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These works, while somewhat older, provide excellent basic information on this topic.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Also check the Need Help? link on our home page of additional subject related aids. Check out our “Patent Research Guide" for excellent links to patents and standards sites. The following are some of the better sites on Civil Engineering.

	American Society of Civil Engineers The major professional society for civil engineers. Their site includes information on the society, its projects and links to related pages.
	ASCE Civil Engineering Publications Databases A comprehensive database for all of the ASCE's publications from 1975 to the present. The database contains over 80,000 bibliographic and abstracted records.
	Bridge Engineering (SC Solutions)
	EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library A great starting point for Internet information divided by subject and resource type.
	FAU Career Guide for Civil Engineering
	FAU Civil Engineering Department
	iCivil Engineer Interesting directory of internet resources.
	LookSmart: Civil Engineering
	Open Directory: Science: Technology: Civil Engineering
	Tenlinks.com Civil Engineering Library

	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journals \| Full Text \| Vendor: ASCE Contents/Info: Provides access to civil engineering journals.
	Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (ASTA) Indexes the latest findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology covering trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full Text coverage begins in 1997.
	Engineering Specialties \| Vendor: CSA Contents/Info: Search multiple databases covering engineering specialties. The CSA family of databases is an excellent choice in this area. It provides us with many databases in all categories of Engineering and Material sciences.
	ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online \| Full Text \| Vendor: CRC Press LLC Contents/Info: Consists of a compilation of essential engineering information, including data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, and charts. It covers the disciplines of general engineering, structural engineering, mobile communications, remediation engineering, optomechanical engineering, measurement, instrumentation and sensors, communications, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, technology management, digital signal processing,environmental engineering, and civil engineering.
	IEEE Xplore:IEEE/IEL Electronic Library \| 1988-present \| Full Text \| Vendor: IEEE Contents/Info: IEEE/IEE Journals, Conference Proceedings, and Standards from 1988 to the present.
	Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Proceedings \| Full Text \| Vendor: Thomas Telford Contents/Info: Thomas Telford and Institution of Civil Engineers titles.
	Materials Business File \| 1985-present \| Vendor: CSA Contents/Info: Materials Business File focuses on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries.
	Web of Science \| 1945-present \| Vendor: Institute for Scientific Information Contents/Info: The online citation index.

REF TH9.S78	Construction Glossary: An Encyclopedic Reference and Manual. J.S. Stein. 1980.
REF TA439.D284 1983	Dictionary of Concrete. T.A. Barker. 1983.
REF TA704.S65	Dictionary of Geotechnics. S.H. Somerville and M A. Paul. 1983.
REF TA710.A15B37	Dictionary of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. J.A. Barker. 1981.
REF T9.N4	Dictionary of Water and Water Engineering. A. Nelson and K.D. Nelson. 1973.
REF TA402.E53 1986 v.1-8	Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering. 1st ed. M.B. Bever, ed.
REF Q123.E497 1987 v.1-15	Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. R.A. Meyers, ed.
REF Q123.M34	McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. 4th ed. S.P. Parker, ed. 1989.
REF Q121.M3 1992 v.1-20	Mc-Graw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: An International Reference Work in Twenty Volumes Including an Index. 7th ed.
REF TD351.V36 1990	The Water Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. F. Van der Leeden 1990.

REF TG145 B15 2000	Bridge engineering Handbook. Chen, Wei. 2000.
REF TA145.C58 1988 v.1-5	Civil Engineering Practice. P.N. Cheremisinoff , 1987-1988.
REF TA151.C57 1995	Civil Engineering Handbook. W.F. Chen, ed. 1995.
REF TA403.H59 1991	Construction Materials: Types, Uses, and Applications. 2nd ed. C. Hornbostel. 1991.
REF TA151.C2 1973	CRC Handbook of Tables for Applied Engineering Science. R.E. Bolz and G.L. Tuve, eds. 1973.
REF TA403.4.P7 1989	CRC Practical Handbook of Materials Science. C.T. Lynch, ed. 1989.
REF TA151.E8 1990	Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals. 4th ed. O.W. Eshbach. 1990.
REF TA775.F675 1990	Foundation Engineering Handbook. 2nd ed. H-Y. Fang. 1990.
REF TA705.G73 1987	Ground Engineer's Reference Book. F.G. Bell, ed. 1987.
REF TA 151.C57 2003	Handbook of Civil engineering. 2nd ed. Chen, W.E. 2003.
REF TA418.74.R63 2000	Handbook of Corrosion Engineering. Roberge, Pierre. 2000.
REF TA403.B73 2002	Materials Handbook. 15th ed. Brady, George S. 2002.
REF T 404.8.C37 2000	Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference. Cardarelli, Francis. 2000.
REF TA151.M34 1990	McGraw-Hill Handbook of Essential Engineering Information – Data. Ganie, Ejup. 1990.
REF TA151.S8 1996	Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers. 4th ed. S. Merritt, ed. 1996.
REF TA635.S77 1990	Structural Engineering Handbook. 3rd ed. E.H. Gaylord, Jr. and C.N. Gaylor, eds. 1990.

REF TA401.A653	Annual Book of ASTM Standards. 1995.
REF KF5701.A73B8	The BOCA National Building Code. 14th ed. 1999.
REF KF5701.D47 1998	Design Guide to the 1997 Uniform Building Code. 1st ed. A. Goldberg. 1998.
REF TH9111.N375 1988 v.1-12	National Fire Codes: A Compilation of NFPA Codes, Standards, Recommended Practices, Manuals and Guides. 1988.
REF TH2031.A84 1988	Ramsey/Sleeper Architectural Graphic Standards. 8th ed. J.R. Hoke. 1988.
REF KF5701.I524 1997	Uniform Building Code. 1997.