EVEG 2331: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
The information in this guide will help you find high quality, reliable, recent research materials for your literature review paper. You will also have the contact information you need to get assistance from the reference librarian.
Information that has been through a review process.
Finding articles
The suggestions to the right find primarily full-text articles.
The best all-around source for scholarly articles in a wide variety of topics is Web of Knowledge, formerly called Web of Science. This index to articles has the following features:
cross-disciplinary index of highly cited journals from 1970 to the present
capability of finding highly cited articles on a particular topic
ability to track who has cited a particular article
ability to find related articles based on shared references
access to MyEndNoteWeb, which allows you to store and format citations.
Web of Knowledge does not contain full text. You must use the SFX function to see if we have access to an article of interest.
Search Discover Databases,Books, or Reserves
Individual Databases with Environmental Engineering Content
Each of the following searches a smaller set of sources, but will find some sources not included in the search box above.
Refine search to Subscribed journals and Engineering/Environmental Sciences subject area.
Format: Full-text, Coverage: Varies by title, most 1990-present, Truncation and Wildcard: ! and *, Search Tips: Default search assumes entered term is a phrase. Can search for terms in abstract/title/keywords, full-text , author, journal title, etc. Use singular for terms that form regular plurals. For irregular plurals, combine both terms with OR. Greek letters are spelled out in English. Super and subscripts appear inline. Browsable help lists. Journal list.
Most journals are engineering or hard science. 1990s to the present
Format: Full-text, Coverage: Varies, mid 1990s - present., Truncation and Wildcard: No and No, Search Tips: Default choice in advanced search is citation, so switch to articles by text tab to keyword search. Dropdown menu allows searching by All Words, AExact Phrase or Boolean Search. Search is by Author, Title, Abstract (including title), or Full-text (including title and abstract). Select Recency or Relevancy to sort results. To search by publication dates, or specific publication names, click the button labeled Show Advanced Options. Also browseable by publication, by publisher, or by online library (broad subjects such as chemical sciences, computer science, economics, etc.)