Urban Affairs
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Affairs
Academic
Search Premier
Covers a wide variety of topics in both scholarly and general
interest periodicals, including many articles related to urban
affairs. You can limit your to peer-reviewed journals only.
Many articles are available in full text.
PAIS
International
Identifies and provides abstracts for articles, books, and
government publications on public policy issues.
Social
Sciences Citation Index
Includes citations and abstracts in scholarly journals for
articles on urban affairs, as well as other disciplines in
the social sciences. Because the information stored about
each article includes the article's bibliography, or cited
reference list, you can also search the database for articles
that cite a specific author or work.
SocINDEX
Identifies and provides abstracts and full text for
scholarly articles and more.
Find Facts about Urban
Affairs
Encyclopedia of the City.
Dunbar Ref, Call Number HT108.5 .E63 2005
Encyclopedia provides information on such topics as urban planning and sociology.
Key Concepts in Urban Studies.
Dunbar Ref, Call Number HT109 .G68 2005
Provides background about urban studies issues.
Municipal
and Local Law
Basic information about ordinances and courts at the local
level. Includes links to websites with municipals ordinances
and locations of printed materials on local law in Dunbar
Library.
Ohio
Local Government Structure and Finance
Information on municipal, township, and county governments
in Ohio. Online version of Bulletin 835, published by the
Ohio State University Extension (College of Food, Agricultural,
and Environmental Sciences) in 1998.
State
and Local Government on the Net
Lists official state, county, and city government websites.
You can click on a state to find all agencies in that state
or on a topic to find related agencies in all 50 states.
Government-Related Agencies
HUD User
Provides researchers with access to original data sets generated
by research sponsored by the HUD Office of Policy Development
and Research.
U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
This federal agency’s website has a wealth of information,
including full-text publications, on subjects related to urban
affairs.
Professional Organizations
Council
of State Governments
Provides information of interest to state government officials,
including many issues that affect cities.
National Association
of Regional Councils
Provides information of interest to regional councils and
metropolitan planning organizations.
National Conference
of State Legislatures
The organization’s mission is to provide information
about issues of concern to state legislators and to act as
a bipartisan forum for state legislators. Sections include
Policy Issues, which provides links to summaries regarding
public policy from a state perspective.
National
League of Cities
Includes full-text articles from the three most recent issues
of Nation’s Cities Weekly, as well as selected reports
published by the organization.
Ohio Municipal
League
Provides information on issues affecting Ohio cities.
U.S. Conference
of Mayors
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan
organization of U.S. cities with populations of 30,000 or
more. Their website provides information of interest to municipal
officials.
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit institute
which focuses on U.S. cities and urban populations. Their
website includes links to many full-text reports.
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