Property - Books, Journals and Other Resources

Books

Most Property books are located on Floor 6 of The Sir Duncan Rice Library. Some specific shelfmarks are as follows:

Search the library catalogue for specific titles or topics.

Journals

Planning and Regional Science journals are shelved on Floor 2 of The Sir Duncan Rice Library, at Per 711. Property journals are shelved at Per 330. There are also other relevant journal titles in Per 330 (Economics), as well as in Per 910 (Geography) and Per 340 (Law, Taylor Library).

We subscribe to a large number of full-text e-journals in this subject area.
These include:

• Environment and Planning
• Journal of Property Investment and Finance
• Journal of Property Research
• Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
• Real Estate Economics
• Regional Studies
• Urban Studies

These journals can be accessed individually through the library catalogue and then browsed by each issue..
A wider selection can be accessed through ABI/Inform Global by using specific keywords and searching a number of journals simultaneously.

Other types of resources

Maps
Our main map collection is kept on Floor 1 of The Sir Duncan Rice Library. We have some atlases for loan, at shelfmarks around 912 or at the end of the folio sequence on Floor 3.

Digimap
Access to Ordnance Survey digital maps of Great Britain for downloading or printing. You need to register for the service. You can do this online by logging in from the Digimap login page, then choosing the Collection for which you wish to register.

Census data, Taylor Library
UK census data is held in the Taylor Library. The general UK Census reports are in print form, dating back to 1851. We hold both the printed volumes and the CD-ROM version of the detailed UK Small Area Statistics (1981 and 1991 data): using the CD-ROM, maps and charts can be created and printed.

If you require very detailed census data for creating your own tables, contact the Taylor Library about access to the MIMAS datasets. The information pages will give you an idea of what is available.

Other statistical information
The Library subscribes to a number of statistical publications, many issued by the UK Office for National Statistics. Some of the most frequently used titles are:

In the Taylor Library, you can find a number of statistical series published by the European Union, such as European Economy and Europe's Environment.

Official Publications, Taylor Library
There is a great deal of useful information on government policy developments in official publications. The Taylor Library has good holdings of UK Parliamentary Publications from Westminster, the Scottish Parliament and the European Union. There are specialist cd-rom indexes for these collections in the Taylor Library, and much information can be found in full text on the Parliament and Departmental Web pages:

• Scottish Parliament
• UK Parliament
• European Union

Legislation and law reports
There are comprehensive collections of UK and European Union legislation in the Taylor Library. Some of the encyclopaedias on planning and environmental law collect together updated sets of Acts, Statutory Instruments and European directives by subject, which are often easier to use than the official texts. Reports of cases heard in the UK and European courts are available on paper in the Taylor Library and on the Web via Westlaw: ask Taylor Library staff for assistance with these resources.