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Concise Guide to Information Sources in Civil Engineering
Databases
Note that a more detailed How To Find Out in Civil Engineering guide is available.
To find journal articles, reports, conference proceedings, or dissertations on your research topic, start by searching one of the databases listed below. Links to these databases, and many more, are available from the Library's Databases page, where details are given on how to get access from on-campus and off-campus.Please note: you may print or download a reasonable quantity of information from these resources for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not systematically print or download substantial quantities of information or distribute information to unauthorized third parties.
Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
Coverage: All engineering disciplines. ICONDA (International Construction DAtabase)
Coverage: Urban and regional planning, construction, civil and structural engineering, construction equipment and materials, project management, building maintenance, etc. ICE Virtual Library
Coverage: ICE's archive of technical papers from 1836 to the present day.ASCE Civil Engineering Database
Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (ANTE)
Coverage: ASCE documents published since 1974.
Indexes technical and applied science journals, with an emphasis on UK publications. Available through CSA Illumina.ISI Web of Knowledge
CSA Illumina
Coverage: Multidisciplinary - science, social science and engineering.
Coverage: Provides access to a number of databases covering civil engineering, environmental sciences and pollution, water resources, environmental engineering. Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.TechXtra
Index to Theses
Find articles from numerous databases via TechXtra which indexes over 4 million items.
Coverage: Provides citations for theses accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain and Ireland. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Abstracts
Coverage: Includes citations for dissertations by authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.
Journals
Civil Environment journals available in Heriot-Watt University Library are listed in our Journals List. Print journals on Civil Engineering are normally shelved at 624 on Level 4, but relevant titles may be shelved in other sections.
Internet sites relevant to the built Environment
Intute: Civil Engineering
Details the best Web resources for education and research.
GlobalSpec
A fully integrated platform of engineering search engines, content, and tools.More information
How to Find Out in Civil Engineering
Provides a more detailed guide to finding building engineering & surveying information in both print and electronic sources in Heriot-Watt Library.For additional information about Library resources for Building Engineering and Surveying, please contact:
Roddy MacLeod
Senior Subject Librarian
Phone: 0131 451 3576
Email: R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk