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For the databases, websites, and library catalog linked below, try searching with combinations of these search terms:

renewable energy,  alternative energy,  Illinois,  colleges & universities,  solar power,  solar energy,  wind power,  wind energy,  sustainable development.

• Limit searches to the past few years when possible.

• To locate the full text of an article without a direct link to the complete article, click the Find It button:


Databases to search

Database Info   Lexis-Nexis —for current news, includes Chronicle of Higher Education

Database Info   Current Contents

Database Info   Periodical Abstracts

Database Info   WilsonSelectPlus

Database Info   Academic Search Premier

Database Info   Chicago Tribune

Database Info   Encyclopedia of Life Support Systemstrial database

Database Info   ABI INFORM

Database Info   Lexis-Nexis Congressional Publications Search

Database Info   GEOBASE username and password required

Database Info   Lexis-Nexis Statistical Search Form —enter keywords: energy and fuel and efficiency; scroll down to Annual Energy Outlook 2005: With Projections to 2025



Useful websites in addition to those found in the Moodle page for this class

Google.com/unclesam

ScienceResearch.com

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: Rules and Regulations

Energy Information Administration

Worldwatch Institute Research Library: Energy

Online Unit Conversion Tools



Books 

Reference books in the Donnelley and Lee Library with formulae:

CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency.   Ref TJ 163.3 C73

MacMillan Encyclopedia of Energy.   Ref TJ 163.28 M33 2001

Requested books from the I-Share catalog should arrive in a few days.
A search for solar or wind and the words energy or power will yield over 100 titles published between 2004 and 2006.



For research help, your library liaison is Nancy Sosna Bohm, x5057.