Practical 1/Assignment 1:
Search the
library for references addressing a category of land use that interests
you. You may supplement with references to internet sources.
As well as you can, identify the
values revealed in the readings and attempt to "flesh-out" a range
of readings addressing all the types of values addressed above.
Prepare an annotated list
of at least twelve references, the notes comprising a sentence or two of
description for each. Locate as many as you can in the University Library
and give call #s.
Due date/submission
Prepare in Microsoft Word format, either PC
or Mac and send it to the FirstClass discussion by Tuesday, September
9.
Be prepared to talk about your findings
in class, describing important and interesting themes.
Possible topics for searching:
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Disused railyards/tracks
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Dilapidated public housing
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Relic wetlands
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Urban wildlife habitat
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Strip commercial development
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Freeway blight
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Aging infrastructure
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Floodplain restoration/reclamation
Using the library:
Some useful addresses:
University
of Illinois Library homepage, including direct access to the UIUC library
Gateway and related search systems
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general information about the library system.
NOTE: this
has been dramatically changed and updated - review carefully
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gives you access via web interfaces to all
kinds of wonderful library on-line resources.
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Your ID for access to these services is your
i-card barcode number.
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NOTE: for all library
web interfaces, do not use your browsers BACK button for navigating, use
the libraries web interface for navigation.
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You can email or save your citations to a disk.
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The following two links will take you directly to pages to search for books
and articles.
ILLINET
Online Catalog
Search for books in the University of
Illinois Library System and other Universities in the state.
Article
Databases
Search for articles and references to
articles using a variety of article databases.
Some good databases to try: Wilson Databases,
Web of Science, Current Contents, CD-ROMs, Article First.
City
Planning and Landscape Architecture Library
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links to useful websites for planners and
landscape architects
Agriculture
Library
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try searching Agricola, Biological Abstracts
and the Bio & Ag Index.
First
Search and other on-line databases
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a collection of electronic databases and indexes
that can be used to locate books, articles, theses, films, computer software,
recordings, and other types of material
Other
libraries and their catalogs
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links to several major libraries and their
on-line resources
Library of
Congress, including American Memory
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access to the Library of Congress collections
- American Memory accesses the historical collections of the National Digital
Library
Using the Internet:
To search archived East St. Louis material
go to: ESLARP
Research.
For general searching there are few starting
places better than Netscape's own NetSearch page, captured here:
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• Reviews
- Third-party reviews and comparisons of several search services.
• Questions?
- Check here if you have a question about searching or using this page.
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- Let us know what you think of this page and how we can improve it.
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Modified: 24 August,1998, Brian Orland
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