Property Studies

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

ABI Inform Global This database contains worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and companies.

ACCOUNT (formerly called Australian Accounting & Taxation Database) ACCOUNT is prepared by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. It contains abstracts of published material sourced from leading journals and magazines, in addition to the Institute's own publications and conference papers, plus the Taxation Institute of Australia conference papers.

APA FT Australian Public Affairs - Full Text APA-FT is an indexing and full text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. It includes all the journal indexing from the Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) database, which is produced by the National Library of Australia and published by RMIT Publishing.

Business Source Premier Provides full text for scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business

ARCH: ARCH indexes and abstracts articles in the Australian and New Zealand architecture and building information collection held by the Stanton Library, Municipality of North Sydney.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Rawlinsons Australian construction handbook 2011 for building specifications and estimates. Updated yeary.

RP Data Provides access to 7 property-related databases relevant to the Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Ipswich regions. Information provided on: current property ownership records, historical sales, electronic maps, property improvements and photographs. Request access at the Architecture and Music Library Information Desk.

Brisbane Cityscope Online Provides property information covering the Brisbane CBD area, roughly bordered by North Quay, Queens Wharf Road, the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane River, Boundary Street, Turbot Street, Roma Street and Saul Street.

Standards

Standards:

SAI Global on-line premium (formerly Australian standards online) Search for Australian Standards by Standard number or keyword. Full text standards are in PDF format. Printing requires Acrobat Reader 4.5 or later.

Statistics

Statistics:

Real estate services industry, Australia Information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics about the real estate industry. Data include : income and expenditure, employment, State information, selected performance ratios, and selected characteristics about the real estate industry. Income, expenditure, and employment data are also provided for Valuers-General.

Buidling activity, Australia provides access to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Series service, all ABS publications and Census Basic Community Profiles to the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level.

CDATA 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Coverage Release 1, 2001 Census