Finding Scholarly Journal Articles - MUI2055 Cities, Industry, and the Environment - Winter 2023

JOURNAL ARTICLE DATABASES

Use these databases to find journal articles.

Most but not all of these articles will be from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.

Not sure if the journal is peer-reviewed? Use Ulrichsweb to check the peer review status of any journal.

GEOBASE This link opens in a new window
Database for physical and human geography, earth and environmental sciences, ecology, and related disciplines, focusing on the human and social impacts on both.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Database of scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.

JSTOR Sustainability Collection
A collection of journals, e-books, and research reports in the field of sustainability. Topics covered include green buildings, land use policy, sustainable cities, sustainable urban infrastructure, transportation planning, and urban development. Content available includes 100+ journals from over 20 disciplines, over 5000+ research reports from 30+ leading think tanks around the world. Also included are open access journals and e-books.
Scopus
Another major multidisciplinary database. Covers 21,000+ sources from science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Scopus also allows you to create alerts that will notify you when an article or an author is cited. A free individual Elsevier account is required to create an alert.

Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Journal articles with citations on architecture and design and biographical and professional information on architects.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Full text and citations of business journals, including accounting, economics, finance, management, management information systems, marketing and international business.

ProQuest
A database platform that includes key management and business databases such as ABI/Inform Global and CBCA (Canadian Business & Current Affairs). Click on the 'Databases' tab at the very top to select the specific databases to search.

Also includes Canadian Newstream and Global Newstream, good options for finding local, regional and national news for Canada and global news respectively.

EconLit This link opens in a new window
Citation information including abstracts of economic research.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Citations to journal articles, books, reviews, and chapters in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.