Subject Guides: Alternative Energy: Scholarly Journal Articles

Search Tips

When searching databases, follow these tips:

Use keywords, words you expect to find in the article.
Use quotation marks around phrases or concepts of two or more words, e.g., "wind turbine".
Combine your keywords with boolean operators:
Using AND will retrieve articles that contain all of your keywords, e.g., "wind turbine" AND history.
Using OR will retrieve articles that contain one or more of your keywords, e.g., ("wind turbine" OR windmill).
Using NOT will retrieve articles that do not contain a specific keyword, e.g., "wind turbine" NOT giromill.

Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for 4000 academic social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals.
Academic Video Online Premium This link opens in a new window
(Alexander Street Press) Watch high-quality video content on a broad range of subject areas.
CQ Researcher Online This link opens in a new window
The Congressional Quarterly explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Offers online access dating back to October 25, 1991.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers deep coverage in areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains full text for 400 journals and 80 monographs.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
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.
Science Database This link opens in a new window
Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.
Science in Context This link opens in a new window
Features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects. From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history.