Urban Studies Databases

Most Useful Databases

Academic Search Complete

Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals... (more info)

Urban Studies Abstracts

Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. ... (more info)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

This database provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations...... (more info)

Web of Science

The Web of Science is the Web interface for institutional sitewide access to the world's leading citation databases, which cover over 12,000 international jour... (more info)

Opposing Viewpoints In Context

One-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. It features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary s... (more info)

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ABI/INFORM Complete

ABI/INFORM Complete?s massive content set?which includes important full‐text journals and much sought‐after titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations,... (more info)

Alt-PressWatch

Alt-PressWatch provides a valuable new source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream medi... (more info)

America: History and Life

Journal articles, dissertations, and essays in collections on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. ... (more info)

Business Reference Suite

Company and industry news and market research data, U.S. and international coverage. Core business publications, reports from trade associations and f... (more info)

Business Source Complete

Full text articles and PDF images for several thousand business journals, including the Harvard Business Review and other scholarly publications. ... (more info)

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher: Articles analyze, and provide pros and cons on, controversial and timely issues. Include bibliographies.... (more info)

CQ Weekly

CQ Weekly: Reports on and analyzes Congressional activities, summarizes major legislation, provides voting records.... (more info)

Family & Society Studies Worldwide

FSSW provides the coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. ... (more info)

GalleryWatch CRS Reports

Features the full text of a collection of Congressional Research Service reports, presented by the Committee on Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. The reports outline rules regarding legislat... (more info)

JSTOR

Contains the full text of over 169 journals available from JSTOR.... (more info)

Project Muse

Full text of articles published in over 300 journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences mathematics, and many others.... (more info)

Proquest Criminal Justice Periodicals

CJP provides cover-to-cover access for 45 criminal justice journals frequently consulted by professionals, plus complete abstracts for over 100 additi... (more info)

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's these... (more info)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1989)

Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.... (more info)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2009) with Index (1851-1993)

Full-text and full-image reproductions of The New York Times rom 1851 to 2008. Coverage is cover to cover, including advertisements. Documents are a... (more info)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877 - 1996)

The Washington Post offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. ... (more info)

ProQuest Newsstand

ProQuest Newsstand? offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world. The database includes backfile for most ... (more info)

RAND California

RAND California provides data and citations to California economic and public policy issues - health, education, housing, employment & more.... (more info)

Social Services Abstracts

Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including... (more info)

Social Work Abstracts

Offers coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), it provides indexing and abstracts... (more info)

Sociological Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.... (more info)