Databases/Article Indexes for Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering


Red Star indicates highly recommended databases for the subject area

 
Architectural Index
1982 - Current
Covers core periodicals in architecture (view list). Searchable or browsable by subject categories, building type, architect/designer's name, combination of architect/designer and/or location and/or magazine.
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Covers ASCE documents published since 1974 including all journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters.
 
Includes complete ASCE conference papers published from 2003 to the present, with select papers published from 1998.
 
Provides access to the full text of all 30 ASCE titles.
 
ASM Handbooks
Current

3 concurrent users maximum
Reference information on metals and materials: data and guidance on properties, processing, performance, selection, analysis, and applications.
 
Comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics.
 
The CIMSteel Integration Standards (CIS/2) is the logical product model and electronic data exchange format for structural steel project information.
Recommended resource
Collection of civil engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. A subset of ENGnetBASE
Recommended resource
The database contains 102,000 abstracts, including selected technical reports, conference papers, monographs, and journal articles in earthquake engineering and related fields.
Recommended resource
Ei Compendex
1884-current
Comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database with over eight million summaries of journal articles, technical reports, and conference papers and proceedings, dating from 1884 forward.
Recommended resource
Search environment for Ei Compendex and Ei Inspec, also covering engineering websites, CRC Handbooks, patents, and industry standards.
 
ENGnetBASE
1990-current
Collection of over 320 engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Contains the subsets:CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE, ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE, MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE, and TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE
 
Collection of environmental science handbooks published by CRC Press.
Recommended resource
Coverage of the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production, with over 700 journals indexed.
 
GeoRefS
1785- (N. America) 1933- (intl)
Established by the American Geological Institute in 1966, GeoRef is a comprehensive database of bibliographic information in the geosciences.
Recommended resource
Mad Cad
Current

Password Protected
Mad Cad is a database with access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.
Recommended resource
TRIS Online is a bibliographic database of 420,000 records covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, and technical reports.
 
U.S. Geological Survey
1785- (N. America) 1933- (intl)

Open Access
Provides access to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. Includes more than 25,145 publications.

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