Databases
You must have your OUNetID (4x4) and password to login and use the online library research resources.
To located journal articles on your subject, use the databases listed below.
- Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsIndexes periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archaeology, interior design, and historic preservation. Covers the international scholarly and popular periodical literature.
- CompendexWebIndexes and abstracts over 5,000 journals, conferences, and technical reports covering the broad subject areas of applied science and engineering, with over 175 disciplines and major specialties within engineering.
- JSTORProvides access to materials in African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, General Science, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, Statistics. It is a digitized archive of the backfiles of selected scholarly journals. Full text available.
- PAIS InternationalIndex to public and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. Materials indexed include journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, and directories.
- Academic Search PremierMultidisciplinary database covering social sciences, humanities, education, physical and life sciences, and ethnic studies.
- Sanborn Maps (Oklahoma)Provides access to detailed maps of Oklahoma cities from late 1800s to the mid 1900s. View street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use and physical features, house and block numbers, pipelines, railroads, wells and dumps. Special features include the ability to manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from different years. Dates vary by city.
E-books
Our e-book collection is constantly growing. What is listed below is intended only as a sample of the types of material available. Please login to libraries.ou.edu to access E-books.
- Cities and design
- Insurgencies: essays in planning theory
- Sustainable site design: criteria, process, and case studies for integrating site and region in landscape design
- Downtown America a history of the place and the people who made it
- The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917
- Urban sprawl a reference handbook
- Encyclopedia of Urban America: the Cities and Suburbs
E-Journals
Please log-in at libraries.ou.edu in order to access these journals.
Useful encyclopedias, handbooks, and bibliographies
Encyclopedia of rural America : the land and people - Goreham, Gary
Call Number: Bizzell Reference: E 169.12 .E54 2008
Encyclopedia of urban cultures : cities and cultures around the world - Ember, Melvin
Call Number: Bizzell Reference: HT 108.5 .E53 2002
Encyclopedia of American urban history - Goldfield, David R.
Call Number: Bizzell Stacks: HT 123 .E49 2007
American cities : a bibliography - Kura, N. O.
Call Number: Bizzell Stacks: HT 123 .K87 2001
Measuring landscapes : a planner's handbook - Leitão, Andre Botequilha
Call Number: Bizzell Stacks: QH 541.15 .L35 M43 2006
Trip Generation - Institute of Transportation Engineers
Call Number: Bizzell Stacks: HE 371 .A3 T76 2008
The latest illustrated book of development definitions - Moskowitz, Harvey S.
Call Number: HT 167 .M683 2004
The sustainable city: urban regeneration and sustainability - C.A. Brebbia
Call Number: Reference: HT 170 .S89 2000
Planning and Urban Design Standards - American Planning Association
Call Number: Reference: TH 2031 .P55 2006
Online Resources
- Transportation Demand Management EncyclopediaThe Online TDM Encyclopedia contains information on transportation demand management strategies, planning, evaluation and implementation. It has thousands of hyperlinks that provide instant access to more detailed information, including case studies and reference documents.
- Complete Streets resourcesThe National Complete Streets Coalition has collected reports, fact sheets, and planning and implementation guides for designers of road projects.
- Risk Management ResearchThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published its research on Risk Management in a number of city/regional planning domains, such as stormwater management.
- Transportation Enhancement activitiesThe U.S. Dep't. of Transportation Federal Highway Administration offers funding for 12 activities related to "surface transportation, scenic and historic highway programs, landscaping and scenic beautification, historic preservation, and environmental mitigation."
- Greenways Inc.Greenways Inc. includes many resources for government agencies, corporations, and non-profit organizations who planning to incorporate "green infrastructure" into places where people live and work. The website includes plans, committee meeting minutes, posters, executive summaries, and other materials that give students an insight into the entire process of creating greenways.
- National Charrette Institute -- Tools and ResourcesThe NCI provides guidance and training materials for city planners who are interested in using this design and planning format to develop their community.
- DensityThe Planning Commissioners Journal provides links to publications by various institutes and individuals on achieving and maintaining a desirable density for your community.
(Tip: Most of the other web resources listed on this Guide were found through the Planning Commissioners Journal website.) - Online Public Hearings Resource GuideAll twelve section of "Dealing with Contentious Public Hearings," an article published in the Winter 2010 issue of Planning Commissioners Journal have been made accessible online. The online version includes additional resources related to the topics discussed.
- U.S. Census DataRegional and city planners can access myriad data from the U.S. Census from the government's website.
- Centre for Urban History at Leicester"Established in 1985, the Centre for Urban History (CUH) is a specialist research centre of international academic excellence which attracts MA and PhD students from around the world." This website includes links to other useful resources, including bibliographies, for students and teachers.
- 2011 Statistical AbstractThe Statistical Abstract compiles data gathered by several U.S. federal agencies, including, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- The Institute for Quality CommunitiesThe Institute for Quality Communities within the College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma (OUIQC), is a forum for researchers, students and Oklahoma community leaders to collaborate in an effort to enhance Oklahoma communities.
Browsing in the Library
HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT161-165
Garden cities. "The city beautiful"
HT165.5-169.9 City planning
HT170-178
Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
HT201-221 City population--Including
children in cities, immigration
HT231 Effect of city life
HT251-265
Mental and moral life
HT281 Recreation. Amusements
HT321-325 The
city as an economic factor. City promotion
HT330-334
Metropolitan areas
HT351-352 Suburban cities and towns
HT361-384
Urbanization. City and country
HT388 Regional economics. Space in
economics
HT390-395 Regional planning
SEE ALSO:
NA9000-9248 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
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Finding maps in the Geology Library
- Finding Maps in the Youngblood Energy Geology LibraryThis video guides students in locating maps in the geology library, located in Sarkeys Energy Center Room R220.
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