PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International is a bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. In this database you can find indexes to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world. Electronic publications and websites are also indexed. This database includes abstracts only, rather than full-text articles.

More good databases to browse for articles in for City and Regional Planning research can be found on the library's subject resources page.