Major Research Tools

ASCE Research Library

Full-Text

Full-text of journals and conference proceedings from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Journal coverage goes back to 1995; conference proceedings to 1999. For an index of ASCE publications back to 1872 use the ASCE Civil Engineering Database.


Environment Complete

Full-Text, Index

Database covering the journal literature of environmental sciences, including applicable areas of ecology, energy, geography, pollution & waste management, law, public policy, and urban planning.


Knovel

Full-Text, Reference

Database providing technical data and information from hundreds of engineering reference sources, including handbooks, material and chemical property data, and interactive elements such as graphs, equations, and tables. 10 subject areas covered: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering & Construction Materials; Engineering Management & Leadership; Environment & Environmental Engineering; Food Science; General Engineering & Project Administration; Industrial Engineering & Operations; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Oil & Gas Engineering; Process Design, Control, and Automation; Sustainable Energy & Development; Transportation Engineering.


TRID: The TRIS and ITRD Database

Index

References to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation. Combines information from the national Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database.


Web of Science: Science Citation Index

Index
Coverage: 1955-present

Index covering the journal literature of science and technology. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work.


Other Suggested Research Tools

Art & Architecture Complete

Full-Text, Index

Index of journals, magazines, and other publications covering art, architecture, archaeology, and related fields. Coverage dates vary. Earliest indexing goes back to 1914; earliest full text back to 1930; majority of coverage begins in 1980s.


Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Reference

The Getty Institute's searchable vocabulary of terms for describing objects, textural materials, images, architecture, and material culture from antiquity to the present.


ASTM Standards Volume 04.02: Concretes and Aggregates

Full-Text

Includes test methods, specifications, and practices on concrete and concrete aggregates, curing materials, grout, and expansion joint fillers.


Cities and Buildings Database

Visual Resource

Collection of over 10,000 digitized images of buildings and cities throughout the world. Search by building name, city, country or other keyword. Provided by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections project.


Digital Bridges

Full-Text

Collection of 19th century American bridge engineering books, manuals, and documents from the Lehigh University Libraries' Special Collections.


Engineering News Record

Data, Full-Text

Includes building and construction cost indexes, sourcebooks with rankings of top contractors, and directories of contractors as well as the text of Engineering News Record. Note that not all articles are freely available on the ENR site.


Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

Full-Text, Visual Resource

Collection of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories of historic structures and sites in the United States dating from the 17th through the 20th century.


Mapping Gothic France

Visual Resource

Detailed, high quality photographs, maps, floorplans, and descriptions of French and English cathedrals that began construction in the 12th-13th centuries.


National Transportation Library: ROSA P

Full-Text

Digitized publications, data sets, and other resources from the U.S. Department of Transportation Library. Includes historical reports of investigations of railroad and aircraft accidents.


NETR Online

Database of environmental records collected from various local, state and federal organizations with information pertaining to Superfund sites, suspected contamination, compliance and violation concerns, etc.


Patent Public Search

Full-Text

Full text of all U.S. patents issued since 1976, and full-page images for all U.S. patents issued since 1790. (Note: Full-page images can be viewed using pat2pdf.org, which generates PDFs based on patent numbers)


Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970 - Pennsylvania

Visual Resource

Digitized maps of towns or cities in Pennsylvania originally created for use by fire insurance companies. Maps are drawn to a scale of 50 feet to an inch; list street blocks and building numbers; and are coded for building materials used. For color versions of those maps, see the collection hosted by Penn State's map library. For Sanborn Maps in areas other than Pennsylvania, see Sanborn Maps from the Library of Congress.


Web Soil Survey

Data

Detailed data on soil in counties across the U.S. From the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the USDA.