The Taylor & Francis Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment Online Archive has been purchased by JISC Collections and is available free of charge to UK Higher and Further Education institutions and Research Councils.
Institutions now have free access to over 20,000 articles from 28 journals from the first imprint until 1996. Titles include European Planning Studies, the Journal of Architecture, and the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
An access fee may apply after 30/06/2013.
With a focus on environment studies, geography, planning studies, and urban studies, this resource gives access to the backfiles of 28 journals published under the Routledge imprint until 1996.
A large number of journals included in this resource are affiliated with organisations, for example the Journal of Architecture jointly published with the Royal Institute of British Architects, European Planning Studies published with the Association of European Schools of Planning, and Scottish Geographical Journal which is the official journal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Long-standing and established journals are included, such as Regional Studies (first published in 1967), Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (1958), and Landscape Research (1968).
Subject areas
Environment studies, geography, planning studies, and urban studies.
Academic level
This resource is relevant to undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and academics in Higher Education, and students and instructors specialising in these fields at Further Education colleges.
Date range
First imprint to 1996
Updates
Content is not updated as this is a static collection.
Complementary resources
Key journal articles from Taylor & Francis Geography, Planning, Urban and Environment Online Archive can be used in conjunction with historical Ordnance Survey maps from Historic Digimap to inform research on a range of subjects, for example studies in land use for architecture, geography, environmental studies, construction, civil engineering, housing studies and surveying.
Access and content are free until 30 June 2013. An access fee may be required after this date.
Full text linking
Search results link to full text articles, and all journals are OpenURL compliant.
Metadata standards
Standardised XML metadata is planned.
Search options
Users can browse content by subject, publication, title, and author. Advanced searching is by keyword, author, publication name, and type of publication.
Post-search options
Users can download articles as PDFs, export citations, save searches, create alerts by search terms, add journals to a marked list, and download searches.
Usage statistics
COUNTER compliant usage statistics are available free of charge.
Authentication
Authentication via the UK Access Management Federation, IP address, proxy server, Athens, and OpenAthens.
Personalisation of the resource
Institutions can include their logo on downloaded articles, and users can save searches, create lists of favourite content, and sign-up to alerts.
Accessibility
This resource has not been certified as accessible, but is working towards compliance with W3Cs web accessibility guidelines.