Subject & Study Guides: Plumbing, Gasfitting &amp; Drainlaying: Finding Journal Articles

Multi-database Journal Article Searching

Use these two tools to search across a wide range of trades-related databases simultaneously. This is a good starting point, but will not support in-depth searches.

Articles Express
Search for journals articles across a range of databases with this FAST search engine. This is a great first step for searching for journal articles. Just enter your keywords and hit 'Search'!

Individual Databases

Individual databases to search in when you are looking for journal articles on plumbing and gasfitting.

Academic Search Complete [Ebsco] This link opens in a new window
A full text academic database for over 1,250 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education.
Business Source Complete [Ebsco] This link opens in a new window
Covers nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, construction and includes significant journals and country economic reports.
As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the most-cited authors in the database. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Complete is the overwhelmingly superior database for full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Proquest construction & engineering databases [Proquest] This link opens in a new window
Welcome to ProQuest construction and engineering databases (a subset of ProQuest Central). Search for a wide range of articles on construction and engineering topics. Includes all of the content of ProQuest Sci/Tech Premium (which we use to have) plus more!
ScienceDirect [Elsevier] This link opens in a new window
Science Direct is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from nearly 2,500 journals and more than 30,000 books. This includes Health and Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Social and Behavioural Sciences

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