LibGuides: Sustainable Building Technology: Articles

OCtopus (Library Search Engine)

Use Search Filters

Try using the filter for "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" when searching for articles:

Google Scholar

Search for journal articles, conference papers, and other scholarly works from a variety of sources. Look for the Get it at OC link to connect directly to the item you want, via the OC Library.

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Article Databases

You may want to use article databases instead of OCtopus or Google Scholar for more targeted searching. You can use the database thesaurus or subject guide to help with search terms.

BuildingGreen Suite
Provides comprehensive content on sustainable design practices and green building materials. Shares expertise and lessons learned from design experts working in the field. Builds context for sustainable design strategies and what makes a building product or material green.

The BuildingGreen Suite offers the OC campus community access to three integrated databases of authoritative information on sustainable building. These databases include all content from Environmental Building News published since 1992, the complete directory of green building products listed in GreenSpec and 200+ high performance building case studies. New content is added to the website regularly, with product listings updated daily and articles and case studies added monthly. The information is authoritative. Faculty and students at more than 100 colleges and universities use BuildingGreen Suite as a curriculum resource. In addition, university facility managers engaged in renovation and new building projects are among the tens of thousands of building professionals accessing well-researched, clearly written information through their memberships to BuildingGreen Suite. The information is valid. College faculty appreciate sending their students to BuildingGreen.com because they know the content is independent of outside interests. Unlike general searches for similar information on the worldwide web, students can rely on the validity of BuildingGreens content. The information is current. Many instructors use the articles and case studies on BuildingGreen.com as a primary text and as a reference source. Students using BuildingGreen Suite are employing a tool currently used in the field by designers, architects, builders, facility managers, and other building industry professionals.
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
The Environmental Studies & Policy Collection is a digital resource that answers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and book reference content from Delmar, including Soil, Science, and Management; Introduction to Agronomy; Food, Crops, & Environment; Fundamental Soil Science; and more.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE covers all aspects of human impact on the environment, and includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles.
GREENR - Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
From global warming, to food safety, to access to health care, to the impact of economic development on international relations, today's important environmental issues are shaping the future and reach far beyond the United States. Additionally, as green collar jobs are poised for growth, municipalities strive to be environmentally friendly, and corporations develop green working environments, this resource becomes invaluable.

GREENR focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. A one-stop site, this resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development.
Business Source Complete
Indexing, abstracting and full-text from business sources including journals, news, trade publications and market research reports.
ScienceDirect
A full-text database offering journal articles, e-journals, e-books and book chapters for the science, business, management, accounting, medical, and technical subject areas.
Global Issues in Context
Global Issues In Context supports global awareness and provides a global perspective while tying together a wealth of authoritative content, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.

Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more in a single search—Global Issues In Context is updated daily and offers 250 different country topic pages and more than 400 Issue pages. Exclusive to Global Issues In Context, Global Issues Viewpoints contains more than 3,000 exclusive commentaries that provide background and guidance on significant topics.