Civil Engineering

Best Database Choices for Civil Engineering

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All Civil Engineering Databases

ASCE Civil Engineering Database   1970-present

Bibliographic access to all ASCE publications.

Civil Engineering Abstracts    1966-present

Search for publications on civil engineering and related fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, and theoretical mechanics and dynamics.

Compendex   1969-present

Compendex, also know as A large interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences. Includes book reviews, standards, patents, handbooks or other materials. Part of Engineering Village

Digital Dissertations    1861-present

Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

Earthquake Engineering Abstracts   1971-present

Search for articles and research reports relating to earthquake engineering and hazard mitigation. Most citations include abstracts.

Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library: EEVL   

Broad range of information on all aspects of Engineering.

EngNetBase   

Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering. Individual titles are listed in the Virgo Library Catalog.

ENVIROnetBASE   

Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of the environment.

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management   1967-present

Multidisciplinary database of environmental sciences information from over 4000 journals as well as conference proceedings and books.

GeoRef    1693-present

Search for all types of publications on the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. This search also includes international publications from GeoRef in Process.

InfoTrac OneFile    1980-present

Large general database of articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts

Search for publications of all kinds on mechanical and transportation engineering and related fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, and theoretical mechanics and dynamics.

National Technical Information Service: NTIS   1964-present

NTIS contains bibliographic citations and summaries of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.

TLCat - Transportation Library Union Catalog

TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services)   1960-present

Contains records of published transportation research including technical reports, books, conference proceedings and journal articles.

Water Resources Abstracts (CSA)   1967-present

Provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.

Web of Knowledege / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information.