- Finding Books
- Recommended Databases
- Recommended Articles from the Charrette Bibliography
- The City of Philadelphia
- Transit Reports
- Philadelphia Reports
- Additional Information
Finding Books
| Searching the catalog for books on your topic | |
| Try a keyword search: | Philadelphia AND city |
| Try a subject search: | Urban transportation — United States |
Recommended Databases
| Art and Architecture Complete — ELECTRONIC We currently have a trial to this database, which covers many design magazines. |
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| Avery Index – ELECTRONIC The Avery is the largest database devoted to architecture and design journals.This is a good place to look for precedent, or case studies. Click here for a guide on how to use the Avery Index. |
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| BuildingGreen.com — ELECTRONIC This electronic resource includes articles from Environmental Building News as well as GreenSpec, a convenient way to search for environmentally conscious building materials. |
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| Google Scholar — WWW Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.To link to Drexel full text from Google Scholar, first add Drexel in the Library Links within Scholar Preferences. |
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| Proquest — ELECTRONIC Large multi-disciplinary database with a lot of full-text access. It covers just about everything and is often a good place to start. |
Recommended Articles from the Charrette Bibliography
| Many of the articles found on the Charrette Bibliography have been scanned and are available electronically on reserve here: http://innoserv.library.drexel.edu/search/r?SEARCH=architecture+charrette |
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| Other Articles from the bibliography are directly available here: | |
| West Philadelphia Initiatives: A Case Study in Urban Revitalization. By John Kromer and Lucy Kerman | |
| Lancaster Avenue Study – Strategies for Corridor Revitalization. By Richard Redding. | |
| Poverty in Philadelphia – Transportation as Change Agent. By Matthew Schell. | |
| Transportation Activity Centers for Urban Transportation Analysis. By Jeffrey M. Casello and Tony E. Smith | |
| Bicycle Infrastructure Development Strategy for Suburban Commuting. By Bradley Layton et. al. |
Philadelphia
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www.septa.org – SEPTA website, including system maps overlaid on neighborhoods. www.pasda.psu.edu – Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access website with Pennsylvania GIS information, including online GIS tutorials www.cml.upenn.edu –The cartographic Modeling Lab at the University of Pennsylvania http://citymaps.phila.gov– Maps and photographs from the city of Philadelphia, including aerial photos, zoning maps, and a searchable photo archive www.ushistory.org/philadelphia – Historical background on Philadelphia from the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia www.pbs.org/philadiary – The website companion to the PBS film “Philadelphia Diary” based on interviews with Philadelphia residents www.cml.upenn.edu/nbase – Philadelphia NIS NeighborhoodBase, with GIS maps and charts of Philadelphia neighborhoods www.philaplanning.org/plans/areaplans/areaplans.html – Blight and redevelopment plan information from the Philadelphia City Planning Commission www.phila.gov/nti – The City of Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NIS), lead by Mayor John Street
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| Philadelphia Inquirer — ELECTRONIC You can search the archives of the Inquirer (back to 1981) via our NewsBank subscription. |
Transit Reports
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Transit Research Board – WWW Transit Cooperative Research Program –WWW |
Additional Information
| Ann Keith Kennedy will be in Room 127 (main floor of Hagerty Library) on Friday morning and afternoon if you need assistance in research. Books related to the charrette (included on the bibliography here: http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/charrette/2010/charretteresources.2010.pdf ) are also available in that room. There will be computers for online research as well. | |
| The Charrette Website: http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/charrette/2010/ |
