Databases for Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Electronic resources are only available to registered network users. Further advice about remote access to electronic resources is available from the Library Web site.
| General useful databases | |
|---|---|
| Web of Knowledge | Large multi-disciplinary database with subject and citation indexes. |
| Scopus | Scopus is a multi-disciplinary database, which provides full-text access to journals. Subjects covered include all aspects of engineering including structural and civil engineering, as well as human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, and development studies. |
| RIBA Library Online Catalogue | Online catalogue indexing architectural periodicals and other materials. |
| Avery index to architectural periodicals via ProQuest | Index to periodicals published worldwide. |
| Digimap via EDINA | Digimap is a service that delivers Great Britain Ordnance Survey map data to U.K. Higher Education. OS digital map data is available for the whole country at a scale of 1:50,000 and for selected areas at larger scales. Most of the Sheffield area is available at a scale of 1:1,250. |
| Census 1981, 1991 and 2001 | Access to a wealth of census information including Small Area Statistics for Great Britain. |
| BIOSIS previews | This database is relevant for landscape architects interested in plants from a biological angle. |
| PsycINFO | This database is useful for literature on perception, the environment and behaviour. |
| ASSIA | Covers the whole area of the social sciences from 1987 to date. |
| Dissertation abstracts | Dissertation Abstracts contains abstracts of doctoral and some masters theses on all subjects completed at North American and some non-North American universities. |
| Index to theses | Index to theses includes abstracts to theses on all subjects accepted for higher degrees by British and Irish universities and by the CNAA. |
| Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations | This is a collection of electronic theses and dissertations from Universities around the world. |
| Construction Information Service (CIS) | Building regulations, construction management and design guidance. |
| Pidgeon Digital | Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and designers. |