Subject and Research Guides: Geography & Planning: Databases & Journals

Key databases for Geography & Planning

AURINMap
AURINMap has a range of national data layers from various data partners covering subjects such as population and demographics, health and wellbeing, socio-economic indices, vulnerability indicators and access to services.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) This link opens in a new window
Contains current and historical social & economic data for Australia, Census figures and access to all ABS publications from 1998 onwards.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet This link opens in a new window
Collates and disseminates information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimise negative impact.
Old Maps Online This link opens in a new window
Indexes historical maps in libraries around the world. Search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search.
POPLINE This link opens in a new window
Provides citations and abstracts of research relating to population studies, including family planning, fertility, adolescent reproductive health, population law and policy, and environmental impact.
Sustainability Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management and the conservation of natural resources.
World DataBank This link opens in a new window
An analysis and visualisation tool, it encompasses comprehensive, downloadable indicators about development in countries around the globe, such as WDI (World Development Indicators), Global Development Finance (GDF) and Global Economic Monitor (GEM).

World Population Density Map
Exploratory map showing data from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) produced by the European Commission JRC and the CIESIN Columbia University. Integrating satellite data with national census data, the GHSL has applications for research and policy related to urban growth, development and sustainability.

Key databases for Social Sciences

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multisubject full text database for over 4,450 scholarly publications including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Almost all academic areas of study are covered with some coverage extending back to 1975.
Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO) This link opens in a new window
Open access knowledge hub and information service providing easy access to policy and practice research and resources.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Covers more than 45 scientific disciplines. Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field.
APAFT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to sources on Australia's political, economic and social affairs.
Humanities & Social Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Content from a range of peer reviewed journals, monographs and books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials sourced and indexed by RMIT Publishing.
Indigenous Australia This link opens in a new window
Source documents from the ATSIC Library include Commonwealth gazettes, media/press releases, speeches and conference papers, pamphlets, booklets and ephemera, book chapters, journal and newspaper articles, Hansard, cases and judgments, books, reports, conference proceedings, theses and videos.
Indigenous Collection This link opens in a new window
International Indigenous research resources with content on both historical and topical issues within indigenous studies.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Indexes research from over 105 countries in 95 different languages. Coverage is provided in the core social sciences disciplines of economics, sociology, politics and anthropology.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Country reports and tables, outlooks and annuals, journals and newsletters, book series, legal and reference materials, and statistical databases issued by OECD.
Trove This link opens in a new window
Material digitised by the National Library of Australia, including historical newspapers and unpublished historical records.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.

Top journals for Geography & Planning

Political Geography This link opens in a new window
Geopolitics This link opens in a new window
Environment and Planning C (Politics and Space) This link opens in a new window
Antipode This link opens in a new window
Territory Politics Governance This link opens in a new window
ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies This link opens in a new window
Journal of Borderlands Studies This link opens in a new window
Progress in Human Geography This link opens in a new window
Annals of the Association of American Geographers This link opens in a new window
Social and Cultural Geography This link opens in a new window
Urban Policy and Research This link opens in a new window
Environment and Planning D (Society and Space) This link opens in a new window
Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography This link opens in a new window
Urban Geography This link opens in a new window
Planning Theory This link opens in a new window
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research This link opens in a new window
Area This link opens in a new window
Geoforum This link opens in a new window
Australian Geographer This link opens in a new window
Geographical Research This link opens in a new window
Economic Geography This link opens in a new window
Environment and Planning A (Economy and Space) This link opens in a new window
Geographical Journal This link opens in a new window
Professional Geographer This link opens in a new window
Cultural Geographies This link opens in a new window
Nature Sustainability This link opens in a new window