Research Guides: PHY 205 -- Energy and the Environment -- Kumar: Articles

Good place to start your search for articles.

A good place to begin your search for scholarly articles is by using the main search engine on the library's home page. It is labeled Find Research Materials. This search engine enables you to search most of the library's databases at one time. Be sure to use the drop down menu and select the Articles only option if you want to limit your search to just articles.

Tutorials that can help you with searching this search engine can be found a the EBSCO Support site. Look under the Searching category.

Below is a search box for this search engine.

Find Journal Articles - Specialized Databases

These database focus specifically on article literature in the environmental sciences.

Applied Science & Technology Source, 1965 - present
Search scholarly journals and professional literature about the atmospheric sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, physics, and more.
Covers: 1965 - present
Energy & Power Source
Search for information from journals, books, magazines, and trade publications about the energy and power industries.
Environment Complete
Deep coverage of sustainability issues, with indexing beginning in the 1940s. Also full text of current core journals and books.
Covers: 1940 - 1974 (citations only), 1975 - present (citations & full text)
GreenFILE
An interdisciplinary database covering topics related to environmental concerns and sustainability. Includes indexing and abstracts for articles and books.

Find Journal Articles - Multidisciplinary Databases

These databases include article literature from a variety of disciplines including the environmental sciences and related fields of study.

Academic OneFile
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An interdisciplinary scholarly collection including full-text articles in nearly every area of academic study. Sources include leading journals and authoritative reference sources.
Academic Search Complete
This interdisciplinary scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including: sciences, social sciences, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more. Full-text for over 6,100 titles (5,100 peer-reviewed); indexing and abstracting for 10,600 titles; complete historical coverage and citation searching for select titles.
Covers: Varies by journal title (many 1975 - present)
General OneFile
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General news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. More general/popular in nature than Academic OneFile, a complementary Gale database.
JSTOR
Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Arts & Sciences VII, Language & Literature, and Life Sciences Collections. An archive of important scholarly journal literature and ebooks. In most cases, full text of the journal is available from the first issue to date.
Omnifile Full-Text Select (H.W. Wilson)
A full-text database of almost 2000 periodical publications, including coverage of the sciences, humanities, education & other social sciences, business and information science.
Research Library
Search over 2,700 periodicals for information on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
ScienceDirect
A collection of journals and other publications covering life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering as well as social sciences, humanities and business. (use buttons at top of page to go to journals or do a search)