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The following is a selective guide to basic research resources available at UIUC, and especially in City Planning at the CPLA Library. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but an overview of materials that may be useful in beginning research. Items which will be available only to UIUC community members, with a log in name and password, are noted as UIUC, all other universal resources are noted as WWW. Print resources, unless otherwise noted, are available in the CPLA library with its location noted if relevant (e.g. Reference).
See also: Guide to General Research Sources and Guide to Sources in Landscape Architecture
See also: Basic guides to research and writing: Style Guides
How to Write Reports and Proposals Diane
Lutovich and Janis Fisher Chan. San Anselmo, CA: Advanced Communication
Designs, 1998.
651.75L977h Reference
The Practice of State and Regional Planning
Frank S. So, Irving Hand, Bruce D. McDowell eds., Washington, D.C.:
International City Management Association; Chicago, Ill.: American
Planning Association, 1986. Series of essays on important issues in
regional planning.
361.6 P881 Reference
The Practice of Local Government Planning
Charles J. Hoch, Linda C. Dalton, Frank S. So eds., Washington, DC:
Published in cooperation with the American Planning Association for the
ICMA University by the International City/County Management
Association, 2000. A series of essays on important issues in planning
at the local level including housing, transportation, development and
design.
352.960973 P8812000 CPLA Main Stacks
Classic Readings in Urban Planning 2nd edition Jay M. Stein, editor, Chicago, IL: American Planning Association, 2004.
Great anthology of 33 selections by the top thinkers in the field.
307.12160973 C569 2004 Reference
Contemporary Urban Planning 5th edition John M.
Levy, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c2000. A broad overview,
especially for beginners, of public planning especially at the
sub-state level, it covers ideological political and economic
perspectives.
307.120973 L579c2000 CPLA Main Stacks
Handbook of Urban Studies Ronan Paddison,
London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2001. An up-to-date account of the
urban condition, relevant to a wide readership from academics to
researchers and policy-makers. A theoretical, practical and empirical
overview of Urban Studies written by leaders in the field.
307.76 H191 Reference
Modern Classics in Regional Science Series
Cheltenham, UK; Brookfield, Vt.; Edward Elgar, 1996. 8 volumes. Brings
together papers from the last 40 years which can be considered
classics. Attempts to create a consolidated access point to important
literature in the field of regional science. Includes volumes; 1.
Location Theory I, 2. Location Theory II, 3. Transport and Land Use, 4.
Regional Dynamics I, 5. Regional Housing and Labour Markets, 6.
Regional Policy and Regional Integration.
307.12 M72 Reference
American cities: a bibliography Nicholas O.
Kura and Tatiana Shohov, Huntington, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers,
2001.
016.30776 K965a CPLA Main Stacks
Cities and Towns in American History: A
Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations Arthur P. Young, New York:
Greenwood Press, 1989. Divided by States and Territories and Subject
matter.
016.30776 Y84c Reference
Council of Planning Librarians Bibliographies,
1958-1995 Bibliographies published by the Council of Planning
Librarians. The topics of these publications relate to urban and
regional planning.
016.7114 C73C Reference
University of
Nottingham Online Planning Resources Bibliographies WWW: A very
comprehensive bibliography that is updated frequently. Focused on the
United Kingdom, but covers publications and issues worldwide.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/bibs/
Urban
Planning, 1794-1918: An International Anthology of Articles, Conference
Papers, and Reports WWW: Can be searched by keyword.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm
The
Essential Planning Library WWW: An annotated bibliography from
the APA site of the essential reference sources in the field for
libraries and consultants.
http://www.planning.org/APAStore/Search/Default.aspx?a=1303
Healthy cities: an annotated bibliography
Namir Khan, Willem H. Vanderburg; with the collaboration of Lynn Macfie
[et al.]. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
016.30776 K527h CPLA Main Stacks and the Main Library Stacks
History of urban planning in the United States:
an annotated bibliography. Martin Gellen, Chicago, Ill.: CPL
Bibliographies, 107, March 1983.
016.7114 C73C Reference
Information Sources in Urban and Regional
Planning: A Directory and Guide to Reference Sources Edward E.
Duensing, New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1994.
Annotated bibliographies on general resources, including dictionaries
and glossaries, indexes, abstracts and organizations, in urban and
regional planning.
016.30712 Reference
See also: Reference Resources : Biographical Sources
The American planner: biographies and
recollections Donald A. Krueckeberg ed., New Brunswick, N.J.:
Center for Urban Policy Research, 1994. Biographies of important city
and regional planners from 1890-1980.
307.120922 AM351994 CPLA Main Stacks
Dictionary of Today’s Landscape Designers
Pierluigi Nicolin and Francesco Repishti, Milan: Skira; London: Thames
& Hudson, 2003. Profiles contemporary landscape architects,
architects, photographers, artists and engineers, concentrates mainly
on urban design and cities.
712.03 N545d Reference
See also: Reference Resources : Book Reviews
Environmental
Design Library Book Review Sources for Environmental Design WWW:
From the University of California at Berkeley this site has a list of
sources that include book reviews on architecture, city planning and
landscape architecture. This page is extremely valuable as it shows how
to search for book reviews in each individual source. UIUC owns most of
these sources however they must be accessed through UIUC’s catalog
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ersearch/ by typing the name of the source
into the search box.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/BookReviews.html
See also: Reference Resources : Dictionaries and Glossaries
Dictionary - Landscape and Urban Planning:
Multilingual Dictionary on Environmental Planning, Design &
Conservation Klaus-Jurgen Evert , Berlin: New York: Springer, 2001.
In English, German, French, Spanish.
333.731503 L591 Reference
The New Illustrated Book of Development
Definitions Harvey S. Moskowitz and Carl G. Lindbloom, New
Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1993. Includes
figures, tables and drawings.
307.12160973 Reference
Planning
Acronyms and Abbreviations WWW Explanations from the American
Planning Association.
http://www.planning.org/resources-k/acronyms.htm
See also: Reference Resources : Directories
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning provides links to accredited planning schools, non-accredited ACSP member schools, Canadian planning schools and programs, and planning schools and programs by U.S. state. http://www.acsp.org/CareerInfo/links_to_planning_schools.htm
Planetizen 2007 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs in the United States and Canada. Los Angeles, CA: Urban Insight, 2007. This is a directory of 94 graduate programs, with Top 25 listings (UIUC is #10 overall, best in the Midwest).
307.1216097 P693 Reference
See also: Reference Resources : Encyclopedias
Cities of the United States: a compilation of
current information on economic, cultural, geographic, and social
conditions Linda Schmittroth, Mary Kay Rosteck, eds. Detroit;
London: Gale Research, 1994. Includes a cumulative index in each volume.
Q.307.760973 C49831994 Reference Room in the Main Library
Encyclopedia of Chicago James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff eds. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr., 2004.
Developed by the Newberry Library with the cooperation of the Chicago Historical Society,
some 633 experts from across the U.S. wrote the more than 1,400 entries. The encyclopedia is enhanced with numerous photos, engravings, and maps.
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org
Encyclopedia of Rural America The Land and People
Gary A. Goreham ed., Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1997. 2 vols. A
comprehensive reference with essays on a wide variety of topics.
Includes bibliography and citations.
Q.973.091734 EN19 Reference
Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and
Suburbs Neil Larry Shumsky ed., Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO,
1998. 2 vols. Broad coverage of the role of cities and suburbs in
American history and culture.
307.76097303 En19 Reference
Encyclopedia of World Cities Immanuel Ness,
Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1999. 2 vols. Scope is international.
Q307.7603 N373e Reference Room Main Library
The Birth of City Planning in the United States
1840-1917 Jon A. Peterson, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2003. 307.760973 P442b CPLA Main Stacks
The Cambridge Urban History of Britain Peter
Clark ed., Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000- 3
vols. Covers 600-1950.
307.760941 C144 Reference
City Planning and Landscape Architecture at the
University of Illinois, an Historical Record, 1868-1954 Karl
Baptiste Lohmann, Urbana: Dept. of City Planning and Landscape
Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, 1954.
C.IZL4EL Main Library Stacks and CPLA Reference (locked old case)
The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings
through History Spiro Kostof, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1999.
Q.711.409 K848c1999 CPLA Main Stacks
Introduction to Planning History in the United
States Donald A. Krueckeberg ed., New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for
Urban Policy Research, 1983.
307.120973 In8 CPLA Main Stacks and Undergrad Main Stacks
Mastering the City: North European City Planning,
1900-2000 Koos Bosma and Helma Hellinga eds., Rotterdam: NAI
Publishers; [The Hague] : EFL Publications, 1997. 2 vols. An
historical overview of 100 years of urban planning in Northern Europe.
Q307.1216094 M393 Reference
See also: Research Resources : Images, Maps and Graphics
Architecture
Visual Resources Library WWW: From the University of California
at Berkeley, this database of visual images can be searched by period or
topic, building or object name and personal or group name. Many items
are historical plans and drawings that have been scanned as well as
images of buildings, gardens and natural landscapes.
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html
Cities/Buildings
Database WWW: A collection of digitized images of buildings and
cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to
students, researchers and educators on the web. Contains over 5000
images from around the world and images are freely available to anyone
with access to the Web for use in the classroom, student study, or for
individual research purposes. Images can be searched by name of
building, architect/builder or country.
http://www.washington.edu/ark2/
Geography
Network WWW: A global network of geographic information users
and providers. Mostly free access to many types of geographic content
including dynamic maps. The site includes population density maps and
customizable maps from Census information, downloadable data, and more.
http://www.geographynetwork.com/
See also: Reference Resources : Indexes and Abstracts
America:
History and Life UIUC: A complete bibliographic reference to
the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the
present. Published since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000
bibliographic entries.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258186
Art Index
Retrospective UIUC: Provides searchable indexing spanning 55
years of art journalism from 420 noted publications around the globe,
reflecting coverage provided from 1929 through 1984. Covers
architecture and architectural history; art history; computers in art;
crafts; decorative arts;
fashion; folk art and more.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258152
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals UIUC: Indexes more than
1,000 periodicals in architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior
design, and historic preservation. Covers 1977 to present.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258209
Business Source Premier UIUC: Indexes more than
2,300 periodicals in business including management, finance and economics, over 1,100 in full text. Covers 1965 to present.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258365
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index UIUC: Identifies articles about horticulture, gardening and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. Designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design and history. Over 300 core titles are indexed and abstracted, the majority of which are published in English. The index includes periodicals of the major learned societies in horticulture, botany, ecology, entomology, and plant pathology, and of many plant societies and trade associations. Publications of commercial horticulture, landscaping, and retailing are represented. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=483661
Index to
Current Urban Documents UIUC: A guide to the reports and
research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations,
academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan
and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in
the United States and Canada. Indexes over 2,400 documents yearly,
providing a spectrum of access to local information.
Online: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258197
Print: 1972-- 016.30136 In3 Reference Index only
PAIS (Public
Affairs Information Service) UIUC: Bibliographic index with
abstracts covering the full range of political, social, and public
policy issues.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258126
Periodicals
Contents Index UIUC: An electronic index to millions of
articles published in thousands of scholarly and popular periodicals in
the arts, humanities and social sciences since 1770. PCI provides
context for each entry by displaying it within the table of contents
from the original source journal. The scope is worldwide and includes
journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish and other Western
languages. Indexes journals in city planning and urban studies as well
as landscape architecture and the environment.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258125
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts Beverly Hills,
Calif.: Sage Publications, 1973—Books, articles, pamphlets, government
publications, significant speeches, and legislative research are
abstracted. International in scope. Arranged by subject.
301.3605 Sa Reference
SocIndex with Full Text UIUC: The database draws information from an
international selection of over 2,840 selective journals, 630 priority journals, and 815 core journals.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=462328
Sociological
Abstracts Database UIUC: The database draws information from an
international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serial
publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records
added after 1974 contain abstracts of journal articles. Major areas of
coverage include: community development, culture and social structure,
demography and human biology, environmental interactions, evaluation
research, family and social welfare, history and theory of sociology,
management and complex organizations, mass phenomena and political
interactions, methodology and research technology, policy, planning,
forecast and speculation.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258156
Urban Affairs Abstracts National League of
Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors 1971-1994 Selects and abstracts
articles with general and specific reference to urban information from
nearly 800 periodicals, newsletters and journals. Comprehensive U.S.
coverage. Subject arrangement with author and geographic indexes.
301.3605 Ura Room 205 of CPLA
Cyburbia WWW:
Contains a selective directory of Internet resources relevant to
planning and urbanism. Cyburbia also includes information about mailing
lists and newsgroups, and it hosts a very active bulletin board and
image hosting gallery.
http://www.cyburbia.org/
Development
Gateway WWW: An interactive site for information on sustainable
development and poverty reduction, and a space for communities to share
experiences on development efforts.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/
The
Housing and Community Development Knowledgeplex WWW: News,
information and interactive forums for the affordable housing and
community development field. Includes an online library, and a
continuous news feed from over 300 sources providing continuous access
to housing and community development news stories as LexisNexis pulls
them from more than 300 media sources around the country.
http://www.knowledgeplex.org
Innovative
Transportation Technologies WWW: Covers non-traditional
transportation technologies with an emphasis on non-automotive
transportation. Its library with reports, bibliographies and papers is
especially strong.
http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/
Planetizen
Planning & Development News, Jobs, & Events WWW: A
large and comprehensive site with up to date information on planning
and development in the news as well as links to important planning and
development sites on the web.
http://www.planetizen.com/
Planners
Web and Planning Commissioners Journal WWW: City and regional
planning resources including articles, news, products as well as a
completely searchable subject index and selected articles for the
Planning Commissioners Journal.
http://www.plannersweb.com/
Design
Career Services WWW: From Iowa State University a searchable
guide to jobs and internships has many listings and detailed
descriptions below list of postings. Choose Community and Regional
Planning from the first drop down box.
http://www.design.iastate.edu/
Guide to undergraduate and graduate education in
urban and regional planning Sandi Rosenbloom, Valerie Johnson eds.,
Tallahassee, FL: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 11th edition, 2000.
Q. 301.3 G941 2000 Reference
12th edition, 2006, is available online, http://www.acsp.org/Guide/ACSP_Guide_2006.pdf.
International Careers in Urban Planning Sarah
Bowen and Christina Delius eds., New York, NY: American Planning
Association, International Division, 2001.
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Urban
and Regional Planners from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
Outlook Handbook WWW
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm
The following is a selective list of specific journal indexes and archives that can be accessed online. Some are not widely indexed. For a complete list of our journal holdings go to:
City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library
at UIUC
-Ejournal list
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/results.php?types=&subject=48
-Print journal list
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/cpx/collection/pjournals.htm
Berkeley
Planning Journal WWW: Index of articles from inception in 1985,
full text for all articles from 1995 to present.
http://www-dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu/bpj/index.html
Illinois
Municipal League Review Magazine WWW: Online in full text from
1997-present. Covers planning and development issues specific to
Illinois municipalities.
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/imlistyrs.html
Land
Development Today WWW: An online publication dedicated to
delivering news and perspectives to land development professionals,
including developers, planners, surveyors, civil engineers, landscape
architects, and construction professionals.
http://www.landdevelopmenttoday.com
Metropolis
Magazine WWW: Covers urban issues of design, planning,
architecture and sustainability. Online index from 1998 to present many
articles are in full text and online.
http://www.metropolismag.com/
Plan
Newsletter WWW:From the School of Architecture and Planning at
MIT has full text articles indexed from 1997 to present. Includes book
reviews.
http://loohooloo.mit.edu/resources/newsletter_plan/
Planning Forum
WWW: A journal of Community and Regional Planning, published by the
School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin.Index from
1995-present, full text from 1997-present.
http://mather.ar.utexas.edu/planning/forum/
The
Council of Planning Librarians Archives at UIUC WWW: CPL
exchanges and disseminates information relating to urban and rural
communities and to planning issues, for use by professionals in public
and private sector organizations and institutions internationally. This
online finding aid gives access to location information from 1957-1995
including bibliographies, editorial correspondence and more. Actual
files and papers are held at the UIUC library.
http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/guides/cplarchives/default.asp
Environmental
Design Library at University of California, Berkeley WWW: Has
over a dozen guides to all aspects of city and regional planning, many
items are specific to UC users, but it is an excellent and
comprehensive resource and most of the items are available at UIUC.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/AllgdsL.html
The American
Planning Association: Non-profit public interest and research
organization for planning. It includes information on jobs,
legislation, publications and more.
http://www.planning.org/
-Illinois Chapter of the American
Planning Association
http://www.ilapa.org/
Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning
http://www.acsp.org/
Center
on Urban and Metropolitan Policy: This site, based at the
Brookings Institution research center, focuses on cities, their
metropolitan areas, and the impact upon them of government policies,
private sector actions, and national trends.
http://www.brook.edu/metro/
Civic Strategies: Contains an online library of articles, information, analyses and presentations about regions, cities and leadership. http://www.civic-strategies.com/
Global
Planning Education Association Network
http://www.gpean.org/
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