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Electronic Resources for Finding Articles

Applied Science and Technology Database

  • This database is an outstanding technical literature database covering the hard sciences and engineering. It is produced by H.W. Wilson.
  • This database does include architectural engineering and construction management publications
  • This is a full-text database.
  • Remote access to this database is available. For Help with off-campus access Click Here.
 

ProQuest Science Journals

  • This database provides access to journal and magazine articles covering the applied and general sciences
  • This is a full-text database.
  • This database does include architectural engineering and construction management publications
  • Remote access to this database is available. For Help with off-campus access Click Here.

 

Academic Search Complete

  • Scholarly coverage of all subject areas. This database is an EbscoHost product
  • Over 11,000 scholarly journals are indexed in this database
  • This database is full-text.
  • Remote access to this database is available. For Help with off-campus access Click Here.

Question 6

Academic Search Complete not only includes the full text of most articles, but you can also search for images within the articles. View this short tutorial about how to search for images in Academic Search. Open up Academic Search Complete in a new window and perform the search along with the video. The question appears at the end of the tutorial. 


Academic Search Image Searching in Academic Search Complete

Academic Search demonstration
(Adobe Flash Player required)

 

EI Compendex

  • This database is a bibliographic database only -- full-text is only available if links are present.
  • This database is the world's best engineering database. It features extensive indexing of articles and reports in architectural engineering and construction management topics from some of the world's best architectural engineering and construction publications.
  • Remote access to this database is available. For Help with off-campus access Click Here.
  • Licensing of this database restricts usage to three simultaneous users. If you are unable to access the database because of too many users, try reconnecting in a few moments.

Question 7
In EI Compendex, do the following search:
competitive advantages design build leed
This search should retrieve one article that was written by Don C. Smith. What is the article title, when was it published, and in which journal?  Read the Abstract for the article. The abstract lists  several objectives that were served by the green building. What are these objectives? (To find the full-text article, click on the full-text link, then the PDF link in Science Direct.)

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