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Legacy in Danger:
Urban Renewal and Adaptive Reuse in Troy, New York

Introduction and Scope

Vocabulary, Call Numbers

Libraries

Annotation Sources

Databases and Indexes

Encyclopedias

Dictionaries

Bibliographies

Directories

Manuals, Handbooks, Guides

Biographical Sources

Other Sources

Audiovisual Materials

Web sites

Contacts

Databases and Indexing and Abstracting Services

To find articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, use indexes and abstracts. Some may offer the full-text of the articles online, while most only give a citation. Check the catalog to see if your library subscribes to the journal. If not, go to the Interlibrary Loan department—most articles can be faxed within two days. To access these databases, you will need to be at a computer in the library or have a valid user id and password from the library. All these databases are accessible from computers on the University at Albany network. If you want to access them from your home computer, you will need a user id and password. They can be found through the University Library's databases page.

EBSCO Academic Search Premiere
Search for “historic preservation” in subject yields 265 hits; “urban renewal”, 620 hits. “The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications, including full text for nearly 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.” (EBSCO)

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Coverage of some newspapers goes back to the early 1980s. “This flagship service provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. The 5,900 sources include: national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources; U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information… business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news…” (Lexis-Nexis Academic)

(1971-). Urban Affairs Abstracts. Aug. 1971--. WA: National League of Cities: United States Conference of Mayors. Monthly with annual cumulations.
Each issue abstracts about 70 periodicals, newsletters, and journals. Entries organized alphabetically by title within 43 subject categories, which are listed in table of contents. Lists journals indexed, with addresses. No index in monthly issues; annual cumulation provides author, geographic, and descriptor indexes. (Balay 1996)
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© 2003 Sarah Morehouse. This pathfinder was created for ISP605 (Information Sources and Services) with Professor Lokman Meho at the College of Information Science at the University at Albany. This site last updated April 20, 2003.