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You can explore articles, books, and other resources about the SDGs by searching the subject SDGs in WPI Library Search. You can narrow your search to particular SDGs by selecting more specific SDG subjects under the "Subjects" facet from the left-hand navigation.
Looking for data related to the UN SDGs? Take a look at these resources!
The 17 UN SDGs are a framework that helps organizations and individual researchers and professionals to consider the interdisciplinary nature of development. The list of database below cover a variety of topics from climate change and carbon footprint; to green economy, sustainable building, and green technology; and of course ethics of sustainability, and social sustainability,
Explore the relevant databases below that are accessible through Gordon Library. Use the link in the box to the left to find and search additional databases.
Two ebook collections from Elgar Publishing: Sustainable Development Goals Essentials and Climate Change Essentials, plus 111 open access titles from Elgar.
Information on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.
The JSTOR Sustainability Collection features a wide range of journals, ebooks, and more than 5,400 Open Access research reports in the field of sustainability. The subjects of resilience and sustainability are explored broadly, covering research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. Includes more than 100 journals from over 20 disciplines, including environmental studies, environmental science, business, economics, law, aquatic & atmospheric sciences, ecology, urban studies and the built environment.
Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus delivers the most comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities. As research becomes increasingly global, interdisciplinary and collaborative, Scopus helps ensure that crucial research from around the world is not missed.
Full text access to more than 2000 Elsevier science, social science, engineering and management scholarly journals.