Civil Engineering Research: Articles / Databases

Last Updated: Feb 19, 2024 11:01 AM

Use the databases listed below to search for and find articles on topics in civil and structural engineering. Major multidisciplinary databases are listed first followed by engineering-focused databases. There will be some overlap in these databases, but they will also all have unique materials in them.

Engineering Databases

Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
The combined Compendex, Inspec, and GeoRef databases.More Info
Partial Full-Text UB ONLY
ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
Full text journals published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database which provides references to technical literature with links to selected full-text. More Info
Partial Full-Text UB ONLY
TRID Database This link opens in a new window
Transportation-related research. More Info
PUBLIC
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Provides full text access to IEEE and IET publications. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
OnePetro This link opens in a new window
Collection of technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. More Info
UB ONLY
engrXiv (Engineering Archive) This link opens in a new window
An open access preprint server for all areas of engineering.More Info
Full-Text PUBLIC

Another resource to consider is Transportation Research Record Online

Full text online from volume 2203 (publication year 2011) onward. Older volumes are available in print; you can request that articles from these volume be scanned and sent to you using Delivery+.

Major Multidisciplinary Databases

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
One-pass searching of Web of Science citation indexes, BIOSIS Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more. More Info
Partial Full-Text UB ONLY
JoVE Unlimited This link opens in a new window
A peer reviewed video journal and science education platform. More Info
Streaming Media UB ONLY
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
Partial Full-Text of all Elsevier published journals. More Info
Partial Full-Text UB ONLY

Other Databases

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials from the long nineteenth century revealing the rapid acceleration of scientific, technical, and medical knowledge and covering every aspect of science. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY

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Engineering Librarian

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Citation Management Software

UB has a site license to EndNote, software that allows you to collect, store, organize, retrieve, and automatically format references to journal articles, books, patents, and more in your papers.

For help using EndNote, click here for the EndNote Basics Guide here. The Guide contains descriptions of features, PDF downloads, and videos on how to use EndNote effectively.

For more help, contact Erin Rowley, Engineering Librarian, epautler@buffalo.edu.