70 sociology journals from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago, including Social Forces, Sociological Quarterly, etc. Also includes another 900 core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
- Sage Journals Online Full-text articles from nearly 475 social sciences & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & around 30 journals this library does not subscribe to. Click "Sage Content Available to Me" to limit to full text.
- Social Sciences Full Text (WilsonWeb) -- 1984-present Covers over 500 core journals and magazines in the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology, etc.); offers some full-text articles from 1995 to the present.
Architectural Issues
- Art Abstracts (FirstSearch) -- 1984-present A comprehensive database for art and related subjects (architecture, graphics, interior design, etc.) indexing articles from over 375 journals.
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - Riverpoint Only! Offers access to around 2,500 architecture journals, dating back to the mid-18th century. NOTE: This is a WSU database, so you must be physically on the Riverpoint Campus to access it!
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