Urban Studies
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truncation/wildcard | plan* |
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Print article indexes
- Series of bibliographies on various topics related to Planning
- Issues containing author and subject indexes and numeric lists of titles released throughout the year
- Incorporated into Journal of Planning Literature (see below) in August 1996
Ekistic Index [1968-1984] Check catalogue
- International; third world
- Our subscriptions to the journals covered is poor.
- Formerly in three parts - now merged into one
- Part C - Economic Geography [1966 -]
- Part D - Social and Historical Geography [1972 -]
- Part F - Regional and Community Planning [1972 -]
- Electronic version available
- Literature reviews and abstracts of books, articles, research reports and government documents relating to Planning
- Since August 1996, includes CPL Bibliography (see above)
- Entries are listed under broad category - no subject index included
- Published quarterly (no annual cumulative index)
PAIS International in Print [1991-2000]. Check catalogue
- Electronic version available
- Interdisciplinary coverage of political, social, economic and public policy issues
- Indexes over 1600 periodicals and a smaller number of books, reports, proceedings, pamphlets, and government documents
- Entries arranged by subject
- Published monthly with annual cumulation (which contains author index)
- Electronic version available
- Approximately 1000 English-language books, journal articles, pamphlets, government publications, and research studies indexed annually
- Substantial abstracts
- 15 broad subject categories, each issue also contains subject and author indexes
- Published quarterly
- Issue 4 (November) each year contains annual cumulative index and list of periodicals abstracted
- Index to documents, proceedings and publications received by the Dag Hammarskjold Library at the UN
- Often the only place to find UN documents
- Each issue contains a personal/corporate name index, a title index and a subject index
- Published 10/year with annual cumulations (available in microfiche at same call no.)
- Library holds some of the documents in fiche format
Urban Affairs Abstracts [1973-1992, not all volumes of all years]. Check catalogue
- Published by the National League of Cities. Heavily U.S.
- Annual cumulation has a list of subject descriptors in the front. Headings are broad
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