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Green engineering is the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products in a way that minimizes pollution, promotes sustainability, and protects human health without sacrificing economic viability and efficiency. (EPA)
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- Find Articles - search for articles online and in print.
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- Evaluating Sources -find information on finding authoritative sources
- Citing Sources - find information on citation formats, citation management tools and more.
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Core Electronic Resources
These are likely to be the best online sources in which to start your research.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 980,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 13,000 records.
Coverage: 1913-current - Applied Science and Technology Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Applied Science & Technology Full Text contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983. Full text of articles is available from more than 220 periodicals dating back to 1997. Content includes coverage of a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear and civil engineering, computers and informatics and much more.
Coverage: 1983-current - ASCE Research Library This link opens in a new window
The ASCE Library provides access to a high-quality collection of civil engineering content. It provides access to full-text papers from ASCE journals and papers from conference proceedings.
Coverage: 1983-current - Knovel This link opens in a new window
Knovel provides general reference and best practice insights, process and design applications, material and substance properties data, and equations for specific engineering disciplines. Provides interactive content including equations, graphs and tables. It has technical reference resources from over 4,000 ebooks and over 150 publishers including AIChE/CCPS, NACE and more. It links to over 65 million data points including material and chemical property data.
