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Research Articles
ASU Library provides access to 700+ research databases. For sustainability, try searching the following databases:
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Academic Search Ultimate
Access to popular press magazines and peer-reviewed scholarly journals across various academic disciplines, including open-access journals and historic Associated Press videos.
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GreenFILE
Search scholarly, government, and general-interest content on human impacts on the environment. Includes topics such as climate change, renewable energy, pollution, green building, and sustainable agriculture.
Coverage: 1970+
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Environment Complete
Access over 800 full-text journals, monographs, curated open-access content, and historical records spanning topics like ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental policy, and sustainability.
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GeoScienceWorldGeoScienceWorld is a nonprofit collaborative and comprehensive resource for research and communications in the earth sciences. Searchable full text is integrated with GeoRef, a comprehensive indexing and abstracting database for information from geosciences journals, conference, dissertation and other resources. Coverage for GSW journals is mostly 2000 to present, with records from GeoRef covering geosciences literature from the late 1700's to present. Advanced search capabilities, including geographic searching by latitude and longitude, variety of options for limiting results sets, and other features are available.
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Scopus
An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, including journals, proceedings, and patents. It offers tools for citation analysis, research tracking, and collaboration. Includes AI assistant: Scopus AI, for enhanced research with natural language searches, summaries, and expert identification.
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Environment & Energy News
Daily coverage of environmental and energy policies through five publications: ClimateWire, E&E Daily, E&E PM News, EnergyWire, and GreenWire. Essential for those monitoring and influencing energy and climate policies.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes journals, popular periodicals, professional association publications, US state & regional periodicals, and major serials on architecture and design. Other subjects include Archeology, City & Urban planning, Historic preservation, etc.
Coverage: 1934+
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ABI/INFORM Collection
Access full-text business and economics journals, dissertations, working papers, and key periodicals like "The Economist" and "The Wall Street Journal", along with detailed company and industry reports.
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Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index
Provides extensive bibliographic coverage of research, technologies, applications, and organizations in aeronautics, astronautics, IT, electronics, communications, solid-state devices, and space sciences, spanning theoretical to practical advancements since 1962.
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AGRICOLA
A bibliographic database includes citations from global literature, such as journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
Since 1985 has used the CAB Thesaurus to select controlled vocabulary terms for subject indexing
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Leisure Tourism Collection
Find scholarly articles, eBooks, news, and abstracts on tourism, hospitality, recreation, sports, and cultural studies, supporting research in policy, planning, sustainability, and education.
Maximum Concurrent Users: 4
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Compendex
Index to engineering journal articles and conference papers from the major engineering publishers. Coverage from 1884 onward.
Engineering Village includes both the Compendex and Inspec databases. Use "Full Text" and "Get It @ ASU" links on each entry to determine if full text is available online.
To find more databases, go to the Research Databases for an alphabetical list.
Useful Tools & Services
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Course ResourcesCourse Resource Services provides access via the library to items that are required readings and/or materials for courses at Arizona State University. Students may access the items by instructor or course number. Instructors may place items on reserve for students to read and/or use during the duration of the course.
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Interlibrary LoanItems that are not owned by ASU Library can be obtained from other sources through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Use the online ILLiad system to submit your ILL requests. Notifications are sent by email when the item(s) requested are available. This service is limited to ASU faculty, students and staff.
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Requesting MaterialsThere are three primary request types: 1) request from ASU Library, 2) request from an external library, or 3) request an article or chapter scan.
E-Books
ASU Library has several e-book collections. Below is a list of the general collections:
In Videos
There are many educational videos available via ASU Library through Films on Demand on the topic of sustainability. Below is a sample of what's available for sustainability.
- Sustainability: Good for Business
- Environmental Impacts and Sustainability: Issues in Globalization
- Designing A Green Workplace
Course Guides
Course Guides are designed for students and provide useful information and links to resources that will be helpful for completing coursework and assignments.