Research Guides: Biosystems Engineering & Environmental Science: Subject Databases

Subject Databases

Here are databases with specific subject coverage that you should search depending on your topic.

Engineering Village: Compendex
An engineering bibliographic database covering scientific literature pertaining to engineering materials. The name "Compendex" stands for COMPuterized ENgineering inDEX.
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Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Covers articles, proceedings, and reports in agriculture, environmental science, and pollution management from 1960 to present, as well as Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).
BuildingGreen
Provides sustainable design and construction information. Includes GreenSpec directory of green building products, case studies, and Environmental Building News
AGRICOLA
Covers publications in agriculture and other related fields from 1970 to present. Also available as a free database from USDA.
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ScienceDirect
A multidisciplinary collection of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters published by Elsevier.
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Current Research Information System (CRIS)
Documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed USDA research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry

UTK Dissertations & Theses, TRACE
The digitized collection of dissertations and theses completed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Includes many UTK dissertations and theses from 1938 through 2006. Abstracts are available from 1980, full-text for most beginning in 1995. See Trace for more.