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Urban Planning Resources  Tags: architecture images urban_planning cities  

Guide to the books, journals, encyclopedias, professional organizations, site planning, standards, and images related to urban planning.
Last update: Oct 22nd, 2009 URL: http://guides.lib.ku.edu/urbanplanning  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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KU Library Catalog

KU Catalog Search collections available in all library locations at the Univ. of Kansas.

 

Other Library Catalogs

WorldCat Includes millions of records describing items owned by OCLC member libraries, including the KU Libraries.

Catalog for the Hatch Reading Room Located on the top floor of Marvin Hall, this is a non-circulating collection of over 4,000 books, 30 ongoing magazine subscriptions, and a small collection of maps.

Catalog for the Kansas State University Library KSU's Paul Weigel Library of Architecture, Planning & Design, located in Manhattan, is a nearby architectural library. 

Lawrence, KS Public Library Located at 7th & Vermont, this public library has a good art and architecture collection.  

 
 

Indexes to Journal Articles

General indexes

Academic Search Premier Indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles, over a broad spectrum of subjects.

LexisNexis Academic Provides access to: full-text of current news and up to the last 20 years; full-text company news & financial information; full-text federal, state & international legal materials; full-text and abstracted medical & health information; general reference sources.

Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select Provides indexing, abstracting and full-text content to journal articles in a variety of disciplines.

Urban Planning indexes

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals The most comprehensive index to journal literature in architecture, urban design, historic preservation, and urban planning history covering more than 700 U.S. and foreign journals. Updated weekly.

HUD USER Bibliographic Database Dedicated to housing and community issues. It contains full-abstract citations to research reports, journal articles, books and data sources in housing policy, economic development, urban planning and other relevant fields.

Journal of Planning Literature.  Includes review articles, annotated bibliographies, listings and abstracts of recent literature in city and regional planning design. Each issue contains one to three refereed literature reviews and Council of Planning Librarians Bibliographies; book reviews; several hundred abstracts of books, journal articles, dissertations, and several hundred bibliographic listings.

RIBA British Architectural Library. Catalogue Includes an index to over 300 architectural periodicals held in the Royal Institute of British Architects as well as the catalog to the library's collection, the photograph collection, the drawing collection, the manuscript collection, and a biographical database of architects.

Urban Studies Abstracts. See Academic Search Premier  which provides full text access to the journals indexed in this database.

Related topics indexes

PAIS International Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more about public policy and work affairs.

Sociological Abstracts Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

TRANweb Transportation Article File Produced by the Northwestern University Transportation Library. Index to journal articles, conference papers and other material on transportation.

 

Art & Architecture Librarian

Profile ImageSusan Craig
Contact Info:
Phone: (785) 864-3020
Email: scraig@ku.edu
Location: Art & Architecture Library

Subjects:
Architecture, Art, Art History, Design, Images, Urban Planning

 

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