Research Guides: Civil Engineering: Articles & Databases

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Evans Library Databases

Databases (A-Z)
A complete list of all the Evans Library's research databases.

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eJournals & eBooks This link opens in a new window
Use this tool to search for Evans Library's full-text periodicals in print or electronic format and for books in electronic format. A browse by subject feature is included.

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link to full text in your database search results. Clicking on it will reveal if and where access to the article is available.

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Use the Evans Library's Interlibrary Loan service to request articles not available in the Library

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Key Databases for Civil Engineering

Access Engineering This link opens in a new window
McGraw-Hill’s Access Engineering provides the highest quality engineering textbooks and handbooks including Mark’s Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, and many more.
ASCE Journals This link opens in a new window
Access to all journal content made available online by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Searchable by keyword and browsable by journal name. Date coverage varies by title.
ASTM Compass This link opens in a new window
A vast collection of industry-leading standards, journals, symposia papers, manuals, e-books. and technical engineering information covering a broad range of engineering disciplines including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Powered by IEEE XPlore, the IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) includes full-text access to IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines; IEEE conference proceedings; and current/active IEEE standards. Other features include the complete backfile to 1988; select content back to 1872; IET conference proceedings; and E&T Magazine.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed literature and scientific data across all research fields and going back to 1960, with smart tools that track, analyze, and visualize these research results.

Databases for Finding Technical Reports

NASA Technical Reports Server - NTRS
Provides public access to unlimited/unrestricted NASA and NACA reports and journal articles, many available as full-text, searchable PDF files. NASA 1958-present; NACA 1917-1958; NIX (NASA Image eXchange) 1990-present.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service)

Transportation Research Integrated Database (TRID) This link opens in a new window
OPEN ACCESS. Covers all modes and disciplines of transportation with over 1 million records of published research. More than 236,000 records contain links to full-text documents after free sign in. Indexes Guides, Reports, Research Result Digests, Legal Research Digests, Syntheses and Proceedings for NCHRP, NCRRP, ACRP and SHRP. Links to Library subscribed sources of full text when used on campus.

Science.gov

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is great for a quick search for a very specific item, but with more general searches, often retrieves too many irrelevant items and misses important publications that are only available through database subscriptions.