Minimum cost housing

Sources for Background Information

Guides and Handbooks

• Affordable Housing: A Selected Resource Guide
  HD7293 Z9 A34 1985 (Ref)
• Directory of Information Resources in Housing
  HD7286.5 D57 1986 (Ref)
• Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans
  HT167 A735 1995 (Ref)
• History of Housing
  NA7125 S384 1992
• International Handbook of Housing Policies and Practices
  HD7287 I523 1990
• Safe Housing Standards for Affordable Renovation
  TH4816 E54 1996 (Ref)
• Urban Projects Manual
  HD7287.5 U73 1983 (Ref)
• Urban Research in the Developing World
  HT110 U75 1994

Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Art - Oxford Art Online
  (includes Grove Art Online)
• Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering
  NA31 E59 1988 (Ref)
• Encyclopedia of Housing
  HD7287 E53 1998 (Ref)
• Encyclopedia of Planning
  NA9010.5 A83 [1973] (Ref)
• Encyclopaedia of Urban Planning
  HT166 E5 [1974] (Ref)
• Glossary of Housebuilding Terms=Glossaire des termes
  TH9 C4 [1974] (Ref)
• Housing: A Multidisciplinary Dictionary
  HD7287 S29 1987 (Ref)
• International Planning Glossary
  HT166 I59 [1975] (Ref)
• Dictionary of Development Terminology [1975]
  HT108.5 D84 [1975] (Ref)

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Core and Additional Databases, and Selected Journals

Indexes and Databases

• America: History and Life
  Z1236 A48 McL & online via McGill Library
• Architectural Publications Index (API)
  Z5941 A7x (Ref) & online via McGill Library
• Art Full Text, Art Index, and Art Retrospective
  Z5937 A78 (Index Stand) & online via McGill Library

  Open the "Database Selection Area" to choose the indexes you would like to search.

• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  Z5942 C649 (Index Stand) & online via McGill Library
• Building Green Suite
  Available online via McGill Library
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Database
  Available online via McGill Library
• Index to Current Urban Documents: A Guide to Local Government Publications
  Z7165 U5 I654 (Index Stand)
• PAIS International
  Z7164 E2 P82 McL & online via McGill Library
• Urbadisc
  Available online via McGill Library
• Urban Plan Collection
  Available online via McGill Library
• Urban Studies Abstracts
  Available online via McGill Library
• Web of Science
  Available online via McGill Library

Selected Journals

• Architects' Journal
  TH1 A7
  Find it online
• Cities
  HT119 C563
  Find it online
• Environment and Planning D. Society and Space
  H1 E58
  Find it online
• Habitat International
  HT166 H33x
  Find it online
• Housing Research Quarterly
  HD7285 H66
• Housing Studies
  HD7285 H68
  Find it online
• Journal of Green Building
  TH880 J68
• Journal of Housing
  HD7285 H68
  Find it online
• Journal of Housing and Community Development
  Find it online
• Journal of Planning Literature
  NA9000 J68
  Find it online
• Open House International
  HD7285 O63
• Third World Planing Review
  HT169.5 T5

Selected Internet Sites

• CMHC/ SCHL Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation/Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement
• International Development Research Centre
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Minimum Cost Housing Group
• La Société d'habitation du Québec

Other Resources

Library Catalogues and Exhibition Catalogues

• Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architecture Library
  Z5945 O652 1968 (Ref)
• Dictionary Catalog of the United States Dept. of Housing
  Z7164 H8 U4494 1983 (Ref)

Bibliographies

• Higher Degree Dissertations with Relevance to Developing
  Z5055 G7 N4 1988 (Ref)
• Housing for Developing Countries: Short Bibliography
  Z7164 H8 T56 1985 (Ref)
• Housing Policy: An International Bibliography
  Z7164 H8 N48 1986 (Ref)
• Journal of Planning Literature including CPL Bibliographies
  NA9000 J68 (Periodical)
• International Bibliography of Prefabricated Housing
  Z7914 B9 M3 (Ref)
• Low Cost Housing in Developing Countries
  Z7914 B9 I27 no.129 (Ref)
• Published Research Index
  HD7287.5 P83 1996 (Ref)
• Self-Help Housing Projects in Developing Countries
  Z7914 B9 I27 no.131 (Ref)