NUS Libraries Subject Guides Real Estate

This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating information in Real Estate.

Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in books, reports and reviews.

REALIS : Real Estate Information System
Librarian's take: Databases from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Include searches on time-series, projects, transactions, stock availability.

Construction InfoNet (Registration for first time user)
Librarian's take: Current updates by the Building and Construction Authority. Includes statistics, price indices, project listings, articles, and project information in the local construction industry.

Business Source Premier
Librarian's take: Popular database for business and related disciplines. Includes Regional Business News which incorporates business journals, newspapers and newswires within the United States. Multiple databases search available.

Guides for searching Business Source Premier available at:
EBSCOhost Web User Guide (PDF)

Frost and Sullivan
Librarian's take: Full-text market research reports & analyses in four content types: Technical; Econometric; Applications for Growth; and Market Research. Types of markets include Energy & Power Systems; Environment & Building Technologies, and more.

Guides for searching Frost and Sullivan available at:
Frost and Sullivan Help (HTML)

ProQuest Databases
Librarian's take: Multiple databases search to products like ABI/INFORM Complete; ABI/INFORM Global; ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry; EIU ViewsWire; ProQuest Asian Business & Reference; ProQuest Newspapers, and more.

Factiva
Librarian's take: Full-text news articles and business information including market research, investment analyst reports and stock quotes from global news agencies. Search limits by industries include Construction & Real Estate, and Environment & Waste Management.

Guides for searching Factiva available at:
How to search Factiva (HTML)

EconLit
Librarian's take: Provides economics indexes and abstracts via OvidSP - a platform also to databases such as International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; ICONDA and more.

More databases available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases

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Journals

Appraisal Journal
Housing Studies
International Development Planning Review: IDPR
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Corporate Real Estate
Journal of Housing Economics
Journal of Housing Research
Journal of Property Investment & Finance
Journal of Property Research
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management
Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education
Journal of Real Estate Research
Journal of Urban Economics
Land Use Policy
Planning Perspectives
Real Estate Economics
Town Planning Review
Urban Design International
Urban Studies

More E-Journals available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals

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Reference Sources

Dictionaries

The dictionary of real estate appraisal

Encyclopedia of real estate terms

For other background sources, search the Library catalogue, LINC at http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.

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Theses

NUS Theses

School of Design and Environment academic exercises are available at the Information Resource Centre. Dissertation catalogue is available at the IRC Search.

Lists of SDE Dean's Office Research Degree Dissertations are available at:
SDE Research Degree Dissertations (PDF)

Selected theses & academic exercises (up to 2002) that were received from the NUS Real Estate Dept are kept in CL Closed Stacks under the call number TH7.

Foreign Theses

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
A comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records from around the world. Full-text available with 24-page preview of selected dissertation. It allows natural language searching and menu-driven search facility retrieves information quickly and easily.

Guides to searching ProQuest Dissertations & Theses available at:
the Publisher Website (HTML).

Index to Theses
A listing of theses with abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.

Guides to searching Index to Theses available at:
the Publisher Website (HTML).

More foreign theses databases are available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations

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Library Instruction & Tips

This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may include notes on how to use specific resources.

Direct download of PowerPoint presentations

2009SDE Orientation slides

Library Orientation for School of Design and Environment (Graduate)

Library Orientation for School of Design and Environment (Undergraduate)

EndNote X2 Bibliographic management tool 28 Sep 2009

Database Guides

How to Cite References : Citation Styles

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Internet Sources

Guide to Sources in City Planning
Compilation by City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library. Areas covered include city and urban planning, design, land use, housing and transportation.

International Real Estate Digest
Provides links to real estate related web sites throughout the world.

Real Estate Words
Real Estate Dictionary of Real Estate Terms.

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E-Books

CRCnetBASE
Taylor & Francis Group product to various scientific and technical references and resources netBASES such as ENGnetBASE; ENVIROnetBASE; MATERIALSnetBASE; STATSnetBASE; TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE.

E-Books on the Web
Free e-books.

NetLibrary
OCLC eContent Collections spanning wide subject areas from scholarly, trade, Science Technology Medicine and reference publishers.

SourceOECD
OECD product which include subject areas such as Energy; Environment & Sustainable Development; Industry, Services & Trade; Statistics Sources & Methods; Transport.

Springer Online Books
SpringerLink product which include subject categories such as Architecture and Design; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Mathematics and Statistics

Wiley Online Books
Wiley InterScience product which include subject categories such as Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Polymers and Materials Science.

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Statutory bodies and Professional Associations

Ministries & Statutory Authorities

Building and Construction Authority (BCA)

Housing and Development Board (HDB)

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)

Ministry of Finance (MOF)

Ministry of Law (MinLAW)

Ministry of National Development (MND)

Singapore Land Authority (SLA)

Singstat Singapore

Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)