LibGuides: Urban Studies: Books

Searching for Books

The Lakeland Catalog lists books held in the Library's collection.

Some tips for searching the Library catalog:

Use a Keyword search to find books about a certain topic.
Use a Title search to find a specific book when you have the title.
Use the Author search to find books written by a certain author.
Click the Subjects of useful titles to find books on related subjects. Some relevant subject headings include:
Browse the library shelves around the call numbers that relate to your topic to find additional materials. Books on urban studies are shelved in the HT range.
- HT 101-395: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology

Below are search boxes to find additional books. The Lakeland catalog searches for books available at Lakeland Library, while the OhioLINK catalog searches other college and university libraries across the state. If a book isn't available at Lakeland, try OhioLINK, you can request the book, free of charge, and have it sent to Lakeland. Books usually arrive in 3-5 business days.

OhioLINK Catalog

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Urban Studies by Myron Alfred Levine
Call Number: HT123 .T35
Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills.
The City: the Basics by Kevin Archer
Call Number: HT151 .A724
Provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life.
Restless Cities by Matthew Beaumont (Editor); Gregory Dart (Editor)
Call Number: HT119 .R47
Traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis.
Saving Our Cities by William W. Goldsmith
Call Number: HT167 .G665
In Saving Our Cities, William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather than places with problems.
Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs by Jonathan Barnett; Larry Beasley
Call Number: HT391 .B353
In six comprehensively illustrated chapters, the authors explain ecodesign concepts, and how to implement them.

Global Cities and Global Order by Simon Curtis
Call Number: Electronic Book
This book argues that we must understand the rise of the global city as part of a wider process of the transformation of international political order, and of the character of international society.
The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth by Margaret Kohn
Call Number: Electronic Book
Proposes a productive way to rethink struggles over gentrification, public housing, transit, and public space.