Click on the links below to see what books are available in the Hagerty library at Drexel University in some key areas.

Smart Structures
Smart Materials
Intelligent Buildings
Green Buildings
Energy and homes
smart Home

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

Electronic BooksClick on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)
You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as ASM Handbooks, ebrary, ENGnetBASE, ENVIROnetBASE, Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE and Referex)

ASM Handbooks
ebrary
ENGnetBASE
ENVIROnetBASE
Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
MATERIALSnetBASE
Referex – electronic books

Electronic Databases

Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

Architectural Index
ASCE Civil Engineering Database
Annual Reviews
BuildingGreen
(BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
Ei Compendex and INSPEC
Environmental Engineering Abstracts
GeoRef
Google Scholar
IEEE Xplore
MAD CAD (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
ScienceDirect
Thomas Telford Journals Online – on trial until December 2007

News and Recent Developments

Use the following databases to find information on breaking news related to Smart House developments.

Academic Universe(Lexis/Nexis)
Expanded Academic
Factiva
Proquest

For more assistance, please refer to: Engineering Reference Assistance