Civil engineering

Compilation of new acquisitions and electronic resources on the subject of civil engineering

New acquisitions

List of titles on the subject (last and current month)

Journals

List of titles on the subject

Digital textbooks

List of titles on the subject

Databases
A selection of the main databases
- EI Compendex Plus – Database of Engineering Sciences with bibliographical entries and abstracts from journals, books and conference proceedings (since 1987) – Further information
- Transport Database – International database for traffic and transport, produced by the OECD in Paris, together with the TRB (USA) and ECMT (Europe)
- Technology Research Database – Evaluation of 4,000 journals and specialist conferences in the fields of construction, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, space travel, materials and computer science – Further information
- International Civil Engineering Abstracts – Emerald – Evaluation of important international journals in the field of civil engineering, mainly from the USA and Great Britain (since 1976)
Additional databases

Reference works
Selection of the main reference works
- The Civil Engineering Handbook – Comprehensive handbook for civil engineering: building management, infrastructure, structural engineering, hydraulic engineering, surveying, transport
- Structurae – Collection of works of structural engineering, architecture and construction, technical data, originators and images
- Highway Design Manual – Handbook produced by the California Department of Transportation for road-building, continuously updated and annotated with “Design bulletins”
- Handbuch Eisenbahninfrastruktur – Interdisciplinary compilation of all the relevant parameters for constructing, upgrading, repairing and operating railway networks
- Wasserbau: aktuelle Grundlagen – neue Entwicklungen – Presentation of the principles most frequently applied in practice, innovations in dam construction, flood defences and building materials technology
- Baustoffkunde für Ausbildung und Praxis – Systematic descriptions of stone, concrete, metal, plastic, wood, glass, bitumen and asphalt, their properties and applications (11th edition, 2009)
- Urban Transit Systems and Technology – Description of vehicles and systems used in public transport for urban transport planning
Additional reference works

Specialist information
- Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory – Associations, standards, references to all aspects of civil engineering
- International Transport Forum – Global platform of transport ministries, in the interests of better understanding of transport as a key player in the economy and society
- International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories – RILEM – International association to promote knowledge of building materials, load-bearing systems and structures
- Civil engineering news – News on civil engineering from 19 sources by Globalspec (search engine for engineers)

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