Journal articles are
not listed in QCAT. Use an index to find
magazine and journal articles. Articles are important in your
research as they contain the most-up-to-date research in a given
field and often focus on a particular aspect of a topic. There
are different types of articles: scholarly, popular or trade.
Tip: Remember to
search journal title and not article title in QCAT
Key Indexes
- A pre-selected group of 3 databases can be searched simultaneously from this starting point: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, IBSS, and PAIS.
Publication coverage: 1934-present (plus selective coverage back to 1741) - updated weekly
- Covers all aspects of architecture and design, including history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, and historic preservation.
Publication coverage: 1980 - present
- Covers a range of political, social, public policy and urban
planning issues in journals and monographs.
Publication coverage: 1951- (updated quarterly)
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
Interdisciplinary coverage includes social policy, demography,
urban and rural studies and more...
REF Z5942.J68t from 1988-
Online from 1999-
- Covers city and regional planning, environment, economics,
housing internationally. Since 1996, has included CPL
Bibliographies.
Publication coverage: 1915 - present
- Public Affairs Information Service International
covers political, social, public policy and urban planning
issues.
Publication coverage: 1960s-
- National Transportation Library of the Department of Transportation, U.S. provides access to federal, state, local, and association publications and to the IRRD database for additional coverage of international transportation.
Other Useful Indexes
- Covers topics such as business conditions and trends, economics, finance, human resources, marketing, retail location and other business aspects of urban studies.
Publication coverage: 1884 - present (updated weekly)
- Land use, environmental impact, transportation, public policy, mathematical modelling and simulation, economic and social effects. A primary database for engineering. Interdisciplinary and international.
Publication coverage: 1954 - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (6 user limit)
- An essential index for American and Canadian history topics, including government, current affairs, and urban history.
Publication coverage: 1850s-
- A database of architectural information and citations to periodical articles and books about buildings in Toronto and the rest of Ontario.
Publication coverage: 1984 - present
For 1907-1984 coverage see: Art Index Retrospective
Print holdings: Library also has older volumes in print: check QCAT for details.
- Coverage includes city planning, design, landscape architecture and architecture.
Publication coverage: 1982 - present
- Indexes Canadian popular and academic journals as well as business and special interest journals.
- Index to monographs and reports from federal, provincial and municipal government and non-governmental sources.
- Demographic and population literature, it presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials.
Publication coverage: 1956 - present
Access restricted to the Queen's community (50 user limit)
- Includes demography, cultural, economic, historical and human geography, planning and environmental studies and industrial relations.
Publication coverage: 1952 - present
- Covers social planning policy and development, public policy, demography, environmental interactions, urban sociology, and community development.
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