April 22, 2013

Books Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Sustainability Issues, Life Cycle Assessment and Management.

• Biomimetic Design
• Biomimicry and Energy efficiency
• Construction Management
• Design Of Sustainable Product Life Cycles
• Eco Design
• Eco Design Course Reserves
• Life Cycle and Environment*
• Material Flow Analysis
• Land use change in tropical watersheds [electronic resource] : evidence, causes and remedies
• Watersheds
• Nature and Design and Bio*
• Product Life Cycle Environmental Aspects
• Sustainable Industrial Design
• Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Eco* Design
• Appropriate Technology
• Sustainability
• Energy and Technology

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords. Electronic Books Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students) You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as ebrary, ENGnetBASE,  Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE, and MECHANICALnetBASE.

• AccessScience
  Environmental Life-cycle Impact of Alyernative Aviation Fuels
• CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ebrary
• ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
  22.2 Material Flow Analysis and Reverse Problem Formulation for Watersheds
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE

  Using Summon: Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type 'biofuel and life cycle analysis' and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select 'ebook' option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books. You can also limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review.

• See: 
  Life-cycle analysis and the ecology of biofuel

Engineering Databases Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• ASCE Digital Library
• Annual Reviews
• BuildingGreen - (BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• GeoRef
• Google Scholar
• GreenFILE
• IEEE Xplore
• MAD CAD - (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
• ScienceDirect
• Web of Science

Web Resources and Journal Articles

• Life Cycle Assessment (EPA)
• CEO Water Mandate - Life Cycle Assessment
• Life Cycle Design of a Fuel Tank System
• Life Cycle Analysis of Bio-Based Fuels, Energy, and Chemicals I: AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum
• Well-to-Wheel Life Cycle Assessment for the Production of Biodiesel From Trap Grease
  Life-Cycle Assessment of Lanzatech Waste Gas Conversion to Ethanol and Co-Products
• Evaluation of Risks of Metal Flows and Acumulation in Economy and Environment

• Using GaBi 3 to Perform Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Engineering

• The Hitch Hiker's Guide to LCA
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services (Book will be in the Library)
• Life Cycle Energy Analysis of a Water Distribution System
• Sustainability Assessment: Criteria and Processes
• Sustainability Matrix Development-EPA
• Urban Transformations and Sustainability
• Integrated Environmental Assessment And Management Online

EndNote Library Guide:

• EndNote

Citation Guidelines:

• IEEE Citation Reference
• ASME Citation Reference
• ASCE Citation Reference (Author-Date style)

 See also:

• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Research