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Research guide for this subject: Urban Studies

CORE DATABASES
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  
Indexes articles about architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage: early 1900's to present. 1860s to present
CenStats  
Building permits by city, county and state by month and annually.
Daily Journal of Commerce  
The Daily Journal of Commerce has for more than a century been a key resource for the business and building leaders in the greater Portland, Oregon metro area.

Access restricted. Ask at Reference Desk for details about Web-based access at http://www.djcoregon.com.
Geobase  
Citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature of geography, geology, ecology, and international development. 1980 - present
GeoRef  
Citations and abstracts of the earth sciences (including palaeontology) literature.
(Internet Explorer or Safari recommended) Geography of North America: 1785 to present | Geology of the rest of the world: 1933 to present
ReferenceUSA  
Profiles on companies, health care providers, nonprofit organizations and government agencies.
SimplyMap  
SimplyMap is an Internet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables.
TRIS (Transport Research Information Services)  
Citations in the transportation literature. 1960 - present
ULI Development Case Studies  
case studies describing the development process of projects that are both innovative in their markets and financially successful.
Urban Studies, Sage Full Text  
Full text articles from Sage Press journals in urban studies and public policy topics


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DataLab  
DataLab, a new website from the Institute of Education Sciences' National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), puts a wide range of survey data collected by NCES at your fingertips.
Environmental Science and Pollution Management  
Citations and abstracts of the environmental, ecology, and water resources literature. 1980 - present
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)  
Citations on topics of public policy to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, web sites and government documents 1972 - present


MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASES
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)  
Vast archive of social science data, including aging, child care, criminal justice, demography, education, political science, public and mental health, and sociology.
JSTOR  
Historical backfiles of full text articles from a selected number of major research journals. Varies by publisher.
Sage eReference  
Full text of 81 encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities published by Sage Reference. Can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic.
SocINDEX  
SocINDEX, with more than 1.3 million records, covers an array of social science disciplines - from anthropology to social work. 1895 - present
SourceOECD  
OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals.
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