The article databases recommended below may be accessed though the USC Electronic Resources web site at http://www.usc.edu/isd/elecresources.

After locating citations to relevant articles, go to HOMER, the USC catalog (http://library.usc.edu) to locate the journals.

If USC doesn't subscribe to the journals, order the relevant articles through Global Express/Interlibrary Loan (http://www.usc.edu/isd/services/global), or check MELVYL (http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/) the catalog of the UC libraries, which also includes journal listings for the California State University libraries, to see if an academic library in the vicinity might subscribe to the journals.

D a t a b a s e s (http://www.usc.edu/isd/elecresources):

• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts - broad coverage in technology and applied sciences

• Avery Index to Architecture - coverage in architecture and building science

• Current Contents - broad coverage in environmental sciences

• COMPENDEX - engineering resources

• Web of Science (particularly the Science Citation Index) - broad coverage in theoretical and applied sciences.

• US Department of Energy - http://www.doe.gov/

E x a m p l e s . o f . t e r m s . t o . u s e :

• Architecture and solar energy

• Buildings and solar energy

• Buildings and solar heating

• Architecture and energy conservation

• Buildings and energy conservation

For additional questions, consult with a reference librarian at AFA. Call (213) 740-1956 or e-mail Ruth Wallach
RW, 11/99

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