City of Toronto

Toronto Public Library – Urban Affairs Library

Urban Affairs is a collection of the Toronto Reference Library. While international in scope, the collection emphasizes 20th century coverage of Canadian material, with in-depth coverage of the Toronto area. Spanning several disciplines and media, it contains more than 90,000 books and government documents, 300 current magazine titles and 195,000 microforms. You'll also find maps, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, videocassettes, community newspapers, online databases and CD-ROM products. Special collections include campaign literature and the Corporate Collection, which may be used by public for in-library use only. The library offers a Corporate Research Service for City of Toronto staff; as well as self study materials.

Type d'organisation:

Administrations et agences - Municipal

Nom du dépôt:

Toronto Public Library – Urban Affairs Library

Sujets:

municipal government, Toronto, urban issues, Urban planning

Site Web:

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/hou_az_urb.jsp

Période couverte par la documentation:

1900 -

Langue:

English, French and other.

Format du dépôt d'archivage et des documents:

The Urban Affairs collection can be accessed through the library catalogue of the Toronto Public Library at: http://catalogue.torontopubliclibrary.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/Mi0hHFCzEV/TPL/...

There is a basic and advanced search option. In both, you can restrict your search to just the Urban Affairs collection. In the basic search, you can search by keyword or title or author; while in the advanced search, you can search by author, title, subject, series, and restrict by date, language, format, etc.

Documents are listed in the format of bibliographic citations.

Zone géographique:

Canada and Toronto

Public cible:

City employees and anyone else with an interest in municipal and urban affairs