Subject Specialists Librarians
For
Research Instruction
(936) 261-1535
Periodical Journals
You can find these journals at the Periodicals
(1st floor of John B. Coleman Library)
Kimberly Gay, Reference and
Instruction Librarian
(Agriculture, Business, Communications,
Education, History, Human Sciences,
Journalism, Juvenile Justice, Languages &
Literature, Nursing, Political Science,
Sociology & Social Work, and University
College)
kmgay@pvamu.edu
(936) 261-1506
Chieko Sato
Reference and Instruction
Librarian
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Journal of Community Practice
Environmental Education
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Journal of Environmental Quality
Journal of Health and Social Policy
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social
Environment
Journal of Public Management & Societies
& Culture
Journal of Urban Planning & Development
Landscape Architecture
Land Economics
Landscape Journal
Professional Builder
Public Administration Review
RIBA Journal
Rural Conditions and Trends
Community
Development
@
John B. Coleman Library
(Art and Architecture, Community
Development, Mathematics, Physics,
Engineering, Biology, Chemistry,
Government Docs, and ROTC )
chsato@pvamu.edu
(936) 261-1507
Elizabeth Brumfield
Distance Services Librarian
(Northwest Campus
and other distance programs)
ejbrumfield@pvamu.edu
(713) 790-7282
Dr. Rosie L. Albritton
Director of Library Services
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Information Services (936) 261-1535
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Find books
Useful books at the library
Useful Web Pages
John B. Coleman Online Catalog
(http://voyager-pv.tamu.edu)
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These free Web Pages are useful to collect information for
your research.
Studying community development, you need to look at three
perspectives:
1.
Physical (civil engineering, architecture, construction science and urban planning)
2.
Economics (business and public administration)
3.
Social (social work, history, and political science)
Relevant Subject Areas
H
Social Sciences
HB Economic theory, Demography
HC Economic history and Conditions
HD Industries. Land use. Labor.
HG Finance
HJ Public finance
HM Sociology
HN Social history and conditions.
HT Communities. Classes. Races.
HV Social pathology, public welfare, and
criminology
JA Political Science
NA Architecture
TA Engineering. Civil engineering.
TH Building Construction.
Reference books
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Funding sources of community and economic development
Ref HN49.C6 F863 2003
Encyclopedia of developing regional communities
with communication technology
Ref HN49.C6 E545 2006
Encyclopedia of applied developmental science
Ref HQ767.84 E52 2005
Dictionary of community economic development
terms
Ref HQ90.C6.D53 2002
The developers’ dictionary and handbook
Ref HD1393.5.C64
The foundation center’s guide to grantseeking on the
web
Ref HV41.2.F68 2003
Guide to winning proposals
Ref HV41.9.U5 F67 2003
Critical essays in planning theory
Ref HT166.C75 2008
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Asset building & community development
HN90.C6 G724 2008
Reengineering community development for the 21st
century
HN49.C6 R45 2008
Community builder’s approach to theory of change
HN49.C6.A54 2006
Culture and development in a globalizing world
HN49.C6 C85 2006
Handbook of community practice
HV41.H323 2005
Community operational research
HN49.C6 C673 2004
Entrepreneurship and community economic development
HC79.E44 D56 2003
Institutional development in social interventions
HD75.P325 2003
Local environmental sustainability
HC79.E5 L634 2003
Fundraising analytics
HG177.B49 2008)
Land Development Calculations
HD1390.H67 2001
Historic preservation handbook
NA105.I78 2003
Find Articles
To find articles from scholarly journals, you can find in our
online article collections and the periodicals.
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Pro Quest
EI Compendex Web
CQ Electronic Library
PAIS International
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US Department of housing & urban development
(http://www.hud.govb/)
Center for rural affair
(http://www.cfra.org/community)
Pomegranate Center
(http://www.pomegrante.org/)
Community tool box
(http://ctb.ku.edu/en/Default.html)
Community development society
(http://comm-dev.org/)
Census (http://www.census.gov/)
E-Journal
(http://mv3rh7md4d.search.serialssolutions.com/)
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Community action
Community development
Community development journal
Community practitioner
Community review
Urban design international
Urban policy & research
International Journal of Urban & Regional Research
E books
(http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/3650.asp)
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Net Library
Engineering Books
World Cat
Citations to article (architecture) can be found in:
 Avery Index to Architectural Periodical
Avery is a citation index database, particularly for architecture
that means you have to do further searching to get the articles.
If you could not find books or articles at the library, use Inter
Library Loan (ILL) system. It may take a several weeks or days
until you receive the items.
ILLiad-Request Materialshttp://www.pvamu.edu/pages/3663.asp
 GIS_Data
A database contains GIS information for Houston Metropolitan
area. ! Need to ask Community Development Graduate Program to access this database.
If you need research help or have any
questions, call the subject specialist
Kimberly Gay, (936) 261-1506
kmgay@pvamu.edu
or
Chieko Sato, (936) 261-1507
chsato@pvamu.edu
Reference and Instruction Librarians