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Star Best Bet Databases in Engineering > Civil & Environmental Engineering

ASCE Journals Star

Access to all 29 journals currently published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995-present.
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Engineering Village Star

Comprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.

Also known as:

Compendex

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Environment Index Star

Citations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950’s- present.
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ScienceDirect Star

Full-text scholarly journals in the sciences and the social sciences. Dates of coverage vary: oldest is 1994-present.
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Additional Databases in Engineering > Civil & Environmental Engineering

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Agricola
Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
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BuildingGreen Suite
Research and articles on the green building movement.
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CAB Abstracts
Source for journal articles and other material on land use: agriculture, forestry, biotechnology, agricultural economics, tourism, nutrition, etc., 1910-present.
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Environment & Environmental Engineering E-Book Collection
Reference sources for environmental engineering.

Also known as:

Knovel Environment and Environmental Engineering E-Book Collection

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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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ISI Proceedings
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Indexes published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, 2001-present.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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MADCAD
Comprehensive library of building codes, with a building product directory.
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Science.gov
A site that organizes access to agriculture, computer, health, energy and other scientific information from U.S. government agencies. Current.
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Web of Science
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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