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Databases [1]

The Library has access to a variety of databases that are useful in the study of Planning, this page intends to direct you to the best of them.

Australian Resources

  • Australian Public Affairs Full-Text [2]
    Australian economic, social, political and cultural affairs. 
    Informit Tutorial [3]
  • Local Government planning and Environment NSW
    [4]Planning Law - All relevant legislation for matters in planning and environment.

International

  • Science Direct [5]
    Hosts a number of full-text planning journals, including: Habitat International, Landscape and Urban Planning, Cities, Journal of Housing Economics and more.
    Science Direct Tutorial [6]
  • Taylor and Francis Online Journals
    [7]International database of the publications of Taylor & Francis, has urban studies content including a few Australian journals.
  • Ebsco host [8]
    Hosts a number of database collections. Recommended are Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier & Econlit. 
    Demonstration of Academic Search Premier [9]
  • Scopus [10]
    Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It features plenty of information about planning.
    Scopus Tutorials [11]
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
    [12]indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture. 
    Avery Tutorial  [13]

Legal

  • Cases - Australian
    Casebase [14] / Firstpoint [15] / AustLII [16]
  • Cases - International
    Westlaw [17]/ Lexis.com [18]
  • Journal articles - Australia
    AGIS plus Text (Attorney General's Information Service) [19]
  • Journal articles - international
    Westlaw [20] / Hein Online [21]

For assistance is using these databases visit the Research Help Desk.

Also see the Law Study Guides [22]

Research Databases

  • Current Contents [23]
    Current Contents has tables of contents across all academic disciplines.
  • Web of Science [24]
    Web of Science consists of the citation indexes for Science, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities. Date range is from 1992 onwards.

Newspapers

  • Newsbank Full text newspapers [25]
    Sydney Morning Herald and other Australian and International newspapers.
  • Factiva [26]
    International and Australian news and business journals. Company information.
    Factiva Tutorial  - Finding Company info [27]
    Factiva Tutorial - Finding Newspaper Articles [28]

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