Finding Books in HOLLIS | Finding
Articles | Selected Electronic Journals
Finding Images | Reference
Sources | Related Harvard Sites
Selected Internet Resources
Finding Books in HOLLIS
The following list of selected subject headings may be useful in searching the catalog.
| Cities and towns - [place name] (example: cities and towns - Massachusetts - Boston) |
Regional Planning |
| City planning - [place name] (example: City planning - Cuba - Havana) | Streets - design and construction |
| Community development - urban | Suburbs |
| City and towns - growth AND City planning (for books on Sprawl) | Urban beautification |
| Cities and towns - growth AND Suburbs | Urban Renewal |
| Community development | Urbanization |
| Planned communities | Waterfronts |
Selected Periodical Indexes
ABI-INFORMAcademic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Avery Index of Architectural Periodicals
Art Index Retrospective
Art Full Text
CPL (Council of Planning Librarians) Bibliographies (Reference Index Shelves)
Ekistics (Reference Index Shelves)
Index to Current Urban Documents (Reference Index Shelves)
Journal of Planning Literature
Lexis Nexis Academic
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
Sage Urban Abstracts (Reference Index Shelves)
Sociofile
Urban Studies Abstracts
Computers, Environments and Urban Systems
Housing Studies
Housing, Theory and Society
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
International Planning Studies
Journal of Urban Design
Planning Perspectives
Planning Practice and Research
Transportation
Urban Affairs Review
Urban History
Urban Review
Urban Studies
VIA
American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
Selected Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Biographies, Bibliographies
| Cities of the United States.. 4th ed. Gale, 2001. | |
| Reference HT123.C47 |
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| Cities of the World. 5th ed. Gale, 1999. | |
| Reference G153.4.C56 |
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| The city: a dictionary of quotable thought on cities and urban life. Rugers, 1984. | |
| Reference HT111.C576 |
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| Encyclopedia of community planning and environmental management. Facts on File, 1984. | |
| Reference HD108.6S38 |
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| Encyclopedia of housing. Sage, 1998. | |
| Reference HD7287.E53 |
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| Encyclopedia of urban America. ABC-Clio, 1998 | |
| Reference HT123.E5 |
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| Encyclopedia of urban planning. McGraw-Hill, 1974. | |
| Reference HT166.E5 1974 |
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| International encyclopedia of social sciences. Macmillan, 1968. | |
| Reference H40.A2I15 |
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| The zoning dictionary. Lehman & Associates, 1999. | |
| Reference HT395.C32Z653 |
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| The zoning provisions encyclopedia. Lehman & Associates, 1999. | |
| Reference HT169.8.C3Z66 | |
Selected Handbooks,Manuals, Guides
| Housing and development reporter. Current developments. Bureau of National Affairs, 1987— | |
| Reference H817 |
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| Municipal Year Book. Annual. ICMA. | |
| Reference JS344.C5A24 |
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| Planning and urban design standards. Wiley, 2006. | |
| Reference HT166.P55 2006 |
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| Time-saver standards for housing and residential development. 2d ed. McGraw-Hill, 1995. | |
| Reference NA9051.T55 |
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| Time-saver standards for site planning. McGraw-Hill, 1984. | |
| Reference NA2540.5.D4 |
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| Time-saver standards for urban design. McGraw-Hill, 2003. | |
| Reference HT166 .T47 |
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| The urban design handbook : techniques and working methods. Norton, 2003. | |
| NA9105 .U73 |
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| Urban Land Institute project reference file. 1971- 1997. | |
| Reference NAC1676g5Ur1 |
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| Zoning and planning law handbook. Annual. Clark Boardman, 1981— | |
| HT 167.Z6 | |
Environmental Science
and Public Policy Archive
Harvard-MIT Data
Center
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Kennedy School of Government
Library
Local Agencies
Boston Redevelopment Authority - Census reports, planning initiatives, online maps
Central Artery / Tunnel Project
City of Cambridge Home Page. Notable features include City of Cambridge Online Map and Cambridge neighborhood census data.
Metropolitan Area Planning Organization. Established to carry out federally funded transportation plans and programs in the greater Boston metropolitan area.
Federal Agencies
U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Also try HUD User for statistical informaton and reports on housing.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Provides frequently requested and basic census information as well as the complete Statistical Abstract in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
FEDSTATS - "The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use."
Internet Resources for City Planning Research
Cyburbia: The urban planning portal