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This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
Real Estate.
This guide contains the following sections: Databases
Journals
Reference Sources
Theses
Library Instruction
& Tips
Internet Sources
E-Books
Statutory Authorities/Professional Associations
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
REALIS : Real Estate Information System
Librarian's take: Databases from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Include
searches on time-series, projects, transactions, stock availability.
Business Source Premier
Librarian's take: Popular database for business and related disciplines.
Includes Regional Business News which incorporates business journals,
newspapers and newswires within the United States. Multiple databases search
available.
Guides for searching Business Source Premier available at:
EBSCOhost Web User
Guide (PDF)
ProQuest Databases
Librarian's take: Multiple databases search to products like ABI/INFORM
Complete; ABI/INFORM Global; ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry; EIU ViewsWire;
ProQuest Asian Business & Reference; ProQuest Newspapers, and more.
EconLit
Librarian's take: Provides economics indexes and abstracts via OvidSP -
a platform also to databases such as International Bibliography of the
Social Sciences; Social Work Abstracts, and more.
Web of Science (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation
Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1980- )
Librarian's take: Full-text journal articles, proceedings to topics within
science, social sciences, and arts and humanities disciplines. Also include
analytical tools in evaluating and ranking journals.
Guides for searching Web of Science available at:
How to
use Web of Science (Basic Search) (PDF)
How to use
Web of Science (Advanced Search) (PDF)
How to use Web
of Science (Cited Reference Search) (HTML)
Factiva
Librarian's take: Full-text news articles and business information including
market research, investment analyst reports and stock quotes from global
news agencies. Search limits by industries include Construction & Real
Estate, and Environment & Waste Management.
Guides for searching Factiva available at:
How to search
Factiva (HTML)
Scopus
Librarian's take: An abstract and indexing database to
primarily Science and Social Science disciplines. An useful
multidisciplinary navigational tool to journal articles and also to find
out which articles are being cited by other scholars.
Guides for searching
Scopus available at:
Scopus User Guide
(PDF) Engineering Village
2
Librarian's take: Offers a wide range of full-text resources on Applied Science and
Engineering fields.
Guide for searching Engineering Village 2 (EV2)
available at:
How to
use Inspec in EV2
(PDF)
Construction InfoNet
(Registration for
first time user)
Librarian's take: Current updates by the Building and Construction
Authority. Includes statistics, price indices, project listings, articles,
and project information in the local construction industry.
Frost and Sullivan (Registration
for first time user)
Librarian's take: Full-text market research reports & analyses in four
content types: Technical; Econometric; Applications for Growth; and Market
Research. Types of markets include Energy & Power Systems; Environment
& Building Technologies, and more.
Guides for searching
Frost and Sullivan available at:
Frost and Sullivan Help (HTML)
More databases available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases
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Appraisal Journal
Housing Studies
International
Development Planning Review : IDPR
International Journal of
Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Corporate Real
Estate
Journal of Housing
Economics
Journal of Housing Research
Journal of Property
Investment & Finance
Journal of Property
Research
Journal of Real Estate
Finance and Economics
Journal of Real Estate
Portfolio Management
Journal of Real Estate
Practice and Education
Journal of Real Estate
Research
Journal of Urban Economics
Land Use Policy
Planning Perspectives
Real Estate Economics
Town Planning Review
Urban Design International
Urban Studies
More E-Journals available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals
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This is a select list of reference sources that give background information
including broad overview, definitions, key issues, major dates or events,
keywords and bibliographies.
Dictionaries
The dictionary of real
estate appraisal
Handbooks
Appraisal terminology
and handbook
The handbook of commercial
real estate investing
Handbook of transport
strategy, policy and institutions
The real estate investment
handbook
The student handbook to the
appraisal of real estate
Research & Citation
Citations
Cite it right : the
SourcAid LLC guide to citation, research, and avoiding plagiarism
Cite right : a quick
guide to citation styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the sciences, professions, and
more
The Columbia guide to
online style
Concise rules of APA
style
What every student
should know about citing sources with APA documentation
Writing with style : APA
style made easy
Report Writing
Complete your
dissertation or thesis in two semesters or less
How to write a lot : a
practical guide to productive academic writing
How to write a thesis
Winning reviews : a
guide for evaluating scholarly writing
Writing for academic
success : a postgraduate guide
Writing research papers
: a complete guide
Writing the successful
thesis and dissertation : entering the conversation
Research Methodology
The action research
dissertation : a guide for students and faculty
Citation analysis in
research evaluation
Doing economics : a
guide to understanding and carrying out economic research
A gentle guide to
research methods
Methods of historical
analysis in electronic media
Proposals that work : a
guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals
Web research :
selecting, evaluating, and citing
Your research project :
a step-by-step guide for the first-time researcher
Statistics
Construction InfoNet
REALIS : real estate
information system
SingSTAT time series (STS)
directory online
StatLink : Singapore trade
statistics
World competitiveness
yearbook
World development indicators
For other background sources, search the Library catalogue,
LINC at
http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.
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NUS Theses
School of Design and Environment
academic exercises are available at the Information Resource Centre.
Dissertation catalogue is available at the
IRC Search.
Lists of SDE Dean's Office
Research Degree Dissertations are available at:
SDE
Research Degree Dissertations (HTML)
Lists of SDE Dean's Office Research Projects
are available at:
SDE Research
Projects (HTML)
Selected theses & academic exercises received from the
NUS Real Estate Dept are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number TH7.More on how to
search NUS theses available at:
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html.
Foreign Theses
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
A comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records from around the
world. Full-text available with 24-page preview of selected dissertation. It
allows natural
language searching and menu-driven search facility retrieves information
quickly and easily.
Guides to searching ProQuest Dissertations & Theses available at:
the
Publisher Website (HTML).
Index to Theses
A listing of theses with abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the
Universities of Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.
More foreign theses databases are available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations
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This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Library
Orientation for School of Design and Environment
Database Guides
How to Cite
References : Citation Styles
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Guide to
Sources in City Planning
Compilation by City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library. Areas
covered include city and urban planning, design, land use, housing and
transportation.
International Real Estate Digest
Provides links to real estate related web sites throughout the world.
The Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a
learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School
of Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of Information
Science & Technology. Contents include bibliographies of reference sources
and subject collections.
Real Estate Words
Real Estate Dictionary of Real Estate Terms.
The World
Bank Group : Economics and Policy
Provides information on economic analysis and sector policy development in
transport.
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CRCnetBASE
Taylor & Francis Group product to various scientific and
technical references and resources netBASES such as ENGnetBASE;
ENVIROnetBASE; MATERIALSnetBASE; STATSnetBASE; TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE.
E-Books
on the Web
Free e-books.
Google Book Search
IEEE Conference Proceedings
IEEE collection of published papers in electrical
engineering, computer science and related fields.
NetLibrary
OCLC eContent Collections spanning wide subject areas from
scholarly, trade, Science Technology Medicine and reference publishers.
SourceOECD
OECD product which include subject areas such as Energy;
Environment & Sustainable Development; Industry, Services & Trade;
Statistics Sources & Methods; Transport.
Springer
Online Books
SpringerLink product which include subject
categories such as Architecture and Design; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Mathematics and Statistics
Wiley Online Books
Wiley InterScience product which include subject
categories such as Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Polymers
and Materials Science.
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Ministries & Statutory Authorities
Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
Housing and Development Board (HDB)
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
(IRAS)
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Ministry of Law (MinLAW)
Ministry of National Development (MND)
Singapore Land Authority (SLA)
Singstat Singapore
Urban Redevelopment
Authority (URA)
More information available at:
SINGOV Government Information
Professional Associations
ASEAN Association for
Planning and Housing
Association of Property and Facility
Managers
Institute of Estate
Agents
Real Estate Academy
Real Estate Developers'
Association of Singapore (REDAS)
Renovation and
Decoration Advisory Centre
Singapore Institute of Planners
Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV)
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Content by:
Central Library
Last updated:
06-11-2008
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