Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
Scopus
Librarian's
take: An abstract and indexing database to primarily Science and Social
Science disciplines. An useful multidisciplinary navigational tool to
journal articles and also to find out which articles are being cited by
other scholars.
Guides for searching Scopus available at:
Scopus
User Guide (PDF)
CSA
Illumina
Librarian's take: Searches multiple indexes and
abstracts databases such as Aluminium Industry Abstracts; Corrosion
Abstracts; Engineered Materials Abstracts; Materials Business File; Social
Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts.
Engineering
Village 2 (Compendex, 1969- ; Inspec, 1969- ; NTIS, 1899-
)
Librarian's take: Full-text journal articles, proceedings,
unclassified government reports to topics within scientific, applied
science, technical and engineering disciplines.
Guides for searching Engineering Village 2 available at:
Notes
on Engineering Village 2 Demonstration (PDF)
Web
of Science (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation
Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1980- )
Librarian's take:
Full-text journal articles, proceedings to topics within science, social
sciences, and arts and humanities disciplines. Also include analytical
tools in evaluating and ranking journals.
Guides for searching Web of Science available at:
How to use
Web of Science (Basic Search) (PDF)
How to use
Web of Science (Advanced Search) (PDF)
How to use Web
of Science (Cited Reference Search) (HTML)
Factiva
Librarian's
take: Full-text news articles and business information including market
research, investment analyst reports and stock quotes from global news
agencies. Search limits by industries include Construction &
Real Estate, and Environment & Waste Management.
Guides for searching Factiva available at:
How to search
Factiva (HTML)
Lexis.com
Librarian's
take: Full-text legal and business information including cases and
statutes; news from global news agencies; and market reports including the
industry on Construction.
Construction
InfoNet (Registration for first
time user)
Librarian's take: Current updates by the Building and
Construction Authority. Includes statistics, price indices, project
listings, articles, and project information in the local construction
industry.
Frost
and Sullivan (Registration for first
time user)
Librarian's take: Full-text market research reports
& analyses in four content types: Technical; Econometric; Applications
for Growth; and Market Research. Types of markets include Energy &
Power Systems; Environment & Building Technologies, and
more.
Guides for searching Frost and Sullivan available at:
Frost
and Sullivan Help (HTML)
More databases available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases
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NUS Theses
School of Design and Environment academic exercises are available at the Information Resource Centre.
Dissertation catalogue is available at the
IRC Search.
Lists of SDE Dean's Office
Research Degree Dissertations are available at:
SDE
Research Degree Dissertations (PDF)
Selected theses & academic exercises (up to 2002) that were received from the
NUS Building Dept are kept in CL Closed
Stacks under the call number TH7.
Foreign Theses
ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses
A comprehensive database of
dissertations and theses records from around the world. Full-text
available with 24-page preview of selected dissertation. It allows natural
language searching and menu-driven search facility retrieves information
quickly and easily.
Guides to searching ProQuest Dissertations
& Theses available at:
the Publisher
Website (HTML).
Index
to Theses
A listing of theses with abstracts accepted for
Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland.
More foreign theses databases are available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations
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Centre for Total Building
Performance
Focuses on Building Performance research with
particular reference to tropical building design, construction,
maintenance and management.
Energy Sustainability
Unit
Established in August 2004 at the School of Design and
Environment through the support of the Economic and Development Board
(EDB), the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Energy Market
Authority (EMA).
National Climate Change
Committee
Contents by National Climate Change Committee (NCCC)
of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. Formerly the
National Energy Efficiency Committee (NEEC) in 2001, and Inter-agency
Committee on Energy Efficiency (IACEE) in 1988 to address energy
efficiency issues in Singapore.
Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors
Contents by the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors.
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CRCnetBASE
Taylor
& Francis Group product to various scientific and technical references
and resources netBASES such as ENGnetBASE; ENVIROnetBASE;
MATERIALSnetBASE; STATSnetBASE; TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE.
IEEE
Conference Proceedings
IEEE collection of published papers in
electrical engineering, computer science and related fields.
NetLibrary
OCLC
eContent Collections spanning wide subject areas from scholarly, trade,
Science Technology Medicine and reference publishers.
SourceOECD
OECD
product which include subject areas such as Energy; Environment &
Sustainable Development; Industry, Services & Trade; Statistics
Sources & Methods; Transport.
Springer
Online Books
SpringerLink product which include subject
categories such as Architecture and Design; Business and Economics; Earth
and Environmental Science; Engineering; Mathematics and Statistics
Wiley
Online Books
Wiley InterScience product which include subject
categories such as Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Polymers
and Materials Science.
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