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| Central business districts Cities and townes City planning City and town life Civic improvement Community Community development, urban Community power Education, urban Garden cities Hartford (Conn.) |
Housing |
Urban economics
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Library Databases
ABI/Inform contains abstracts of articles from approximately 2500 international journals covering business and management and related functional areas.
Academic OneFile scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches.
Academic Search Premier a multidisciplinary magazine & journal database that provides the full text of over 4,500 journals and magazines, and indexes a total of more than 8,000 titles in all disciplines.
America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic
reference to the history of the United States.
EconLit is the fundamental research tool in economics
and includes regional and urban economics.
Issues & Controversies summarizes current issues and controversies in political, economic, social and scientific topics. 1995-current.
PAIS International summaries articles in political, economic, and social issues. Covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, and political science. 1915-current.
Social Sciences Citation Index indexes over 1,700 journals in the social sciences. Some full-text available. 1994-present.
Sociological Abstracts scholarly journal articles about sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes culture & social structure; economic development; evaluation research; family & social welfare; management and complex organizations; policy planning. 1963-present.
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Electronic Journals and Citations
Berkeley Planning Journal
Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs (full text 2000 to present)
Citing Sources
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research strives to share HUD-funded and other research on ho and urban policy issues with scholars, government officials, and others involved in setting policy and determining the direction of future research.
Electronic Journal Locator The University of Connecticut Libraries purchases access to over 10,000 journals, and in full text, through various databases and commercial journal providers.
Hartford Courant
from 07/11/1887 to 12/31/1922 in ProQuest Historical Newspapers
from 01/01/1923 to 12/31/1984 in ProQuest Historical Newspapers
from 1992 to present in ProQuest Selectable Full Text Newspapers
Planning Commissioners Journal
Full text Urban & Community Studies journals at Trecker Library
Key Web Sites
Hartford, Connecticut
City of Hartford
official municipal site, providing extensive information on
the city, its government, services, education...
Hartford,
Connecticut Bibliography: a list of book and articles
studying various aspects of Hartford.
HartfordInfo a
project of the Hartford Public Library and the Hartford
Community Information Center: information and data from a
wide variety of sources.
Hispanic Health
Council
Hog River Journal
Hartford and the region's magazine of history, culture, and
the arts.
Connecticut
Connecticut Historical
Society
Connecticut
History Online Images from the Connecticut Historical Society, Mystic Seaport, and the
University of Connecticut's Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, the Connecticut
State Library, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Connecticut
Municipality Web Sites
Connecticut
State Data Center is a cooperative program between the
states and the Census Bureau that was created in 1978 to
make data available locally to the public through a network
of state agencies, universities, libraries, and regional
and local governments.
Connecticut State
Library
State of Connecticut
Website
United States
Cyburbia: the
urban planning portal
Library of
Congress American Memory Project provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words,
sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that
document the American experience.
Sprawl
City a website about Consumption Growth and Population
Growth, with U.S. Bureau of Census data.
United States Bureau of
the Census
United States Department of
Health and Human Services
United States Department of
Labor
United States
State and Metropolitan Data Book contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the
United States at the State and metropolitan area levels. Selected data for
component counties and central cities of metropolitan areas are also included.
United States
Statistical Abstract published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of
statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United
States.
World
Demography & Population Studies from the World-Wide Web Virtual Library
NationMaster a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World
Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs
on all kinds of statistics with ease.
Maps
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D
buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich
geographical content, save your toured places and share with others.
National Geographic Map Machine
Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection, University of Texas Library.
Links to current and historical maps from all areas of the
world, as well as links to other map-related sites.
UConn MAGIC (Map and
Geographical Information Center)
Associations and Research Institutions
American Planning
Association provides leadership in the development of vital communities by advocating
excellence in community planning, promoting education and citizen empowerment,
and providing the tools and support necessary to meet the challenges of growth
and change.
American Public Health
Assiciation aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.
Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning is a consortium of university-based programs offering credentials in urban and regional planning.
Urban Affairs
Association is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service providers.
Urban Institute gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance
overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues — to foster sound public policy and effective government.
Urban Land Institute initiates research that anticipates emerging land use trends and issues, proposing creative solutions based on that research.
University of Connecticut Departments
Department of
Geography
Department of Public Policy
Urban and Community
Studies
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