The Journal of Planning Literature aims to give the reader an understanding of the state of knowledge of the field for use in research or professional practice in planning and design. The Journal of Planning Literature publishes review articles, annotated bibliographies, listings and abstracts of recent literature in city and regional planning design. Each issue contains one to three refereed literature reviews and Council of Planning Librarians Bibliographies; book reviews; several hundred abstracts of books, journal articles, dissertations, and several hundred bibliographic listings.

New features have been added to JPL to provide even more information to researchers, professionals and collection development specialists: § Abstracts of PhD dissertations in Planning § Listing of books by subject code § Core Collections section has experts list the best book and journal articles in their specialties Your valuable subscription includes: § Literature reviews which provide excellent up-to-date reviews of new developments throughout the field of city and regional planning and design § Comprehensive source list which gives a complete delineation of resources in the field § Abstracts, listings of articles, and annotated bibliographies provide excellent resources for teaching, research, or practice and make it easy to find what you need § Practitioners can use JPL to learn what others are doing, how they are doing it, and to discover new directions for practice. § The combination of refereed articles, abstracts, title listings, and CPL bibliographies make JPL the perfect tool for scholars, students, practitioners and architecture and planning librarians.