George C. Gordon Library

Databases by Subject - Civil Engineering

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Academic OneFile

yes

Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

Civil Engineering Database

Indexes all American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publications. For alternate access to ASCE publications search the ASCE Online Research Library. Search Tips

1970-

N

WPI

Books 24x7

Full text online of more than 7,000 computer, information technology, and engineering books from many publishers. To connect, users must register for an account using their @wpi.edu email. Visitors may use on public workstations near reference desk. Help | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

CRCnetBASE

yes

Searches CRC Press netBASE, full text CRC engineering handbooks.

Current

Y

WPI

Engineering Village

yes

Abstracts from Compendex and INSPEC databases, and also includes the electronic version of Engineering Index, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines.

1884-

Y

WPI

ETDEWEB

Energy Technology Data Exchange includes information on the environmental impact of energy production and use. Requires free account unless you are within the WPI IP range. Search Tips

1995-

Y

WPI

Google Scholar

Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.

Varies

Y

For best results, use Proxy
WPI

ScienceDirect

yes

Full text access to Elsevier Science scholarly journals. Search Tips | Tutorial

Varies

Y

WPI

Scitation

yes

Search abstracts of several journals from American Physical Society (APS), and science and engineering societies. Search Tips

1957-

Y

WPI

TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services)

From the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences, indexes transportation literature and links to some full text. Search Tips

1968-

Y

Free Web

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