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1. Sources for background information
If you are not sure what your topic is all about, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Start with:
- Civil engineer's reference book
- Eshbach's handbook of engineering fundamentals
- Encyclopedia of hydrological sciences
- Encyclopedia of physical science and technology
- Encyclopedia of vibration
- Handbook of civil engineering calculations
- Handbook of material weathering
- Handbook of water and wastewater treatment technologies
- Science, technology and society
- Standard handbook for civil engineers
- Uhlig’s corrosion handbook
- Van Nostrand’s scientific encyclopedia
- Water encyclopedia
2. Searching the library catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - civil, engineering, engineer?, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. analy? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words analysis, analyze, analyzing, analyse, analysing, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "failure analysis" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase failure analysis |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. analysis AND (failure OR fracture) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word analysis AND either failure OR fracture |
Search the Library catalogue: Keyword(s):
Searching using keywords and LC subject headings
- When conducting a search by topic in the catalogue, start with a keyword search using a simple, one-word term or phrase.
- To build a more manageable set, click on the Limit Results button and apply one of the available limits.
- Once you have found some relevant items by searching using keywords, click on the title and examine the full view of each. By clicking on LC Subject, you will find other items on the same subject.
- Get more catalogue search tips.
3.1 Core databases for Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- Compendex
all aspects of engineering, from 1884- - Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)
1983- , with abstracts and some full text from 1997- - Environmental Engineering Abstracts
covers technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production - Environmental Science and Pollution Management
includes environmental engineering, energy resources, waste management, and water resource issues
3.2 Additional databases for Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Databases for related subjects
- Scopus
multidisciplinary, offers citation searching - Web of Science
multidisciplinary, offers citation searching - Transport
covers transportation research information on all surface transportation modes, air transport, and highway safety - Materials Research Database with METADEX
materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers and composites used in engineering application - BIOSIS Previews
biology focus - INSPEC
physics focus - MathSciNet
provides access to pure and applied mathematics publications
Additional databases for graduate students and researchers
- IEEE Publications Online (IEEEXplore)
locate IEEE publications including journal articles, conference papers, and technical standards - ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master's theses, as well as over 600,000 full text dissertations and theses - COLOMBO (interlibrary loan)
All McGill students and staff may order materials not available at McGill using COLOMBO.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- ASCE Online Journals
search content of journals - ASCE Civil Engineering Database
search for information about journals, conference papers, books, and standards
4. Selected Internet sites
- McGill Engineering Technical Reports
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- DOAJ
general and civil engineering e-journals from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - enr.com - Engineering News-Record
- ICE - Institution of Civil Engineers
- iCivilEngineer
- Intute: Civil engineering
civil engineering websites chosen by the UK-based Intute consortium - Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory