Library Guides: FOR 880: Bioenergy Feedstocks: Find Articles

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Finding the best articles on your topic requires these steps.

Select an appropriate database.
Enter and combine terms appropriate to your topic
Scan the best items on the results list and look for new subject terms or keywords. Then revise your search using these new terms.
Save the journal title, volume, date, and page numbers. This is all part of the "citation".
Explore other databases and subject terms (which vary between databases) for more information.

Bioenergy Databases

Select an appropriate database for your topic

CAB Abstracts (agriculture, nutrition and global health) This link opens in a new window
includes articles on all crops (annual, perennial, woody). For information on specific crops, search using the genus species
CAB Abstracts via CAB Direct covers all areas of agriculture including animal production and welfare (equine, dairy, cattle, poultry), horticulture, (fruits, nuts, vegetables ornamentals, flowers) crop science (grains, forages) and plant protection, applied economics and rural studies, animal nutrition, entomology, aquaculture and veterinary science, food science and nutrition, forestry and the management and conservation of natural resources, leisure and tourism, microbiology, parasitology, mycology, nematology, bacteriology and virology, biotechnology, and plant pathology and postharvest factors. CAB Direct also includes a Global Health section which covers international and public health, including bacterial, viral and prion diseases, mycology, parasitology, disease vectors, zoonotic diseases, nutrition and food safety, medicinal plants, toxicology and public and rural health.
BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Use this database for the biology of production and genetic improvements aspects. For information on specific crops, search using the genus species
Get a comprehensive view of life sciences research, including the most important discoveries, significant influences and relevant connections. The new BIOSIS Citation Index combines the unique BIOSIS content that is critical to life sciences research with powerful citation indexing only the Web of Science™ can provide. You can rely on comprehensive and relevant life sciences coverage that eliminates excess and delivers data that is accurate, meaningful and timely.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Search for articles which cite an older article.
See this Citation Searching information for instructions.
Web of Science provides access to: the Science Citation Index Expanded 1900-present; the Social Sciences Citation Index 1956-present; and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1975-present. Web of Science indexes articles from thousands of journals and also indexes the citations used in those articles, thus allowing the user to see which papers have cited a core paper, and how many times a paper was cited in a given time period. Covers published content is almost every discipline.
Environmental Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Use this database for environmental engineering, biotechnology and waste management topics
The Environmental Sciences Collection provides abstracts and references to the environment literature covering all areas of air, land, water, and noise pollution as well as bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and water resources from 1967 to the present.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
all aspects of human impact to the environment
GreenFILE is a database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
Compendex (Ei Village 2) This link opens in a new window
Use this database for the bioengineering, fermentation, and transport and processing aspects.
Compendex is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world with over 9 million records referencing 5,000 engineering journals and conference materials dating from 1884.

Organization websites

Find additional information at these government and organization websites

Biomass Energy Resource Center
This organization has more of a focus on biomass combustion as an energy source.
Bioenergy Technologies Office (DOE)
The Dept. of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy maintains this website which has statistics and information related primarily to biofuels.
Bioenergy Atlas
includes two interactive maps, BioPower and BioFuels. These maps allow you to compare and analyze biomass feedstocks, biopower and biofuels data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework
provides access to a variety of data sets, publications, and collaboration and mapping tools that support bioenergy research, analysis, and decision making.
National Biodiesel Board
This industry organization provides background and statistics related to the U.S. biodiesel industry.
Renewable Fuels Association
This trade organization features statistics and background on ethanol fuel production and use.
Oilgae
Information about algae as a source for oil.