Selected Resources for: Engineering, Civil
 | Subject Librarian: Jon Jeffryes E-Mail: jeffryes@umn.edu Subject Description: This subject covers: the technical ways in which the needs of people and natural resources are adapted to the environment. Civil engineering includes the research areas of structural engineering, transportation, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, and water resources and technology. For more information, see the Civil Engineering Library News blog. Reference: Quick question? Instant messenger (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, Jabber) at umjonlib |
Abstracts and Indexes
* Premier Resources *Applied Science and Technology Abstracts   Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| ASCE Civil Engineering Database The Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) is designed to provide easy bibliographic access to all publications of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The database covers ASCE documents published since 1973. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Compendex and Engineering Index Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| TRANSPORT Database Produced by the 25-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), headquartered in Paris, together with the United States' Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the 31 nations of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), Transport indexes journal articles, technical reports and conference papers on surface transportation systems including marine transportation and their components including highway, traffic, transport, road safety, and economic and social aspects of transportation systems. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
| ASTIS - Arctic Science and Technology Information System ASTIS is a bibliographic database of over 59,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada. The database, maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, includes all subjects in the sciences, humanities and social sciences relevant to this part of the world. The database covers the period of 1978 to the present and includes both peer-reviewed and gray literature, government agency reports, industry reports and documents from First Nations and universities. Also includes are research project descriptions based on the licences that all northern field researchers must obtain, journal articles, conference papers, theses and books. Areas of specialization range from traditional knowledge of native peoples to earth sciences to oil and gas technology to languages and literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Environmental Engineering Abstracts Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. Sources include more than 500 primary journals and over 2,500 additional sources, including monographs and conference proceedings. This database is one component of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM) database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| GeoRef Index to the worldwide literature of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, hydrogeology , hydrology, and mineralogy. Publication types covered include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government publications, theses, reports, and maps. Provides citations, with a small percentage accompanied by abstracts. Produced by the American Geological Institute. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Pollution Abstracts Combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. Topics are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. Includes material from conference proceedings and hard-to-find documents, along with information from primary journals in the field. This database is one component of the "Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)" database. To identify additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Transportation Article File This database, produced at Northwestern University, contains citation and location information for journal articles, conference papers, and other materials on all modes of transportation (air, rail, highway, water, pipeline) and law enforcement. Some materials may be held in the collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Check MNCAT for those holdings. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Water Resources Abstracts Includes water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Abstracts are drawn from journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the physical and life sciences, as well as from engineering, legal and government publications. This database is one component of the "Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM) database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. NOTE: Until 1994, this database was produced by the United States Geological Survey, when it was generally known as Selected Water Resources Abstracts. Since 1994, Water Resources Abstracts has been produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, which broadened the scope by including more material published outside the U.S.A. This database, which concentrates on water supply and water treatment, complements the Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts database, ASFA, where there is greater coverage of the marine environment and biological material. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| E-Print Network The Department of Energy's E-Print Network provides users with one-stop browse/search access to over 22,000 web sites and databases worldwide. Find e-prints in scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE, including physics, materials, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and nuclear medicine. Often, full-text is available. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| TLCat Catalog of transportation-related books and other materials held in government, university and other transportation libraries [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources| Who's Who in Engineering Provides brief factual biographical profiles of about 15,000 living engineers noted for their work in education, industry, and government. Approximately 10% of the entries are on non-U.S. individuals. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms Contains definitions, synonyms, acronyms and abbreviations for over 105,000 scientific terms. Also provides some illustrations, and photographs. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects. Also includes links to related Internet resources, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Search tip: When combining words in search, capitalize AND. For example: revolution AND 1848 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| ENGnetBASE ENGnetBASE is an online reference source providing access to over 600 handbooks published by CRC Press. The handbooks include a wide variety of titles on engineering specialties, including Civil Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, HVAC, Nanotechnology, and more. Users can either browse the table of contents of each individual handbook or use keyword searching to retrieve and display related full-text information. Full- text results are displayed in .pdf format. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ENVIROnetBASE A collection of electronic books on various environmental science and environmental engineering topics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Knovel Knovel provides online access to reference books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables and is a good starting point when you need a piece of data quickly. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Manual of Traffic Signs This online manual includes almost all of the common United States signs as well as some signs specific to Arizona. There's a small picture of each sign. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites| Transportation Links to the World This list, maintained by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, covers Minnesota related transportation WWW sites, federal information, industry news, research, statistical sites and more. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Listservs and Discussion Groups
Search Engines
| MUNISOURCE Provides direct links to more than 3,500 municipal Web sites in 44 countries, including all 50 US states and the District of Columbia. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Primary Source Materials
Reports| Resources on Minnesota Issues: Light Rail Transit Created by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library for their "Resources on Minnesota Legislative Issues" series. It is intended to provide an introduction to the topic of light rail transportation in Minnesota. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites| Minnesota Department of Transportation Mn/DOT develops and implements policies, plans and programs for aeronautics, highways, motor carriers, ports, public transit and railroads. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Scholarly Societies -- Civil Engineering A well-selected set of internet links to scholarly societies, associations, institutes, interest groups, and consortia in the field. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board is a joint effort of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council. The board works to resolve critical transportation issues facing the nation. Studies have examined highway speed limits, school bus safety, railroad tank car precautions, and ways to reduce crowded conditions at airports. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Statistical Resources| APTANET Transit Statistics Includes public transit statistics for 1996 and 1997 by mode, subject and transit agency for the United States. Some data by subject goes back about ten years. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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