Suggested Resources for Urban & Regional Studies
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Password protected; ONLY UMD students, faculty and staff both on and off campus. Indexes
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Academic OneFile |  |
Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals. |
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Academic Search Premier | |
Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles |
Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...
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America: History and Life (EBSCO) | |
Index to articles on United States and Canadian history |
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American Factfinder |  |
Data from 1990 and 2000 censuses, American Community Surveys, and Economic Census 1997 |
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Census | |
Information on how to find data from Census 2000 and earlier censuses |
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) | |
Codified version of United States regulatory laws, executive orders and proclamations, and selected presidential documents |
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DATANET (Minnesota) | |
Statistical data on Minnesota, population, land use, crime, education, health, substance abuse, and retail sales |
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Dissertations & Theses | |
Doctoral dissertations, including limited full-text of University of Minnesota dissertations from 1997 to present |
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EconLit | |
Economics |
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ENVIROnetBASE | |
Contains the full text of almost 200 books dealing with various facets of the environment. Searchable by any word, author, or title. |
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management | |
Articles and reports in all areas of terrestrial study, including pollution and ecosystems, industrial hygiene and safety science |
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FEDSTATS | |
Statistics from over 70 federal agencies on demographics, business, taxation, environment, politics, crime, employment, military, climate, health, and education |
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GEOBASE | |
Comprehensive index to articles in geography and ecology |
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GPO Access | |
Several databases providing access to major publications of the U.S. government |
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JSTOR | |
Full text of over 100 periodicals from first issue. A tutorial is available |
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LexisNexis Academic | |
Includes planning articles from United Kingdom. |
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LexisNexis Statistical | |
Comprehensive index to statistical sources on a wide range of subjects. Includes American Statistics Index (U.S. federal publications); Statistical Resources Index (state and trade association publications) and Index to International Statistics (intergovernmental organization publications) |
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Minnesota Northstar | |
State of Minnesota documents including bills, session laws, State Statutes, Supreme Court and Apellate Court decisions, State Rules, and information on government officials, agencies, and libraries |
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netLibrary | |
The full-text of electronic books in many subject areas. You can search the text for key terms or browse the table of contents and read the book online. |
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PAIS International | |
Public affairs, political science, international studies, economics, and many related fields. |
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Population Index on the Web | |
Covers demography from 1986-2000; for 1937-1985, see Population Index available through JSTOR. |
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Project Muse | |
Covers the arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. |
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SAGE Premier | |
Coverage includes more than 125 SAGE journals, 40,000 articles, book reviews, and editorials, with original graphics and tables. Four key disciplines, including Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Political Science and International Relations, and Sociology. |
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Science Direct (Elsevier) | |
Elsevier journals in the life, physical medical, technical, and social sciences |
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Sociological Abstracts | |
Covers many topics related to sociology including aging, anthropology, criminology, crisis intervention, demographics, development policy, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, sociology, urban development, urban studies, violence |
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SpringerLink | |
Interdisciplinary, full-text database of Springer and Kluwer journals. |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States | |
Statistical tables on United States topics |
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Web of Science | |
Citation Index that covers journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. |
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Wiley Interscience Journals | |
Index and full-image of all journals published by John Wiley & Sons |
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WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty | |
Catalog of approximately 50 million records, entered by OCLC member libraries worldwide. |
Web Sites
For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:
Pam Enrici, Email:penrici@d.umn.edu Phone:218-726-8586 L278 University of Minnesota Duluth Library 416 Library Drive Duluth MN 55812-2495
