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Databases
Use the following
databases to find articles and statistics on topics in
Urban Affairs
For a complete list of
databases or to connect from home, go to http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/databases.
 Academic
Search Premier (EBSCO)
The most multi-disciplinary and general full-text
periodicals database. Contains
the full text of approx. 3,500 journals, with indexing
going back to the mid
1970's on some titles. Updated daily.
Alt-Press
Watch
Full-text of alternative and independent
newspapers, magazines and
newsletters, beginning 1995. Updated monthly.
American
FactFinder/U.S. Census
You
can use American FactFinder to view, print, and download statistics
about
population, housing, industry, and business. Using FactFinder,
you can also find
U.S. Census Bureau products; create reference and
thematic maps; and search
for specific data.
Art
Index
Index to articles in
journals, museum bulletins and yearbooks on fine and applied
arts, including architecture and archaeology; also indexes
art reproductions
appearing in periodicals. The majority of the articles are in
English but some
European languages are included.
InfoShare
Online
Population
statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and
death data, hospitalizations, local economic data, and
much more. Check out
the FAQ for information on how InfoShare works.
JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journals in arts and
science, business and economics,
language and literature, humanities, and social sciences.
Current journals are
not entered into the database for 2 to 5 years. Searchable by topic or
by
journal name.
Lexis-Nexis
Full text database of newspapers and other news sources;
legal information
including U.S. Code, state laws and law reviews; business news and company
financial information; medical abstracts, biographical information and country
and
state profiles.
PAIS
International
Index to journals, books, proceedings and
other sources on the public and social
policy literature of business, economics, finance, law,
international relations,
public administration, government, political science and
other social sciences.
Social
Sciences Full-Text
Index to journal articles in the social
sciences, many from scholarly journals.
Coverage includes addiction, area studies, criminal
justice, economics,
environment, ethics, family studies, gender, geography, gerontology, law,
political science, psychology, sociology and urban studies.
SocIndex
Abstracts and indexes the literature of sociology and
related disciplines, from
1963 to present, from scholarly journals, books,
conference proceedings, and
dissertations.
Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international
serials literature in political science and
its complementary fields including international
relations, law, public
administration and policy, from 1975 to present.
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