Urban Studies Research Guide For help with your research, visit the reference desk (hours) on the second floor of Barnard Library, or contact a Barnard reference librarian:        Phone: 212-854-3953        Chat: IM BarnardReference        E-mail: refdesk@barnard.edu Request a one-on-one consultation with a Barnard librarian if you have an in-depth research need. Ed Ruscha, Parking Lots (21), 1967/99  Finding Books | Useful Reference Works | Major Databases |Selected Websites Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites Finding Books ·        Use CLIO to find books, journals, links to online journals, and other materials, in the Columbia or Barnard libraries ·        Barnard Library has a large circulating collection of books and journals serving courses offered by the Urban Studies program. ·        Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library has many books on urban planning and real estate development; many of these circulate, and are designated “Avery Ware.” ·        Useful call numbers for Barnard: NA9000; HD; HT ·        Useful subject headings: cities and towns, city planning, housing, land use planning, metropolitan areas, municipal government, urban economics, urban sociology, urbanization. Useful Reference Works available in Barnard Library Reference Area, second floor Title   Call Number   City A-Z   HT153.C557 2000   Encyclopedia of American Urban History. 2 vols.   HT123.E49 2007 Encyclopedia of Housing   HD7287.E53 1998   Encyclopedia of the City HT108.5.E63 2005 Encyclopedia of Urban America. 2 vols. HT123.E5 1998 Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures. 4 vols.   HT108.5 E53 2002 Encyclopedia of Urban Planning. HT166.E5   Major Databases available with Columbia ID    Art Full Text Citations, abstracts and images for articles and book reviews in scholarly journals, primarily in the US and Europe, covering city planning and architecture, in addition to art. Includes retrospective version, from 1929-present. Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Citations to articles in architectural and planning journals, from the 1930's to the present Use ? for truncation. Index to Current  Urban Documents                                                                                                                 Citations and full-text for municipal publications from the U.S.                                                                                   Uses Boolean operators. Sociological Abstracts                                                                                                                                      Citations and abstracts for articles in sociology periodicals.                                                                                         Uses Boolean operators, proximity searching; * for truncation. ULI Development Case Studies Case studies of commercial and residential development projects.                                                                                 Search by project type, site size, and location.                                                                                        Urban Studies Abstracts Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies. Uses Boolean operators; ? for wildcard; * for truncation. Selected Websites About Planning                                                                                                                                          Clearinghouse for information about websites, publications, essays and news related to all aspects of planning. American Planning Association                                                                                                                             Nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional and rural planning. Basic Research Resources for City & Regional Planning                                                                                         Selective bibliographic guide to reference sources in the Environmental Design Library at UC Berkeley. International in scope, with an American emphasis. Cyburbia                                                                                                                                                           Urban planning portal and social/community site. Includes a message board, image gallery, blog feeds, and a directory of web sites. New Urbanism                                                                                                                                                  Website promoting walkable urbanism, transit oriented development, trains and sustainability. New York City Department of City Planning                                                                                                 Information on the city’s physical and socioeconomic planning. PLANETIZEN                                                                                                                                                      Public-information exchange provided by Urban Insight for the urban planning and development community.                                                                                                                                                                                            Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites ·         Avery Architecture & Fine Arts Library ·         Avery Guide to Urban Planning: Resources for Research ·         Barnard College, Urban Studies program   Return to Subject Guides list Heidi Martin Winston, 02/24/2008

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