EngLibrary

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Hurricane Protection Sytems, Legal Aspects of Disasater, and Environmental Issues.

• Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Protection
• Infrastructure and Hurricane
• Environmental and Hurricane
• Emergency Response and Hurricane
• Hurricane Katrina - Social Aspects

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

DVD

• When the Levees Broke
• The Katrina experience. Disc 1, A compilation of short films
• Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
  

Electronic Books

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as ebrary, ENGnetBASE,  Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE, and MECHANICALnetBASE.

• AccessScience
• CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ebrary
• ENGnetBASE
• ENVIROnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE

Engineering Databases

Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• ASCE Civil Engineering Database
• ASCE Conference Proceedings Online
• Annual Reviews
• BuildingGreen - (BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• Environmental Engineering Abstracts
• GeoRef
• Google Scholar
• GreenFILE
• Home Depot Smart Home
• MAD CAD - (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
• ScienceDirect

News and Magazine Articles

• Academic Universe(Lexis/Nexis)
• Expanded Academic
• Factiva
• Proquest
  

Interdisciplinary Databases

• Database/Article Indexes for Interdisciplinary Research

Web Resources and Journal Articles

• Hurricane Katrina Timeline
• Katrina: After the Storm - CNN Reports
• NOAA Emergency Response Imagery
• Levee System Integrity Program
• USGS Scientists Investigate New Orleans Levees Broken by Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Katrina Report
• Hurricane Katrina Wind Investigation Report
• Katrina News Releases and Legal Guidance
• After the Storm — Health Care Infrastructure in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Instructional Tutorials

• "Is this a Scholarly Publication?"
• Deciphering Citations
• Finding Full Text from Citations
• SFX: Frequently Asked Questions
• RefWorks Overview --
  
  • Using RefWorks (Powerpoint)
  • RefWorks Tutorial (online video tutorial, from a health sciences perspective)