WNCLibrary: Nuclear Energy: Databases &amp; Journals

Finding Articles

For guidance on finding appropriate databases, journals, and articles, we have these guides and tutorials:

For information regarding expanding or limiting your search results, please see these guides:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
provides full text coverage for nearly 4,700 scholarly publications, including more than 4,000 peer-reviewed full-text journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
provides analyses of today’s social issues. With over 19,000 viewpoint essays, thousands of topic overviews and court-case overviews, OVIC helps students explore issues from all perspectives. In addition to traditional resources like books, magazines and journals, OVIC includes links to vetted websites as well as integrated multimedia to quality podcasts and video, national and global news sources, and much more.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
includes the full-text content from over 850 encyclopedias and other reference books covering a broad range of subjects. There are over 3 million articles and 200,000+ images (art, diagrams, maps and photos).
Virtual Reference Library (Gale) This link opens in a new window
includes the full-text content from over 200 special topic encyclopedias and other reference books.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis) features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline Academic includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 100 subject areas, including history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, women’s studies, pre-law, and many more. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Among the many databases included, HeinOnline’s journal collection features nearly 2,800 periodicals relating to a variety of subject areas, with all coverage dating from inception to the most currently published issues in most cases.

Journal of Nuclear Engineering
Journal of Nuclear Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of nuclear and radiation sciences and applications , published quarterly online by MDPI.
World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (WJNST) is a journal dedicated to providing a platform for publication of articles about nuclear science and technology and its applications.
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering (JPEE) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in power and energy engineering.
Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems
Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems is an international academic journal co-published by Power System Protection and Control Press and Springer. The journal is devoted to presenting new theories, technologies and top-level academic achievements in the field of protection and control in modern power systems.

These tutorials from Niche Academy provide an excellent overview of how to use the various databases you have access to through the library.