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 databases such as
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management; Digests of
Environmental Impact Statements; and Oceanic Abstracts. Includes
Conference Papers Index to environmental sciences.
Geobase
(1994- )
Librarian's take: Provides indexes and abstracts via
SilverPlatter platform. Includes subject areas relating to Geography,
Earth Sciences, Developmental Studies, Ecology, Environmental Pollution,
Human Geography, Oceanography and more.
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.
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.
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 received from the
NUS Building and Engineering
Depts are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call numbers TH7
and TD7 respectively .
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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This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Direct download of PowerPoint presentations
2009SDE Orientation slides
EndNote X2 Bibliographic management
tool 28 Sep 2009
Database Guides
How to
Find Who Cited Your Article
How to Cite
References : Citation Styles
Bibliographic management tool : EndNote X2
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Singapore-Focused
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).
Internet
Resources on Environmental Law
APCEL was established in 1996 by the
Faculty of Law, NUS on the initiative of the Faculty of Law and the
Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) of the World Conservation Union
(IUCN), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP). The internet resources on environment law is a compilation by APCEL
containing
hyperlinks to information on environmental law.
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.
Global
Environmental News Network
(ENN.com)
Contents by Environmental News Network. Provide a
global perspective on environmental issues, public policy developments,
sustainable business news, and more.
United Nations Environment
Management Group (EMG)
EMG is a grouping of all UN agencies and
Secretariats of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs); Bretton
Woods Institutions; World Trade Organization working together to share
information about their respective plans and activities in the fields of
environment and human settlements.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
An official website of the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research,
education and assessment efforts.
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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.
Google Book Search
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