Civil Engineering Research: Articles / Databases
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 windowThe combined Compendex, Inspec, and GeoRef databases.More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- ASCE Library This link opens in a new windowFull text journals published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary database which provides references to technical literature with links to selected full-text. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowProvides full text access to IEEE and IET publications. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- engrXiv (Engineering Archive) This link opens in a new windowAn open access preprint server for all areas of engineering.More InfoFull-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 windowOne-pass searching of Web of Science citation indexes, BIOSIS Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- JoVE Unlimited This link opens in a new windowA peer reviewed video journal and science education platform. More InfoStreaming Media UB ONLY
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowPartial Full-Text of all Elsevier published journals. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
Other Databases
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine This link opens in a new windowPrimary source materials from the long nineteenth century revealing the rapid acceleration of scientific, technical, and medical knowledge and covering every aspect of science. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
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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, visit the EndNote Basics Guide.
Zotero, an open-source citation management tool similar to EndNote, is also available. For help using Zotero, visit the Zotero Basics Guide.