Disciplines & Professions: Civil Engineering

Web Sites

Academic Info's Civil Engineering Gateway
http://www.academicinfo.net/engringcivil.html

Academically-oriented site directory for information on civil engineering that allows visitors to select1 of 7 subject headings and connects them to a listing of annotated Web addresses.

Civil Engineering Professions: iCivilEngineer
http://www.icivilengineer.com/

Serves as a directory for Internet resources in civil engineering and technology, cataloging 3,000+ annotated Web sites and articles by topic. Also offers special features such as the academic department index, conference calendar, engineering news, and job search sites.

Open Directory's Civil Engineering Directory
http://dmoz.org/Science/Technology/Civil_Engineering/

Provides links to 100+ sites dealing with civil engineering. Offers visitors an additional subject heading under which more information may be located online and an annotated list of over 30 useful URLs.

Yahoo!'s Civil Engineering Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/

Directory covering a wide range of civil engineering-related topics, organized into 17 categories. Also includes an annotated listing of popular Web sites and an Internet search that can be limited to civil engineering.

Databases

ASCE Civil Engineering Database
http://www.pubs.asce.org/cedbsrch.html

Provides bibliographic access to all American Society of Civil Engineers' publications. This includes journals, conferences, books, standards, manuals, and more. Sources are from 1973 to the present.

Environmental Engineering Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Citations pertain specifically to technological and engineering aspects of ecology and the environment. 80,000 records from more than 700 journals and other sources. Covers 1990 to the present.

FLUIDEX (Elsevier, available through SilverPlatter)

Brings together scientific and trade literature. More than 280,000 records with bibliographic information and abstracts. Sources cover 1974 to the present.

Water Resources Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

This database emphasizes the technical and scientific sources available on water-related topics. Concentrates on water supply and treatment. Over 300,000 records from 1967 to the present.

Print Resources

Applied Science and Technology Index. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1958-.

Published annually, this work indexes more than 350 English language periodicals. Covers all engineering disciplines. Entries are organized alphabetically by subject.

Chen, W. F., ed. The Civil Engineering Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1995.

Articles on professional applications intended for the practicing civil engineer. Organizes entries into 8 sections covering 8 areas of civil engineering. A subject index is provided.

Hurt, C. D. Information Sources in Science and Technology. 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

Covers all disciplines within science, mathematics, and engineering. Sources organized by discipline, then by type of reference work. Includes an author/title index.

Lord, Charles R. Guide to Information Sources in Engineering. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

Provides descriptions of hundreds of sources. Organizes entries by type of source, then by specialized field. An index is included.

Merritt, Frederick S., M. Kent Loftin, and Jonathan T. Ricketts, eds. Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

Provides information articles on principles and techniques in civil engineering. Organizes entries by topic. An index is included.

Mildren, K. W., and P. J. Hicks, eds. Information Sources in Engineering. 3rd ed. London: Bowker-Saur, 1996.

Organizes descriptions of sources by specialized field in engineering. An index is included. This book covers print and non-print sources.

Scott, John S. The Dictionary of Civil Engineering. 4th ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.

An alphabetical list of definitions of terms and concepts in civil engineering and related fields.

Webster, L. F. The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction. New York: Wiley, 1997.

30,000+ descriptions and definitions of concepts, terms, names, tools, and techniques in civil engineering and related technical fields. Organized alphabetically.