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Research Guides

CIV220/282 Metabolism of Cities

This site compiles links to tools and resources you can use to gather research and information to support your ideas for a more efficient urban metabolism.

Useful Article Databases

One of the databases below should help you find high quality research related to your topic. But if you're not finding what you need in one be sure to try another!

Finding Journal Articles

  • Use a database (e.g one of the links above) to find articles related to your write-up. 
  • A database will search hundreds or even thousands of journals at once. U of T subscribes to multiple article databases that you can use to find articles from journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, and other credible sources of information.
  • Many of the top engineering databases that cover engineering are available from Engineering & Computer Science Library's homepage in the Major Resources box.
  • The video below shows other ways to find journal articles.

What is peer review?

Peer-review is a sort of 'quality assurance' mechanism. Watch this video to learn more....

Get it!

Getting your article:

  • Many databases have direct full-text links to the article online. 
  • Most indexes also have a 'get it!" button. Use this link to find online copies or to search the library catalogue automatically.

 

 

  • If there is no full-text link, you can look up the journal or conference title in the UofT library catalogue to see if we have it in print or online.