LibGuides: Real estate and planning: E-resources

Search Summon discovery service

Search Summon to find online journal articles and book chapters.

Key databases

RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)

Other useful resources

IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
Gives references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters in subjects including anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
LexisLibrary [full-text]
use to find articles and law reports
ScienceDirect [full-text]
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.
Scopus
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.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Gives references to journal articles in the social sciences. Part of the Web of Science Core Collection.
Westlaw UK [full-text]
use to find articles and law reports
WorldCat
Use to find books.
Zetoc
All subjects. Gives references to journal articles and conference papers. Use to keep up-to-date with recent publications.

Accessing e-resources off campus

When you are off-campus you will need to login via the Online Resources Single Sign On page to identify yourself as a member of the University of Reading to gain access to our protected databases, e-books and e-journals. This login page will only appear when you try to access a resource, it is not a portal you login to prior to selecting a resource.

If you require further information see our guide:

Accessing e-resources
Guidance on accessing the Library's electronic resources.

Property market information

There are a number of specialist resources in this area, located in the ARC. For all these resources go to the ARC 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.

Property market reports
The ARC has a collection of printed property market reports, indices and other research publications by chartered surveyors and related professions, but these are now moving online via Property Week. Many companies now make their research data available in the internet.
CoStar Suite
CoStar Suite provides comprehensive information on the UK commercial property industry . It is only accessible from the ARC.

BCIS (Building Cost Information Service)
BCIS is provided by the Building Cost Information Service, which is part of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The service aims to provide current, accurate information on UK building costs and tender prices. This service is only available on campus.

Videos: doing your literature search

These two videos show you how to prepare for and perform a literature search. The first video introduces literature searches and outlines their benefits and features. The second video includes information about the sources and techniques you can use to find the most relevant information. This information is also available as a written guide to Doing your literature search. We also have a guide to Effective database searching.