Read the Latest
Multidisciplinary Resources
Covering a broad range of subjects and topics for numerous disciplines, these resources are a good place to start your research.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly, multidisciplinary database containing more than 6,100 full-text journals, and indexing/abstracts for more than 10,100 journals.
- ArticleFirst This link opens in a new windowIndexes 12,500 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. 1990 to the present.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains almost 1,000 full-text journals spanning multiple disciplines. Some journals go to back to the mid-1800's. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issues and the issues available in JSTOR.
IDS Search
Search for books, DVDs and other materials throughout New York State and beyond
Search Google Books
Recommended Resources
- 100 Essential Books of PlanningFrom the American Planning Association, a few suggestions for some of the key resources in Urban Planning.
- Internet Text ArchiveThis open-access website provides full-text copies of selected books from such sources as American Libraries, Canadian Libraries, Project Gutenberg and Children's Library
Citation Style Guides
Depending on the topic focus within Urban Studies, students will want to refer to the citation style guide that is appropriate for their academic field (i.e. Turabian for history, ASA for sociology).
- Citing SourcesA guide to several citation styles.
