Urban Studies

For more information about Urban Studies resources, contact Linda Kopecky.

Contents: Library Databases | Guides | Selected Web Sites

Library Databases (For Finding Articles)

Academic Search
1984-present; indexes over 3,400 scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in the areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education, and multi-cultural studies. Full-text is available for 2,000 journals starting with January 1985. Guide
America: History and Life via ABC-Clio
America: History and Life via EBSCOHost
1964-present; article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Guide
Annual Reviews
1984-present; indexes biomedical, physical, and social sciences review literature. Full text. Note that the library does not pay for access to all titles. Guide
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database FREE ACCESS
1965-present; indexes primarily English language books, journal articles, conference papers, and other sources on child abuse, its prevention and treatment. Includes sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse, and child neglect.
Ethnic NewsWatch
1990-present; a full-text comprehensive collection of over 250 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Guide
GenderWatch - Tutorial
1970-present; full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. Guide
HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
1970-present; covers political, economic, social, and cultural issues of Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean as well as Hispanics in the United States. It includes citations to articles, books reviews, and documents indexed in over 500 international journals. Guide
Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)
eHRAF World Cultures
Dates vary; a cross-cultural database that contains full-text materials, such as books, journal articles, manuscripts, reports, and dissertations on world cultures. eHRAF currently consists of documents pertaining to 90 culture groups (about 1/4 of the HRAF collection), covering both North American immigrant groups and selected pre-industrial cultures from around the world.
Index to Current Urban Documents (Full-text available for Region III)
1995-present; guide to reports generated by local government agencies and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 cities in the United States and Canada. The full text of the documents is available for selected municipalities in 13 states in the Midwest region ("Region III"). Guide
IngentaConnect [Formerly Carl Uncover] FREE ACCESS
Current; free abstracting service covering over 29,000 scholarly journals in many academic fields including engineering, library science, medicine, science, and technology. Full-text of selected journal articles is available to signed in UWM users. Individual users can order articles for a fee. Free e-mail alert service is also available. Guide
JSTOR
Back to 1800; does not include recent years; full text, searchable backfiles of over 600 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
LexisNexis Statistical [formerly Statistical Universe]
Search summaries of statistical publications, then link to the full-text of selected publications on Statistical Universe and government Web sites. Guide
PAIS International [Public Affairs Information Service]
1972-present, with a separate PAIS Archive for 1915-1976; provides access to literature on world public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Indexes more than 3,600 journals, books, government documents, statistical resources, research reports of public and private organizations, pamphlets, and selected Internet materials; updated quarterly. Guide
PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)
Dates vary; Full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities covering Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Subjects include Anthropology, Business, Economics, History, Literature, Political Science and Sociology. English, Spanish and Portuguese content is available. Bibliographic records are based on the Hispanic American Periodical Index of 500 journals.
Readers' Guide Full Text
1983-present; indexes over 360 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events, news, and many other subject areas. Full-text is available for most journals starting with January 1994. Guide
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts (REF) HT 151 .S15x
Social Sciences Full Text
1983-present; indexes more than 600 international, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Full-text is available for 169 journals starting with January 1995. Guide
Sociological Abstracts
1963-present; provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, conference papers, books and dissertations in the field of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It covers over 1,700 publications, and is updated monthly. Guide
Urban Studies Abstracts
1980-present; Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, and urban history.
Web of Knowledge - Tutorial
1987-present; includes three databases within the Web of Science platform: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It indexes more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals, providing complete bibliographic data and author abstracts. Also includes ISIHighlyCited.com, which lists the most influential scientific authors, and EndNote Web, an online bibliographic citation manager. Guide

Research Guides

To find books and other materials in the library, use PantherCat, the online library catalog (guide).

Selected Urban Studies Web Sites FREE ACCESS