Resources
- CQ Researcher
A full-text database of Congressional Quarterly Researcher, presenting overviews of current topics. Coverage includes overviews, chronologies, pro and con points of interest, and bibliographies of additional resources.
Note: After signing in, please select CQ Researcher from the tiles of CQ Press collections.
- Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides full-text online access to hundreds of multidisciplinary reference book collections, including art, history, law, medicine, psychology, technology, bilingual dictionaries, and encyclopedias through a one-stop search platform. Search results often include articles from a wide array of publications and frequently present subject coverage from multiple perspectives. Using Credo Reference to approach a topic from different viewpoints can be a great way to expand your familiarity with the topic and it can help you develop new arguments and observations for your research.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Criminology & Social Work
This resource includes Oxford Bibliographies entries for Criminology & Social Work with exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Search directly from the landing page or select "Browse by Subject" to review guides under either Criminology or Social Work.
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781138581357Publication Date: 2020-11-01Includes ecological design; consideration of cultural dimensions of the use and conservation of urban nature; the roles of government and civil society; and the continuing issues of equity and fairness in access to urban greenspaces. Additional attention is given to food production in cities, particularly the multiple roles of urban agriculture and household gardens in different contexts from wealthy communities to the poorest informal settlements in deprived communities. The book aims to help scholars and graduate students by providing a guide to current urban ecological thinking across the range of disciplines.
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118568453Publication Date: 2019-04-15Provides comprehensive coverage of major topics in urban and regional studies It also provides authoritative entries on the main conceptual tools used by anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, and political scientists in the study of cities and regions. Among such concepts are those of place and space; geographical regions; the nature of power and politics in cities; urban culture; and many others.
Journals
- JSTORJSTOR is a multidisciplinary digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Holds journals: Cityscape, Journal of Transport and Land Use, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Urban History, Urban History Review, Urbani Izziv, Urban Studies
- Sage JournalsSage Journals provides access to nearly 1,200 journals across a wide variety of subjects. Holds the journals: Costal Studies & Society, Dialogues in Urban Research, Urban Affairs Review
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)Ebook and journal collection of 22 subject areas. Holds the journals: City and Environment Interactions, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Urban Management, Journal of Urban Mobility, Urban Governance
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)This sociology research database contains full-text for more than 860 journals. It also includes full-text for more than 830 books and monographs, and full-text for over 16,800 conference papers. Holds the journals: Canadian Journal of Urban Research, City & Society, Cities, Communities & Territories, International Journal of Urban & Regional Research, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies
- SpringerLinkThis is the integrated platform for books, journals, and other materials published by Springer, a major publisher of scientific books and journals. Holds the journals: City and Built Environment, City, Territory and Architecture, Urban Design International, Urban Ecosystems, Urban Forum, Urban Informatics, Urban Transformations, Urban Rail Transit
- Taylor & Francis OnlineThis resource includes millions of peer-reviewed journal articles published under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Dove Medical Press imprints across many academic disciplines. Holds the journals: Cities & Health, City, Housing Studies, International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Urban Affairs, Journal of Urban Technology, Urban, Planning and Transport Research
- Wiley Online LibraryWiley Online Library provides access to multidisciplinary content across more than 1,600 journals and 22,000 ebooks. Holds the journals: Antipode, Growth and Change, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Journal AWWA (American Water Works Association), Journal of Regional Science, Real Estate Economics, Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems
Other useful databases
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Contains more than 400,000 records selected from academic journals, magazines, conference papers, books, and reports. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.
- Gale In Context: Global Issues
Gale In Context: Global Issues supports global awareness and provides a global perspective while tying together authoritative content, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world. Explore issues within government, law, health, science and technology, society and culture, and more. Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more, Global Issues is updated daily and offers 250 country pages and more than 400 issue pages. It contains more than 6,000 viewpoint commentaries provide background and guidance on significant topics like Food Security, Genocide, Human Rights, Extreme Weather, and more. Global Issues is cross-searchable with Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints.
- Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more on contemporary topics. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more. Opposing Viewpoints is cross-searchable with Gale In Context: Global Issues.
- HeinOnline
This database offers access to 3,200 scholarly journals that examine more than a thousand topics, all dating back to the first issue published. There is a comprehensive U.S. government publications collection and an archive of case law consisting of federal, state, and overseas cases. The international resources address many countries, regions, and international organizations.
- Social Explorer
This database provides demographic data from U.S. sources including the Decennial Census, American Community Survey (ACS), County Business Patterns, Population Estimates, LEHD and more. Many of these data sets are available at detailed geographic levels, down to a few city blocks. It also includes World Development Indicators from the World Bank, European Statistics, the UK and Canadian Censuses from 2011, and religion data from Ireland (1911-2001).
"Municipal code" refers to the collection of laws passed by a local governing body (county, city, village, township, or other similar governmental subdivision). The laws themselves can be referred to by many names, including “ordinance,” “bylaw,” and “measure,” among others.
There is no singular clearinghouse for all municipal codes. The sites below provide access to various municipal codes throughout the United States.
- MunicodeContains a large selection of codes from across the U.S., including many Virginia localities. Local codes: Charles City County, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Poquoson, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg and others.
- American Legal Publishing CodeContains a large selection of codes from across the U.S. Virginia localities: Brookneal, Independence, Lee County, Loudoun County, Northampton County, Occoquan, Richmond County
- General CodeContains a large selection of codes from across the U.S. including some Virginia localities.
- Center for Community ProgressThe Center for Community Progress is an organization devoted to assisting communities make use of vacant and abandoned spaces. Their publications and resources links offer a variety of reports, white papers, and toolkits.
- The Council of State Governments (CSG)The Council of State Governments is the nation’s largest nonpartisan organization serving all three branches of state elected and appointed officials. The mission of CSG is to champion excellence in state government. Offers a large collection of information regarding the issues faced by local governing bodies.
- H-UrbanH-Net Network on Urban History. H-Urban is a moderated multi-disciplinary forum for discussion and dissemination of scholarship on urban history and urban studies. As a member of H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences Online), H-Urban has no geographical or chronological boundaries. They welcome the involvement of scholars, professionals, and graduate students who are interested in urban places and processes across the globe and in all eras.
- MIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies CollectionMIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies is a robust digital collection of classic and previously out-of-print architecture and urban studies books on MIT's eBook platform, MIT Press Direct.
- National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) serves as the national voice for regions by advocating for regional cooperation as the most effective way to address a variety of community planning and development opportunities and issues.