Databases by Subject - Civil Engineering

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

1980-

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

1970-

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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

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Searches CRC Press netBASE, full text CRC engineering handbooks.

Current

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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-

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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-

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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

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

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

1957-

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

1968-

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