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BuildingGreen This link opens in a new window
Content on sustainable design practices and green building materials. Shares expertise and lessons learned from design experts working in the field. Builds context for sustainable design strategies and what makes a product green.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 612,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 9,100 records.
Associates Programs Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Associates Programs Source Plus is designed specifically for the research needs of colleges, and covers subjects as wide-ranging as: alcohol & drug abuse counseling, audiology, biotechnology, computer & data processing, CAD, electrical technology, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, law enforcement & criminal justice, robotics, and dozens more.
MADCAD This link opens in a new window
MADCAD contains the building codes and knowledge-based solutions and guidelines to meet the codes. It provides access to a comprehensive cross-referenced collection of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA, as well as state and local codes.
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, formerly called GREENR, offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more. Updated daily and includes English-language international newspapers, magazines, and referred journals, videos, podcasts and images, and searchable case studies.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. It is designed to complement the following indexes: ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM), Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), British Humanities Index (BHI), Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI), Index Islamicus, Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography, Philosopher's Index and Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM).
Engineering Database This link opens in a new window
This database provides unmatched discipline-specific coverage spanning thousands of publications, many in full text. Subjects include aircraft design and engineering, arctic and tropical engineering, automotive design and engineering, bridges and tunnels, buildings, towers and tanks, civil engineering for air and space transportation, coastal and offshore structures, construction materials, design and properties of substructures, and earthmoving and construction machinery

ProQuest This link opens in a new window
ProQuest is one of the biggest article databases the library has and it covers architecture very well, including titles like The Architectural Review, Architectural Digest, and ARQ: Architectural Rsearch Quarterly.

Here are some tips for getting the most out of ProQuest:

Change the Sort results by from Date (most recent first) to Relevance
Check the box Peer reviewed to get scholarly or research articles only
When you find an article you want to use for your assignment, click the Cite link. This will provide you with a basic citation in APA format that you can use on your "References" page

ProQuest Science & Technology This link opens in a new window
Search 16 ProQuest science and technology databases at once with this link.
ProQuest The Arts This link opens in a new window
Search six ProQuest arts databases at once with this link: Arts & Humanities Database, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (The Arts), Career & Technical Education Database (The Arts), India Database (The Arts), Religion Database, and Research Library (The Arts).
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study: anthropology, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and many other fields.
SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
Full text coverage of peer-reviewed, scholarly journals in social sciences, business, humanities, science, medicine, dentistry, radiology, nursing, emergency medicine, biology, materials science, engineering, and sports medicine.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR includes over 27 journals on architecture and architectural history, including titles not in ProQuest such as Journal of Architectural Education and Architectural History.
Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
Gale PowerSearch platform offers comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. PowerSearch simplifies browsing through Gale's more than 20,000 publications, providing the ability to search across more than 150 million documents. On demand translation of documents into 11 different languages.
Fastcase This link opens in a new window
Fastcase, legal research databases, includes the national law library, access to cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, and bar publications. Includes all 50 state courts, statues, administrative regulations codes & orders, court rules & instructions, and all state constitutions.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across many disciplines and sources: scholarly articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other websites.

Many articles are freely available in Google Scholar. If you are on-campus, Google Scholar will show you journals that the Madigan Library pays for by using the Get It @ Madigan Library link. If you are off-campus, you can set Google Scholar to see all of Madigan Library access to full-text articles using the PDF directions below, or use our Journal Locator to find out if Penn College students have access to the journal.

Madigan Library Access in Google Scholar

Some valuable websites for research. Other helpful links are found in your course syllabus.

2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
The Department of Justice’s revised regulations for Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) were published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010. These regulations adopted revised, enforceable accessibility standards called the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, "2010 Standards."
ARCAT: Free Building Product Catalog
BROWSE BY CSI BUILDING PRODUCT / MATERIAL DIVISIONS. Thousands of CAD drawings, BIM objects of data, and specifications.
Bobrick Planning Guide for Accessible Restrooms
Referencing: 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. The information contained herein is of an advisory nature only and represents Bobrick
Washroom Equipment, Inc.’s interpretation of the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
(referred to as, 2010 ADA Standards) and the ICC A117.1, Accessible and Usable Buildings
and Facilities (referred to as 2009 ICC/ANSI Standards). Use of this document is not a
substitute for the study and understanding of the two accessibility standards that are
referenced
Building Science Corporation
A building science consulting and full service architecture firm specializing in building technology for all types of buildings including commercial, institutional, and residential.

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