Research Design in Geography and Urban Studies: GUS 2197

Recommended research resources and guide to library Special Collections materials for GUS 2197, Research Design in Geography and Urban Studies

Course Text

The Craft of Research (2016, ebook)

The library also has this book in print.

Related Guides

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Library Search

Library Search is your gateway to discover books, journal articles, and much more at Temple University Libraries. Additional information can be found in our Library Search FAQ's.

Top Research Resources

Annual Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews Online provides research literature in various disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Several Annual Reviews cover developments relevant to geography and urban studies, such as the Reviews of Political Science, Public Health, Ecology, Environment and Resources. Or just keyword search across all Annual Reviews.
ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Social Science Premium Collection contains international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education.
Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
The Environmental Sciences Collection combines specialist topic resources from disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology and biology and features a range of full-text sources including scientific journals, trade journals, new sources, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Google Scholar provides search for scholarly literature. It covers disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Selected SCRC Resources

Archival Collections

Digitized Collections

Digitized photographs from our collections can be found here. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, the Housing Association of The Delaware Valley Photographs, the City Parks Association Photographs are good starting places for historical photographs of Philadelphia and the surrounding region.

Newspaper Clippings and Photographs

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (photographs and clippings) and the Philadelphia Inquirer (photographs and clippings) are great resources for getting up to speed on how a particular topic was covered in the popular press at the time. You can search by subject (“Puerto Ricans” or “Germantown”) or personal names, ("Frank Rizzo.")

For a tutorial on how to request news clippings and photographs see this link.