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Databases for Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment

April 8, 2026 • 11:53 am

Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment – Best Bets

  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
    Index of articles on architecture and design from American and international journals along with publications of professional associations and major international serials on architecture and design. More info
  • BuildingGreen
    Reliable content on sustainable design strategies, green building materials, and case studies of high performance buildings. More info
  • Design and Applied Arts Index
    Journal articles, exhibition reviews, and news items about all aspects of design and crafts, from textiles and ceramics to vehicle design, advertising and sustainability. More info
  • Environment Complete
    Full text journal articles on agriculture, ecology, renewable energy, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, environmental technology, law, and policy, and more. More info
  • Scopus
    Replaces Web of Science. An abstract and citation database focused on social, physical, life, and health sciences, with over 94 million records. More info

Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment – Also Useful

  • Academic Search Complete
    Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals over a wide array of academic disciplines. More info
  • Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest)
    Provides full-text titles from around the world covering advanced technologies and aerospace topics. More info
  • Art and Architecture Complete
    Full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books in the fields of art, art history, architecture, interior and landscape design, and more. More info
  • Credo Reference
    Provides access to hundreds of reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations) from over 70 academic publishers. More info
  • EconLit with Full Text
    Provides full text to nearly 500 journals plus citations, with abstracts, to over 600 journals, books, and working papers in all fields of economics. More info
  • Engineering Database
    Provides discipline-specific coverage of engineering, spanning thousands of publications, many in full text. More info
  • GreenFILE
    Scholarly and general interest journals, as well as government documents and reports covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. More info
  • Library Search
    Search holdings for Appalachian State as well as other UNC system schools, and expand search to include items you can request from libraries worldwide. More info
  • Materials Science Database (ProQuest)
    Articles and records on materials science and related topics, including over 700 full-text journals. More info
  • Newspaper Source Plus
    Provides full text coverage for 730 national and international newspapers, 16 North Carolina newspapers, and TV and radio news transcripts (2000-present). More info
  • O’Reilly eBooks (Safari Books Online)
    From "Select your institution," choose "Institution not listed" and enter your App State e-mail, or log in with an existing account. Provides access to 30,000+ technical books, videos, interactive tutorials, case studies, learning paths, and audio books on business, technology, and science topics. More info
  • OSTI.GOV
    Find research results from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). More info
  • SpringerLink
    Provides full text access to more than 1,500 peer reviewed journals in a wide variety of academic discplines. More info
  • Wiley Online Library Books
    Featuring over 20,000 scholarly and professional books, handbooks, dictionaries, companions, and landmark book series. More info
  • WorldCat (FirstSearch)
    Lets you search the holdings of thousands of libraries using precision search features, view detailed results, and link to University Libraries' holdings. More info

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