Some recommended resources for community development are given below. These resources are available through Cornell University Library. Most databases are searchable using very similar search strategies. Some general hints for searching all databases are:
Hints
If you get too many results, add one more keyword
If you get too few or no results, change the keywords or remove keywords
Don't forget to search Thesaurus or Subject Terms of databases for more suggestions
If you do not get the full text link within the database, check to see if a Get it! Cornell link is available
Use the wildcard * at the end of words so that you do not miss out all variations of the wordBROAD RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, NEWS & REPORTS
All Databases below contain wealth of resources for a wide spectrum of community development related areas ranging from transportation, housing, urban planning, landscaping and a host of other areas. Always look at the suggested subjects and add those terms to your searches.
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database providing abstracts and full text (pdf) of articles from nearly 5000 journal titles across subject areas.
Example Search
Subject term: community development and subject term: urban policy and keyword: environment*
(Hint:the symbol * will provide all words that begin with environment such as environments, environmental etc)
PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY
Proquest Research Library is also an expansive multi-disciplinary database providing abstracts and full text access to articles from journals, newspapers and magazines across subject areas.
Example Search
Search for community development* and urban plan* and health* all as subjects.
LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC UNIVERSE
Want news? Lexis Nexis Academic provides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations.
Example POWER Search (click on Power Search)
EDUCATION
ERIC
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
Example Search
Descriptor (from Thesaurus): "community development" and Keyword: Urban
Add keywords that interest you such as African American,migrants, etc
HEALTH
MEDLINE
Medline offers an index to articles published in over 3,500 journals in all areas of medicine, including policy related matters.
Example Search
Search for community development and reproductive health as subject terms
POPLINE
POPLINE, the world's largest bibliographic reproductive health database. POPLINE provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide literature in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
POLICY RESEARCH
INDEX TO URBAN DOCUMENTS
The only regularly published guide to the reports and research that are generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada. It indexes over 2,400 documents yearly, providing a spectrum of access to local information. A yearly subscription to ICUD will include a fully searchable online index with full text documents available as PDF file.
PAIS INTERNATIONAL
Contains citations to public policy literature of economics, government, law, international business, political science, public administration, and other social sciences.
Created by Baseema Banoo Krkoska, September 30, 2007
