Use AccessScience to find  information on various subject areas related to Bridge Design.

• AccessScience
  Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily. AccessScience is the electronic version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

Group Projects

• Group Therapy: a group project survival guide

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Bridge Design.

• Bridge design
• Bridge and structure*
• Bridges – design and construction
• Background information on Bridges using AccessScience database
• Concrete and bridge
• Highway Truss Bridges
• Truss bridge — historical

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See: About Summon for more detailed information on how to use it more efficiently.

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Truss and bridge design’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Searchable Electronic Book databases

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
• POLYMERSnetBASE

Electronic books

• Bridge Engineering, Substructure Design
• Bridge Engineering Handbook
• Bridge Engineering, Seismic Design
• Bridge Engineering, Construction and Maintenance
• Bridge Loads, An International Perspective
• Bridges for High-Speed Railways, Revised Papers from the Workshop, Porto, Portugal, 3 – 4 June 2004
• Highway Truss Bridges
• Electronic book chapters:  “Truss and Bridges”
• Electronic book chapters: “Method of Joints and Truss”

Electronic Databases

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

• Architectural Index
• ASCE Digital Library
• 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
• Google Scholar
• 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
• Transportation Research Information Services Online
• Web of Knowledge

Web based sources

• Images of Truss bridges
• Images: Bridge Truss Designs
• Truss Analysis using Method of Joints (youtube video)
• Truss Bridge and Truss Types
• Tennessee River Bridge
• Truss bridges (within ASCE site search)

See also:

• Starting your research for design projects
• Freshman Design – ENGR102-103
• Group Therapy: a Group Project Survival Guide

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Sustainability Issues, Life Cycle Assessment and Management.

• Biomimetic Design
• Biomimicry and Energy efficiency
• Construction Management
• Eco Design
• Eco Design Course Reserves
• Life Cycle and Environment*
• Material Flow Analysis
• Nature and Design and Bio*
• Sustainable Industrial Design
• Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Eco* Design
• Appropriate Technology
• Sustainability
• Energy and Technology

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

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
• ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• ENVIROnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘biomimicry and energy efficiency’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books. You can also limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review.

• See:  Nature’s inspiration: Solving sustainability challenges , Strategic Direction24. 9 (2008): 33-35.

Engineering Databases

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

• ASCE Digital Library
• 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
• GeoRef
• Google Scholar
• GreenFILE
• Home Depot Smart Home
• IEEE Xplore
• 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
• Transportation Research Information Services Online
• Web of Science
• How do I obtain full papers from the Proceedings of the SPIE and other conferences that are not available in the library?

ILI Standards Infobase

The ILI standards database is a bibliographic standards database. It covers over 600,000 worldwide standards. Over 250 major Standards issuing authorities are covered, from the US, Europe, the international bodies ISO and IEC to Japan and Australia. Any ASTM standards can also be requested through ILI Standards Infobase.

Interdisciplinary Databases

• Database/Article Indexes for Interdisciplinary Research

Web Resources and Journal Articles

• Life Cycle Assessment (EPA)
• Winter Barley Ethanol receive a “green” rating
• Evaluation of Risks of Metal Flows and Acumulation in Economy and Environment
• Practical Handbook of Material Flow Analysis
• The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to LCA
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services (Book will be in the Library)
• Life Cycle Energy Analysis of a Water Distribution System
• Sustainability Assessment: Criteria and Processes
• Urban Transformations and Sustainability
• Eco Design checklist

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering:

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

• Geotechnical Engineering
• Soil Mechanics
• Structures and Concrete
• Earthquake Engineering

• Infrastructure Engineering
• ArcGIS
• Asset Management
• Life-Cycle Analysis
• Critical Infrastructure
• GIS and Management
• Wastewater
• Highway Engineering
• Green Engineering
• Intelligent Buildings
• Sewage System*
• Transportation and Infrastructure

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

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Smart Structures’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

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The International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) and Engineering Graduate Association (EGA) will host an information session on the latest version of EndNote as well as RSS Feed with Drexel Libraries’ own Jay Bhatt on Monday, March 7, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Main Building, Alumni Engineering Labs, room 275 (32nd and Chestnut Streets). Lunch will be provided. To register, email Michael at IAHR@drexel.edu.

See presentation and tutorials at:

• EndNote 2011 Presentation **X4 Update**
• EndNote blog and tutorials by Gary Childs
  

National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) provides access to online publications and reports from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Access: National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)

Examples of reports on Arsenic in drinking water:

• Desorption of Arsenic from Drinking Water Distribution System Solids
• Drinking Water Standard for Arsenic
• Research Plan for Arsenic in Drinking Water
• Treatment Technologies For Arsenic Removal
• Proven Alternatives for Aboveground Ireatment of Arsenic in Groundwater

See: Arsenic for other online publications and reports.

See also:

• EPA Newsfeeds
• EPA podacasts

EPA provides podcasts and audio files (and transcripts) of useful or engaging information as a way to help the public understand and share information.

Examples include:

• Plug-in to eCycling: Listen to discussions recycling used computers, cell phones, and other electronics.
• Energy Star podcasts: Each podcast is a collection of conversations about energy efficiency. EPA staff talk with a variety of business analysts, technology experts, policymakers, and media.
• Green Power Partnership podcasts: Listen to a variety of topics, including the Green Power Partnership, green power technologies and products, and information on procuring green power.
• Local Climate and Energy podcasts: Each podcast for the Local Climate and Energy Program explores topics related to local government climate change and clean energy efforts.

Environmental Nanotechnology

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

• Health and Nano*
• Environment and Nanotechnology
• Safety and Nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology and Risk

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

Using Summon:

• Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

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 ASM Handbooks, ebrary, ENGnetBASE, ENVIROnetBASE, Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE and Referex)

• ASM Handbooks
• ebrary
• CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• ENVIROnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• Referex – electronic books

Electronic 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
• Google Scholar
• IEEE Xplore
• Institute of Physics (IoP) Journals Online
• 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
• Web of Knowledge

News and Recent Developments

Use the following databases to find information on breaking news in biomedical technologies in magazines and newspapers

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

Complete listing of all Engineering databases

• Engineering Databases

Selected web Resources

• Nanotechnology-Related Environment, Health, and Safety Research: Examining the National Strategy
• SAFENANO: UK’s Premier Source on Nanotechnology, Hazards and Health
• NIOSH Safety and Health: Nanotechnology
• Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology Managing the Health and Safety Concerns Associated with Engineered Nanomaterials
• Nanotechnology and Health
• Nanotechnology for Site Remediation
• The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON): a Partnership for Nanotechnology Stewardship and Sustainability
• Environment and Green Nano
  

Instructional Tutorials

• “Is this a Scholarly Publication?”
• Deciphering Citations
• RefWorks Overview
• What is Summon? How can I use it?

Subject Overview – Infrastructure Engineering

Use AccessScience to find  information on various subject areas related to Infrastructure Engineering.

• AccessScience
  Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily. AccessScience is the electronic version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

See also:

Sustainable critical infrastructure systems [electronic resource] :

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Infrastructure Engineering.

• Infrastructure Engineering
• Life-Cycle Analysis
• Critical Infrastructure
• Wastewater
• Highway Engineering
• Green Engineering
• Intelligent Buildings
• Sewage System*
• Transportation and Infrastructure

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords related to Infrastructure Engineering concepts.

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Infrastructure Engineering’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

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
• POLYMERSnetBASE

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

Selected Web Resources

• Restore and improve urban infrastructure
• Engineers Use GIS to Improve Transportation Infrastructure Throughout Louisiana
• Federal Highway Administration – Office of Infrastructure
• NOAA Economics – Engineering/Infrastructure
• The City of Peoria,  Arizona,  Infrastructure Design Guidelines

Organizing References

• ASCE Citation Style
• Refworks (RefWorks is a web-based software application that helps you manage citations. It helps you keep track of the sources you are using for your research and your own notes about the sources)
• Refworks Tutorials

In partnership with the private sector, state and local governments, national laboratories, and universities, the Building Technologies Program works to improve the efficiency of buildings and the equipment, components, and systems within them. The program supports research and development (R&D) activities and provides tools, guidelines, training, and access to technical and financial resources. The United States has many opportunities for energy and cost savings in its buildings. BTP is leading the way with advanced technologies for new and existing buildings.

For more information:  Building Technologies Program

See also: Building Technologies Program Information Resources and Program Areas

The Building Technologies Program offers a large collection of resources designed to deliver current, relevant information about energy efficiency for residential and commercial buildings. This page provides links to newsletters, publications, Webinars, training opportunities, software tools, and disaster recovery information.

Publications

Find publications on commercial and residential energy efficiency technologies and best practices on the Building Technologies Program’s publications Web page. See also Browse by Topic to find articles on relevant subject areas such as Biomass Program, Fuel Cells Technologies Program, and Vehicle Technologies Programs. etc.

Building E2 Newsletter

Read the Building Technologies Program quarterly online newsletter, Building E2 News, to stay informed about commercial and residential activities, technologies, events, and much more.

The Billion Gallon Challenge: Advanced biofuels from diverse sources such as grasses and agricultural waste hold the promise of sustainably reducing U.S. oil dependence and global warming emissions. Unfortunately the advanced biofuels industry not been able to meet the demand as set out in the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

The Billion Gallon Challenge is an effort to build the support and policies needed to bring the fledgling advanced biofuels industry to maturity.  It also seeks to ensure that the biofuels market maximizes taxpayer investment and helps to strengthen U.S. energy and environmental security.

Recent studies have concluded that avoiding dangerous climate change will require the United States and other industrialized countries to reduce their global warming emissions approximately 80 percent below 2000 levels by mid-century. This goal is attainable, but only if we act immediately, and on multiple fronts. One major part of the climate solutions equation is a shift to renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, and bioenergy.

See: Smart Bioenergy: Guiding Sustainable Bio-based Energy and Fuels Development

Scirus is a comprehensive science and engineering specific search engine that searches open-access websites as well as peer-reviewed content from publisher sites.  With over 450 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists’ homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.

Scirus is also linked from Databases/Article indexes for Engineering or it can be found by searching on our Library’s online catalog in the ‘Title’ field.

To link to Drexel full text from Scirus, first add Drexel University in the Library Partner Links within Scirus Preferences

Searching for Nanotechnology Patents:

Using Advanced Searching,  select ‘Patents’ as  one of the ‘Information Types’ and use ‘Nanotechnlogy’  as keywords.

See: Nanotechnology patents