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Urban Studies & Planning

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Before you begin your search, compile a list of potential keywords related to your topic. For example:

  • Subject matter such as green gentrification or sustainable public transportation
  • Type of resource or publication format such as report, case study or manual
  • Specific city or region such as Copenhagen, San Fernando Valley or North America

Combine keywords using the AND operator to narrow your topic. For example:

  • San Fernando Valley AND sustainable public transportation

Combine keywords with synonyms using OR to broaden your search. For example:

  • Public transportation OR Mass transit

To search phrases or titles with multiple words, use quotation marks. Putting these terms in quotes means that the words will be searched as a phrase rather than each word separately. For example:

  • "Eco gentrification"
  • "Urban beautification"

How Do I Search for Books?

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Finding Books Using OneSearch

You can search for books using OneSearch by typing in the title, author or keywords in the homepage OneSearch form.  Once the results page loads, you can use the limiters in the menus under "Refine My Results" to narrow your results. Selecting "books" under "Resource Type" will limit the results to eBooks and print books.  For eBooks only, select "Available Online at CSUN" under "Show Only"; for print books only, select "Available at CSUN" under "Show Only."  

Click the title heading of any given result item to view the full record.  In the full record, under "Online Access" you'll find the direct link to electronic text, if available. Ebooks can have different number of user access. Check in the notes section to see how many users can read the book at any given time.  The "Send To" menu offers tools for citing, emailing, or saving a record as a favorite.

Call Numbers for Urban Studies and Planning and related subjects

Library of Congress Call numbers
Subjects
Library location

HT

Urban studies and planning

3rd floor

NA

Architecture

4th floor

HD

Housing

3rd floor

HE

Transportation

3rd floor

SB450.9-486

Landscape design, gardens and parks

4th floor

TA

Civil engineering

4th floor

CSU Resource Sharing

Is the book you want already checked out? Or perhaps the library does now already own a copy? Watch this video to learn how to use OneSearch to request an item available through another CSU library.

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