Use the resources listed on this page to find relevant information on topics in Real Estate & Planning. They will give you access to both primary and secondary sources of information.
There are also resources that provide data such as company information and property market databases.
Key business research resource holding thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data.
Independent data with over 18,000 cost analyses to help to prepare cost plans. Now includes Running Costs, a central database of building running costs.
This resource combines BCIS Online and the previously separate platform BCIS Running Costs.
Full-text articles in business magazines, scholarly journals and trade publications.
Online news, research and analysis for the UK commercial property market.
You must register to use EG Radius. You must register using your University email address ending in @reading.ac.uk / @henley.ac.uk / @reading.edu.my. No other email addresses will be accepted.
References to articles in journals published by Emerald, plus full-text access to articles in over 150 titles.
isurv provides access to RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) documents including official guidance, forms and case studies.
There are a number of specialist resources in this area, located in the Henley Business School Library. For all these resources go to the Henley Business School Library BlackBoard organisation and sign up in advance of using (the information is all there). Passwords and usernames will either be provided or emailed. These resources are ONLY available to Real estate and planning staff/students.
EPRA
EPRA website offers access to up to 20 years of listed real estate data index and company performance data in a range of buildable & downloadable charts/graphs.
IPD
IPD is a performance analysis database specialising in the real estate investment sector across 32 countries.
Revo formaly BCSC (British Council of Shopping Centres)
Provides access to the BCSC online directory of 2600+ retail property professionals, BCSC research and guidance notes, and industry conferences and events.
The following resources offer financial information for companies.
A comprehensive, global database of banks' financial statements, ratings and intelligence.
Gives references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters in subjects including anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
Access to articles in journals published by Elsevier from 1995 to the present, plus access to older articles in some subject areas. Also gives access to Elsevier e-books we have purchased.
Gives references to journal articles, books, conference proceedings and patents in all subjects. Also offers extensive tools to analyse results, and measure impact for articles, journals and authors.
Gives references to journal articles in the social sciences.
This database is part of the Web of Science Core Collection. To search just this part select 'Social Sciences Citation Index' from the 'Editions' drop down list.
Provides quantitative data and statistics on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.
Full-text of UK, US EU and Commonwealth legal sources.
Essentially a vast Library catalogue. Gives references to books, theses, and other published materials in all subjects.
If you are on campus you will be able to access most e-journals and e-books, and some databases, without entering a username and password because your IP address identifies you as being at the University of Reading.
For any that require a login, see the Off-campus tab.
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When you are off-campus you will need to login to identify yourself as a member of the University of Reading to gain access to our protected databases, e-books and e-journals.
Your login details
You login in the same way as for Blackboard - via Microsoft. Just enter your University username followed by @student.reading.ac.uk (e.g. ab123456@student.reading.ac.uk) and your password. If this is the first time you have logged in via this method when off-campus you will be asked to complete a Multi-Factor Authentication. For more information see:
Watch this short video on how you login to use Library resources.
This playlist of two videos shows you how to prepare for and perform a literature search. The first video introduces literature searches and their role. The second video covers using the search operators AND and OR to create a search statement, and explains the role of wildcards and truncation in constructing a comprehensive search. This information is also available in written guides - see the links below.
Our Inter-Library Loans service can get articles, books and other publications not held at Reading from other libraries (usually from the British Library).
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How to run a basic search in Orbis and FAME:
Creating a list of companies in Orbis and FAME:
D&B Hoover - basic searches:
Market research information databases:
IBISworld basic search:
Mintel reports basic search: