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Government and Industry partnerships

Industrial Technologies Program. (C.3 on class handout) Describes industry plans, goals, energy and environmental profiles. Products covered: Aluminum, Glass, Petroleum, Steel, Paper (see Forest Products), and Plastic polymers (see Chemicals). http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/ From the menubar at top of page, select the following:

•    Program Areas: Includes Vision and Roadmap reports for each product.

•    Technologies: Look at active and completed innovative projects for each product.

 

Develop ideas using articles and case studies

Use Article Databases:

Start at the library’s research page, http://library.ucsc.edu/research.html.  To connect from off-campus use Off Campus Access (OCA). 

Type the name of the database in the Fast Find box and click search:

 

• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management: Citations and abstracts of articles and reports on the following topics: agricultural biotechnology, air quality, bacteriology, environmental impact statements, safety science, waste management, toxicology, pollution, and environmental science.

• Ebsco Business Source Premier: Includes articles about natural resources, environmental impact, industrial wastes, pollution, pollution regulation, pollution-control costs, government programs, tax relief, and recycling.

• Infotrac Expanded Academic ASAP: Find general information about environmental aspects of an industry or product.  Includes articles about recycling, environmental policy, pollution and pollution control.
• Web of Science: Find scholarly articles across disciplines.  Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite an author or article you specify.

 

Find the full text of articles using UC-eLinks

 

       For items with Abstracts and Citations only, use the UC-eLinks options to: 

• Connect to the full text of the article. This link is present when the article is available in another Article Database     

• Find out if UCSC subscribes to the journal; if so, provides the call number; also shows more online full-text options 
• Fill out form to order a copy of the article from another campus – It will be sent electronically in about two working days. (Note: Only available if UCSC does not subscribe to the journal)

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