Research Topic Ideas

Includes these collections:

• Agricola: Millions of records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library dating back to 1970. The citations include journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
   
• Biological & Agricultural Index Plus: 1983-present. Agriculture, animal husbandry, botany, cytology, ecology, entomology, environmental science, fishery sciences, food science, forestry, genetics, horticulture, microbiology, plant pathology, soil science, veterinary medicine, zoology.
   
• Environment Complete: Coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
   
• GreenFILE: Articles, books and government documents on global warming, environmental protection and renewable energy.
   
• Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide: Covers 1935 & earlier to the present, and is the world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Most of the records in this database are from Wildlife Review Abstracts, which offers a global perspective and is the most comprehensive resource on wildlife information. Major topic areas include studies of individual species, habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, ecotourism, zoology, taxonomy and much more.
   

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IEEE Courses uses the best educational courses from IEEE conferences and workshops around the world and delivers them in interactive video format. You can earn Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits and Professional Development Hours (PDH).

To set up remote access to IEEE Xplore on a mobile device, please follow these steps:

1. On the mobile device, use a browser to visit the IEEE Xplore website through the U-M Library's access.
    
2. Click on the blue tab "My Settings" in the middle of the screen, then choose "Remote Access."
    
3. Follow the instructions to pair your device. Users will be asked to sign in with an IEEE personal account before pairing.
    
4. This device can now be used off-site for 90 days to access IEEE Xplore. Users must go to IEEE Xplore on the paired device and log in with their IEEE personal account to access the roaming subscription.

Please note that after 90 days, users will be prompted to again pair their device and can follow the same steps as the initial pairing.

Compendex: 1884-present. Scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines.

INSPEC: World-wide literature (mainly journal articles and conference proceedings papers) in astronomy, physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and control, information technology, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing & mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology, and biophysics.

GeoRef: Index to the literature of the geosciences. Topics include: all aspects of geology, solid-earth geophysics, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, energy, and stratigraphy. Contains over 2.9 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.

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