Planning : Databases - Architecture Library - The University of Auckland Library

Access		DATABASE
Campus		ABI/INFORM Worldwide business and economics database indexing and abstracting over 1,400 journals and magazines.
Library Only		APId Architectural Publications Index - to architecture & allied arts, constructional technology, design & environmental studies, landscaping, planning.
Campus		Art Full Text Art Full Text is a full-text version of *Art Abstracts*, containing some full-text articles from more than 100 periodicals from 1997. Subject areas covered include archaeology, architecture, art, film, humanities, marketing, motion pictures and photography.
Campus		Auckland Regional Council Information Centre Database Auckland Regional Council library catalogue.
Campus		Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) APAIS : Australian Public Affairs Information Service indexes articles from a wide range of periodicals, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books in the social sciences and humanities.
Campus		Auckland Cityscope Auckland Cityscope includes descriptions and sale histories of more than 2,000 properties in Auckland Central and the north part of Newton (plus some buildings in Viaduct Harbour, Grafton and Parnell). Auckland Cityscope includes details of 1,078 buildings or sites and 1,006 office or retail strata units.
Campus		Avery Index The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 2,800 US and foreign periodicals published worldwide on architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, historic preservation, interior design and archaeology, with more than 550,000 records.
Campus		Brookers Online Provides access to over 50 full-text New Zealand legal resources.
Campus		BUILD: Australian Building Construction & Engineering Database Bibliographic database that indexes worldwide information on building, construction, engineering, urban and regional planning.
Campus		Butterworths Online. See LexisNexisNZ LexisNexis NZ replaces Butterworths Online. LexisNexis NZ provides access to an extensive range of full text New Zealand and Australian legislation and legal resources.
Campus		Current Contents Indexes table of contents pages from approximately 7,000 science, social sciences, medical, arts and humanities journals.
Campus		China Academic Journal Abstracts are available for the Architecture and Engineering sections, including the sub-section Layout of Regions, Towns and Rural Areas. Place interloan requests to obtain full text articles.
Campus		DSL Environmental Databases. Accessible via Brookers Online Legislation, case law, and commentary relating to environmental law and local government issues .
Campus		DSL Local Government databases. Replaced by the Brookers Local Government databases, accessible via Brookers Online Legislation, case law, and commentary relating to environmental law and local government issues .
Campus		EconLit Citations to, and selected abstracts of, the international literature in the field of economics. Topics include economic theory and history, labor economics, international, regional, and urban economics, and other related subjects.
Campus		Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management This database provides comprehensive coverage of environmental sciences from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources.
Campus		Expanded Academic Multidisciplinary fulltext database of academic journals, magazines and newspapers.
Campus		GEOBASE Physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology and development studies. Interdisciplinary coverage makes it an ideal file for searching environmental and green issues.
Campus		Index New Zealand: INNZ The key NZ database for social sciences, arts, humanities and general interest material. Indexes NZ newspapers, journals, conferences etc.
Campus		Index to Theses A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland. 457,000 theses entries in total, with 15,000 new theses added every year.
Campus		LexisNexis NZ LexisNexis NZ replaces Butterworths Online. LexisNexis NZ provides access to an extensive range of full text New Zealand and Australian legislation and legal resources.
Campus		LinxPlus LexisNexis NZ hosts LinxPlus and is published by the District Law Society libraries of NZ. LinxPlus provides access to the full text of many unreported judgments and also indexes legal journal articles and books received by the Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch District Law Society libraries.
Campus		Maori Land Legislation database The Maori Land Legislation Database provides a summary of all New Zealand legislation since 1840 (including private and local Acts) which has affected Maori or Maori land. It also gives brief notes on the historical context and the impact of each Act cited, with references to other Government publications.
Campus		Newzindex Indexes articles of interest to business from 4 major daily NZ newspapers and business periodicals. Focuses on major national, political and social issues as well as business-related topics.
Campus		NewzText Plus Fulltext of key NZ business publications including the NBR.
Campus		New Zealand Science Index of scientific publications from the Crown Research Institutes (CRI) including NIWA and Landcare. Also contains abstracts of the Royal Society of New Zealand journals.
Campus		PAIS International Covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, political science, and other social sciences.
Campus		Philosopher's Index Subject and author index to philosophy articles, books, anthologies.
Campus		ProQuest Dissertations & Theses ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) was formerly known as Digital Dissertations. It provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from doctoral dissertations and masters' theses. There are 2.5 million references to theses and dissertations from universities worldwide, especially from North America. Indexed from 1861, abstracts from 1980, and 750,000 full text theses from 1996.
Campus		RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) An internet resource for teaching, research and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines. Urban design in this context includes the physical design, management, planning and use of buildings and landscape in terms of their relationship to public and open space. Full access to website's content is restricted to subscribers.
Campus		ScienceDirect ScienceDirect, from Elsevier, contains the full-text of over 2000 journals, including graphics and tables. These journals are primarily in the Sciences and Medicine -- but also include titles in Business, Economics, Education, Engineering, Geography, Linguistics, Management, Marketing, Sociology, etc.
Campus		Scopus Multidisciplinary database allowing navigation via citation data. Scopus covers the citations, abstracts and references from articles from over 15,000 publications.
Campus		Sociological Abstracts Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Coverage is from 1963 onwards and approximately 2,500 new records are added monthly.
Campus		Te Puna Includes the National Bibliographic Database - over 10 million records for New Zealand and overseas resources, with links to New Zealand holding libraries.
Campus		Urban Studies Abstracts Covers areas relevant to urban studies including urban affairs, community development and urban history. Journals indexed include the Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, Urban Studies, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Planning History, and the Canadian Journal of Urban Research.
Campus		Web of Science The Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database listing over 34 million items from over 8000 journals. Most items are in the Sciences, but it is also useful for the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities.
Campus		Wellington Cityscope A searchable online database offering detailed information, including descriptions and sale histories, on more than 1,100 buildings and sites (including some 550 commercial and retail strata units) located in central Wellington and Te Aro.


Comments to Simon Coates Last updated : June 16, 2011