Library Guide to Urban Studies

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To Find Books

Use the MERLIN Library Catalog and the MOBIUS Union Catalog to find resources relevant to your research. Relevant works can be found using subject headings (Library of Congress) such as:

• Cities and Towns
• City Planning
• Community Development Urban
• Demography
• Housing
• Metropolitan Areas
• Population
• Real Estate Development
• Regional Planning
• Rural Urban Migration
• Sociology, Urban
• Suburbs
• Urban Ecology
• Urban Policy
• Urban Renewal

To find the location of a book in Miller Nichols Library, see the Location Guide.

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To Find Articles

Remote (off-campus) access to databases is available only to UMKC students, faculty, and staff. All other users must access online resources within the Libraries. Begin searching by selecting a database. After selection you will be prompted to provide a UMKC Single Sign-On user name and password OR a 9-digit UMKC ID number followed by the letter k (example: 0123456789k) and last name, as needed.

• EBSCOhost Databases      Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text.
  
  
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1975 - present.
  
  
• MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost), 1975 - present; coverage varies by title      Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1975 - present; coverage varies by title.
  

• Public Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1974 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Print: Sage Public Administration Abstracts (1974 – present) MNL Ref JA1 .S27

• Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1973 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Print: Urban Affairs Abstracts (1972-1994) MNL Ref HT123 .U7

• PAIS International (CSA) 1915 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
   New  Now available: entries for the years 1915 - 1971 have been added through purchase of the PAIS Archive.
  Print: 1915 – present MNL Fourth Floor Index Z7163 .P9

• LexisNexis Academic 1969 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1980 - present.
  LexisNexis Congressional 1789 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1830 - present.
  LexisNexis Statistical 1960 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1960 - present.

• CSA Political Science & Government (2000 - Present)
  Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  Ref Z7161 .A15 A2

• ABC Pol Sci
  A Bibliography of Contents: Political Science & Government (1973-2000) Ref Z7161 .A15 A2

• Sociological Abstracts (CSA) 1963 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Print: Sociological Abstracts (1953-present) MNL Ref Index Wall 2 HM1 .S67

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Selected Journals

This list includes journals available in the University Libraries (check the MERLIN Library Catalog for holdings and location information). To identify additional related journals, search MERLIN by subject or keyword.

Print Journals Available at Miller Nichols Library:

(links to electronic versions, if available, are found on the MERLIN record site)

• International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (1977-)
• Journal of the American Institute of Planners (1944-78)
• Journal of the American Planning Association (1979- )
• Journal of Urban Affairs (1984- )
• Journal of Urban Planning and Development 1994-99
• Planning (1969- )
• Research in Urban Policy 1985 – 2000
• Urban Affairs Quarterly (1965-1994)
• Urban Affairs Review (1995- )
• Urban Land (1968 – current)
• The Urban Lawyer 1969 – current
• Zoning Bulletin 1965 – current

Other periodicals may be found by searching Library of Congress Subject Headings

• City planning -- Periodicals.
• Regional planning -- Periodicals.

Electronic Journals via Databases:

• Serials Solutions

  Serials Solutions is one of the tools you can use to find full-text journals, magazines and newspapers available online through many of the databases to which the UMKC University Libraries subscribe.

  Use the search engine to find out whether full text of a specific publication is available through one or more online databases, or use the links to view alphabetized lists of these titles. Each entry includes information on coverage (dates) as well as links to the databases through which full-text access is available.

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Reference Sources

Reference sources are useful for locating background information, definitions, general descriptions, and basic facts. Use these books to help you select or focus your research topic.

All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted. Titles are linked to the corresponding MERLIN Library Catalog record.

Index to Current Urban Documents (1972-2000)	Ref HT101 .I52
Urban Affairs Annual Reviews (Sage) - Dates vary	HT108 .U7

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Government Publications

Miller Nichols Library has historical census material from 1790 - current. Ask for assistance at the reference desk.

Census Data

• U.S. Census Bureau (United States Department of Commerce)
  (www.census.gov/)
  • American Fact Finder Census 2000
    (factfinder.census.gov/)
  • Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts (www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html)
  • Census Bureau Geography - maps
    (www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/)

• MetroDataLine
  (www.metrodataline.org/)
  Data on the region's population, economy, social characteristics, environment, and government.

• Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis - OSEDA
  (www.oseda.missouri.edu/)
  Demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census via a library of data for all Missouri counties. Various report formats are available.

• Missouri Census Data Center
  (mcdc.missouri.edu/)
  MCDC holdings consists of more than 2,000 public machine-readable data files (mcdc2.missouri.edu/applications/uexplore.shtml) and numerous printed reports.

• PRI - Policy Research Institute
  From the University of Kansas. Data and policy resources for Kansas and the greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area
  (http://www.ku.edu/pri/ksdata/ksdata.shtml)

Economic Census

The following titles are linked to the MERLIN Library Catalog record; URLs are linked to the Website.

Census of Agriculture	www.nass.usda.gov/census/census92/agrimenu.htm
Census of Construction Industries	www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cciview1.html
Census of Financial, Insurance and Real Estate Industries	www.census.gov/epcd/www/97EC52.HTM
Census of Governments	www.census.gov/govs/www/index.html
Census of Manufactures	www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/97ecmani.html
Census of Mineral Industries	www.census.gov/econ/www/mi0100.html
Census of Retail Trade	www.census.gov/epcd/www/97EC44.HTM
Census of Service Industries	www.census.gov/econ/www/se0200.html
Census of Transportation	www.census.gov/ftp/pub/econ/www/se0400.html
Census of Wholesale Trade	www.census.gov/epcd/www/97EC42.HTM
County and City Data Book	www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html
County Business Patterns	www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html
Current Population Reports	www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html
Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years 1878-present	www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

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Web Resources

• Yahoo! Social Science > Urban Studies > Urban Planning and Design (dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Urban_Studies/Urban_Planning_and_Design/)

• American Planning Association
  (www.planning.org/)

• National Association of Regional Councils
  (www.narc.org)

• The Urban Land Institute
  (www.uli.org)

• Urban Planning, 1794-1918: An International Anthology of Articles, Conference Papers, and Reports (www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm)

• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
  (www.urisa.org)

• The American Planning Association
  (www.planning.org/)

• Center for Urban Policy Research
  (www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/)

• Department of Housing and Urban Development
  (www.hud.gov/)

Use search engines linked on the Internet Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.

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For further assistance, please contact the
Miller Nichols Library Reference Desk at (816) 235-1534.

Created and maintained by Christine Angolia