Databases and journals
Key databases
- Informit CompleteContains a wide range of databases and full content publications that deliver the majority of Australasian scholarly research for planning.
- ProQuest CentralMultidisciplinary database where many subjects areas are covered extensively.
- Taylor & Francis online journalsThe content spans all areas of the humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
- Science DirectAn information source for scientific, technical and planning information.
- SAGE Journals OnlineA scholarly Interdisciplinary database with exceptional discipline coverage spanning the humanities, social sciences, and planning.
- Victorian Heritage DatabaseA database of Victoria's most significant heritage places, objects, historic shipwrecks and archaeological sites and stores the records of places in Heritage Overlays of 24 Local Planning Schemes; and the records of non-statutory listings held by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and the Victorian War Heritage Inventory.
Key journals
- Australian PlannerAustralia's leading peer reviewed journal for the planning profession, and is the most read and influential planning journal in Australia and the Pacific Region.
- CitiesPublishes articles on many aspects of urban planning and policy. It distinguishes itself by providing an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information among urban planners, policy makers and analysts, and urbanists from all disciplines.
- Journal of planning literatureIncludes review articles and abstracts of recent literature in city and regional planning and design.
- Planning practice and researchPublishes articles, reviews, and research reports with the aim to break down the barriers between planning practice, research, and education and between planning systems in different countries.
- Planning theoryAn international peer-reviewed forum for exploring ideas concerned with a broad conception of spatial planning.
- Australasian Journal of Regional StudiesProvides a forum for the discussion of regional development and regional policy; includes papers from the annual meeting.
- European urban and regional studiesProvides an original contribution to academic and policy debate related to processes of urban and regional development in Europe.
- People and placePresents key information on migration patterns, the labour market, urban growth, the environment, and related topics.
- Progress in human geographyPeer-reviewed journal for those wanting to know about the state of the art in all areas of human geography research - philosophical, theoretical, thematic, methodological or empirical.
- Journal of transport and land usePublishes original inter-disciplinary papers on the interaction of transport and land use.
- Journal of transport geographyA leading interdisciplinary journal focusing on the geographical dimensions of transport, travel and mobility.
- Transport policyAn international refereed journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport.
- Transportation research. Part A, policy and practiceContains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environment; design, management and evaluation of transportation systems.
- Transportation research. Part D, transport and environmentPublishes original research on the environmental impacts of transportation, policy responses to those impacts, and their implications for the design, planning, and management of transportation systems.
- Road & transport research : a journal of Australian and New Zealand research and practiceA scholarly journal covering subjects Engineering and Civil Engineering.
- City & CommunityAdvances urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy.
- CityscapePresents original research on housing and community development issues to scholars, government officials, and practitioners.
- Housing Policy DebateProvides an outlet for cutting edge, original research that informs U.S. housing and community development policy.
- Local Government StudiesThe leading journal for the study of local politics, policy, public administration and management and governance.
- Economic development quarterlyJournal reporting on research programs, policies, and trends in economic development in large cities, small towns, rural areas, and overseas trade and expansion.
- Growth and changeArticles, perspective and reviews of urban and regional policy from economics, geography, public finance, urban and regional planning, agricultural economics, public policy and related fields.
- Journal of urban economicsProvides a focal point for the publication of research papers in the rapidly expanding field of urban economics.
- Regional science and urban economicsFacilitates and encourages high quality scholarship on important theoretical and empirical issues in urban and regional research.
- The Developing EconomiesAn international and interdisciplinary forum on social studies of the developing countries. Aims to promote theoretical, empirical and comparative studies on the problems confronting developing countries.
- Housing StudiesThe leading international journal and a major forum for theoretical and analytical developments in the housing field.
- Journal of housing economicsProvides a focal point for the publication of economic research related to housing and encourages papers that bring to bear careful analytical technique on important housing-related questions.
- Journal of housing researchCovers theoretical and empirical research on housing related topics including the economics of the housing markets, residential brokerage, home mortgage finance and mortgage markets and international housing issues.
- Real estate economicsScholarly research on current and emerging real estate issues published for members of the American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association.