URBS 150: Discover the City

When you want resources about a specific subject area or in a specific format (such as newspaper articles or data sets)

Use Library Databases

Best Databases for  Urban Studies & Planning

University Library Databases -- listed by subject, type and name

Database (examples: Academic Search Premier, GreenFILE, GeoRef)

• Searches articles, book chapters, reports, newsletters only in that database
• Good for in-depth scholarly works on narrow topics
• Use Advanced Search Option to separate and clarify search terms & keywords
• Limit by publication date, resource type (for example, peer reviewed/scholarly) and more. Specific limiters available in some databases (examples below from EBSCO)

• Sign up for database account to keep records permanently available (example below from EBSCO)

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