Urban Sprawl  Tags: urban_sprawl population_movement ugl_subject_guide ugl  

Articles are a valuable resource in any research paper or project. Articles (as opposed to books) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Shorter length
• Currency of information
• Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 

Urban Sprawl
City Planning
Urban Policy
Sprawl
Cities & towns -- Growth

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General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
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• Public Affairs Information Service - Identifies articles, books, websites, statistics, government documents, and other resources on political, social, and public policy issues. Updated monthly.
• Sociological Abstracts- Identifies scholarly journal articles, dissertations, books, and other information covering a wide variety of sociology topics. Useful for many Controversial Issues topics as well. Full Text, updated monthly.
• SocINDEX - Includes articles on several areas of sociology including politics, social psychology, and urban studies. Full text.
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