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Set Up RefWorks Account
"Online bibliographic citation manager," meaning it will help you collect, organize and cite your sources. Click the link below and set up an individual account. [More information]
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RefWorks (Legacy System)Online bibliographic citation manager. After registration, use this program to import references from research databases into folders, then format them in any of more than 100 citation styles.
Web of Science Help Guides
Planning Course Guides
Access Electronic Resources from Off-Campus
All of our databases may be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet, with your NetID username and password. This username/password is the same one that you use to log into campus computers, the wireless network, NetStorage,etc.
- For students, your username is the first letter of your first name, your last name, and the last 2 digits of your EagleCard number.
- For faculty/staff, your username and password are the same ones you use to access EWU email.
If you have not created your password, go to accounts.ewu.edu. See NetID Account for more information.
Planning Databases
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.
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Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost) -- 1973-presentIndexes journals and magazines covering urban studies, community development, urban history, and related fields.
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JSTORBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
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SAGE Journals OnlineArticles from social science & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & some journals this library does not subscribe to.
Architecture
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ArtstorImages of art, architecture, photographs and videos from art museums from around the world. Keyword search or browse by collection, type, or geography. Create an individual account to download the images. Downloaded images can be used in the classroom and non-commercial educational use.
Business & Economics
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Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost)Articles from periodicals (including peer-reviewed journals) on all aspects of business. Contains books, plus reports, papers and company profiles. Selected titles go back as far as 1886, but most begin in the 1990s.
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EconLit (EBSCOhost) -- 1969-presentIndexes articles on economics issues from journals and magazines, dissertations, books and working papers.
Environmental Studies
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GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)Indexes journals and magazines (along with selected books, pamphlets and government reports) relating to human impacts on the environment.
Psychology
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PsycArticles - APA (EBSCOhost)Articles from all American Psychological Association journals. Coverage back to the first issue of each journal, for example Psychological Review goes back to 1894.
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PsycInfo - APA (EBSCOhost) -- 1806-presentA large and comprehensive index of peer-reviewed psychology journals, plus selected book chapters, books, and dissertations, in some cases back to the 1800's. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
Public Policy, Public Administration & Legal Issues
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JSTORBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
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Legal Collection (EBSCOhost)Articles from scholarly legal journals and law reviews. Most go back 20 years or less, but a few go back to the mid 1960s, including American Business Law Journal and Journal of Accountancy.
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Nexis Uni Law ReviewsArticles from law reviews and legal magazines/newspapers. Using Guided Search, "What are you interested in?" click Law Reviews.
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SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)Database for sociology, with solid coverage for social work, social psychology, addictions, and criminal justice issues. Full text for journals dating back as far as 1908, with selective text and abstracts for others going back as far as 1895, plus numerous books, conference papers, and other monographs.
Sciences
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Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost) -- 1983-presentCore journals and magazines in chemistry, energy, engineering, physics, etc.
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ScienceDirectArticles from journals that are mainly medical or scientific and indexing for additional journals.
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SpringerLinkArticles from journals that are mainly scientific and medical back to 1997 with indexing for additional journals, books, and protocols. Includes ebooks in the field of education.
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Web of Science -- 1985-present (sciences); 1992-present (social sciences)Indexes articles and analyzes citations from scientific journals back to 1985, and additional social sciences journals back to 1992.
Social Sciences
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JSTORBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) -- 1992-presentIndexes articles and analyzes citations from social sciences journals back to 1992.
Sociology
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SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)Database for sociology, with solid coverage for social work, social psychology, addictions, and criminal justice issues. Full text for journals dating back as far as 1908, with selective text and abstracts for others going back as far as 1895, plus numerous books, conference papers, and other monographs.
Find a Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper
EWU Library Catalog Title Search -- Search to see if we have a particular periodical (journal, magazine or newspaper) online, in print or microfilm. Type in the name of the journal, magazine or newspaper in the box where it says "journal of". (Just erase and type in your title.)
- Online access = we have the title online. Just click Online access to see a list of databases with date ranges. Click on the name of the database to view the journal.
- Available at = we have it physically (in print and/or microfilm). Note the location and the call number. Click Available at to view the years we have available.
E-Journals -- Alphabetical list of the journals, magazines and newspapers we have online in our databases. It will not show if we have it in print or microfilm in the library.
If we do not have the periodical you are looking for, you may request specific articles via Interlibrary Loan.
Urban Planning Journals
The EWU Libraries has access to the following journals. Click on the links to go into the library catalog to find out where you can search the ejournals.
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Environment & Planning: Older, print editions are available from the EWU Libraries (search the library catalog for details). You can do an InterLibrary Loan request for newer articles.
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Journal of the Community Development Society (see the link for Community Development)
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Urban Geography: Older, print editions are available from the EWU Libraries (search the library catalog for details). You can do an InterLibrary Loan request for newer articles.