Civil Engineering

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, standards, etc.

• Academic Search Complete. Provides full text for over 3,200 scholarly publications.
• ASCE Civil Engineering Database (CEDB). ASCE's CEDB covers bibliographic records of ASCE documents published back to 1958, including journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. Some full-text available.
• Business Source Complete. Provides full text for over 2500 business journals.
• Chemical Data Access Tool (CDAT). Use CDAT to find health and safety information submitted to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including a broad range of health and safety information reported by industry under TSCA Sections 4,5, 8(d), and 8(e), unpublished, nonconfidential studies covering chemical testing results and adverse effects of chemicals on health and ecological systems, health and environmental effects information obtained through the High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge, and recently declassified confidential business information.
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Scientific and Technical Information Network. Access to all unclassified, unlimited documents added from late December 1974 to present, many from 1998 to present in full text.
• DOE Data Explorer. Indexes raw data collections funded in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Energy. Data collections reside at national laboratories, data centers, user facilities, colleges and universities, or the Web sites of professional organizations, consortiums, corporate institutions, or international organizations.
• DOE Information Bridge. FULL TEXT DATABASE. Full-text reports for 1995 to present contracted by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
• Fire Research Information Services (FRIS). FIREDOC database. Made available by the Building and Fire Research Laboratory BFRL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 
• Google Scholar. Beta version, under construction. Indexes scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar includes articles from a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. They rank results based on their relevance criteria.
• IngentaConnect (Formerly UnCover). Coverage is 1988 - Present.
• Maine Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Index (MEMAP). Listing of programs that monitor and assess Maine's environment.
• MasterFILE Premier. Provides full text for over 1,830 general reference, business, consumer health, general science. Full text extends back to January, 1990. Indexing and abstracts is available for an additional 1,000 journals.
• MInd: The Meetings Index. Provides a free databases of future national and international conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.  
• National Standards Systems Network (NSSN).
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Database. Contains over 2.0 million bibliographic records to research reports, computer products, software, video cassettes, audio cassettes and more from the latest research sponsored by the United States and select foreign governments. The complete electronic file dates back to 1964. Most records include abstracts. Full text to research reports may be purchased from NTIS using the links in the bibliographic records.
• National Transportation Library. Subject concentrations include general transportation, surface, and water transportation. Special topics include: bridge construction and maintenance, driver studies, engineering, highways and highway safety, history of transportation, land utilization, marine engineering, mass transit, merchant marine, navigation, oceanography, pipelines, railroads, ships and shipbuilding, statistics, traffic engineering, traffic surveys and forecasts, urban transportation, and waterways One of the NTL’s fastest-growing collections is exclusively digital, serving as a permanent archive for statistical, technical, research and policy documents required by researchers and decision makers and provided to NTL by federal, state, local, tribal and other government agencies. The Library also maintains a sizable law collection. It includes general legal materials, with a specialty in government administration, as well as materials specifically related to transportation law.
• Public Educational Access to Environmental Information in Maine (PEARL). Database of environmental data on Maine lakes. 
• QUAKELINE®. 1987 to present. Produced by Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER).
• Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
• Science.gov 5.0. A free, integrated single-search gateway to reliable science and technology information from 17 organizations within 13 federal science agencies - access to over 200 million pages of scientific information.
• Scirus. produced by Elsevier. Use their advanced search which provides many options for full text searching across a variety of databases.  
• Searchable Physics Information Notices (SPIN). A bibliographic database published by the American Institute of Physics. It is updated every 2 weeks with coverage of all AIP journals and proceedings. Coverage also includes journals from other societies including the Electrochemical Society, Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.
• State of Maine. Department of Transportation.  One interesting section is the Major Planning Studies.
• TechStreet: Technical Information Superstore. Most comprehensive index for engineering standards. Also indexes books, materials physical property data, software and free professional trade magazines.
• Transportation Research Board. Publications Index. 1970's to present. Indexes all NCHRP and TRB publications.
• TranStats: The Intermodal Transportation Database. Database provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. DOT.
• TRANweb: Transportation Article File. Produced by the Northwestern University Transportation Library. Coverage of journals, newsletters and conference papers from 1976 to present. 
• TRID: the TIRS & ITRD Database. TRID is the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation research information. It is produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board of the US National Academies with sponsorship by State Departments of Transportation, the various administrations at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other sponsors of TRB's core technical activities. ITRD is produced by ITRD member organizations under the sponsorship of Joint Transport Research Centre (collectively JTRC) of the International Transport Forum and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and ITRD. TRID covers all modes and disciplines of transportation and contains more than 900,000 records of published research. Over 64,000 records contain links to full-text documents. A Transportation Research Thesaurus is available to download and provide guidance on searching TRID.
• U.S. Dept. of Energy. Scientific and Technical Information.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Makes available many databases that index technical data and research reports. Also review the list of research programs. National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS).
• U.S. Patent database. See also Maine's Patent and Trademark Resource Center.
• U.S.G.S. Water Resources of the United States.

Library Catalogs

• URSUS. University of Maine System catalog.  
• MaineCat. College, university, and major public libraries in Maine.  
• Library of Congress. Online catalog.
• British Library. Catalogue.
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Catalog.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
• Bartleby.com. Dictionaries, thesaurus, quotations, etc.
• Infoplease.com. Encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary and thesaurus in one resource with good science and technology coverage. Nobel and science awards page. 
• Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia.

Educational Resources

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Careers and Pre-College. Student and teacher resources.
• Discover engineering.
• Discovery Channel. Discovery School.  Try the brain boosters.  
• Emporis. News about construction and the real estate market and data on buildings. Especially helpful about skyscrapers.  
• Engineer Girl. The Celebration of Women in Engineering is a special section of the EngineerGirl website providing information and resources for parents, teachers, and other mentors. Original content and collected links help people in each of these groups to encourage girls in math and science and support girls' pursuit engineering careers.
• Engineering your Future.
• Environmental Kids Club. U.S. EPA.
• Frank Potter's Science Gems. Great links to great resources for students, parents, teachers, etc. Sorted by categories and grade levels.
• Free Construction Magazines. Magazines available include Bridge Builder, Structural Engineer
• Future Scientists & Engineers of America (FSEA).
• Geoengineer Website. Free books, technical reports, educational tutorials, photo gallery, etc.
• How Stuff Works.
• Maine Engineering Promotion Council. 
• Math/Science Network. Expanding Your Horizons.         
• National Engineers Week.
• Try Science. Sponsored by the New York Hall of Science.

Engineering News and Innovations

• CE News.
• ENR.com - Engineering News Record.
• News on the Web - Archive. Provides links to U.S. and international newspaper archives that are searchable. Also has links to TV and radio broadcast archives.
• ProQuest Newspapers. Full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Years of coverage vary by title. Maine papers included: Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and selected business coverage from Maine Times (1994-2002) and Central Maine Morning Sentinel (1993-1997).

Maine Resources

• Center for Environmental Enterprise.  Maine's Applied Technology Development Centers.
• Composite Technology Centers. Maine's Technology Centers.
• Maine Association of Professional Soil Scientists.
• Maine Bureau of Highway Safety.
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
• Maine Economic Growth Council.
• Maine Economic Research Institute.
• Maine Engineering Promotion Council.
• Maine Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Index (MEMAP). Listing of programs that monitor and assess Maine's environment.
• Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
• Maine State Planning Office.
• Maine Technology Institute.
• Maine Wood Products Association (MWPA).
• Public Educational Access to Environmental Information in Maine (PEARL). Database of environmental data on Maine lakes.
• Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research.
• State of Maine. Agriculture and Industry.
• University of Maine. Advanced Engineering Wood Composites Center (AEWC).
• University of Maine. Cooperative Extension.
• University of Maine. Construction Management Technology Program (CMT).
• University of Maine. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
• University of Maine. Office of the Vice President for Research.

Federal Resources

• U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). EERE works to strengthen the United States' energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships. EERE manages ten programs, including: Biomass, Building Technologies, Federal Energy Management, Geothermal Technologies, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies, Industrial Technologies, Solar Energy Technologies, Vehicle Technologies, Weatherization and Intergovernmental, and Wind & Hydropower Technologies.

Professional Societies and Research Organizations

• Air and Waste Management Association(A&WMA).
• American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).
• American Concrete Institute (ACI).
• American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).
• ASM International.
• ASTM International.
• Ecological Society of America (ESA).
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI).
• Institution of Civil Engineers. (Great Britain).
• International Code Council (ICC).
• International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
• Materials Research Society. MRS .
• National Institute of Building Sciences.
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE).
• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). The nation's leading regional membership organization promoting sustainable energy solutions; committed to advancing three core elements: sustainable solutions, proven results and cutting-edge development in the field. NESEA's largest programs focus on: Buildings & Renewable Energy and K-12 Education.
• Science.gov 5.0. A free, integrated single-search gateway to reliable science and technology information from 17 organizations within 13 federal science agencies - access to over 200 million pages of scientific information.
• Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI).
• Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST).
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE). A not-for-profit educational and service organization that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women.

Technical Data

• Energy Information Administration. Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government.
• Engineering Fundamentals (EFUNDA). Materials, formulas, mathematics, processes, design, etc.
• Engineers Edge. contains design and technical data, equations, current news, job announcements, links to free trade journals.
• Geoengineering Library Online. Free books, Corps of Engineering manuals and technical reports.
• MatWeb. Complete physical property data on polymers, metals and alloys, and composites.
• Soils Web Site. Produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.  
• Structural Performance Database (PEER). Provides the results of over 400 cyclic, lateral-load tests of reinforced concrete columns. Maintained by the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering.

Company and Product Directories

• Associated Builders and Contractors. Membership Directory.
• Blue Book of Building and Construction. Lists and indexes over 1 million companies and contractors.
• BuildFind.com. Directory of employers. Building industry exchange. Lists many job opportunities in construction, architecture and engineering. Meant to be a business to business service for building products and services. 
• Buildingindex.com.Provides access to suppliers for the construction industry. Also provides access to professional and industry societies.
• Building Materials by McGraw-Hill Sweet's. Searchable database of commercially-available construction equipment and materials, including product specifications and descriptions.
• My Little Salesman (MLS). Clearinghouse for used heavy equipment and trucks.
• 'Specified' Construction Products (4specs.com).Access to over 11,000 manufacturer's web sites.
• ThomasNet Register of American Manufactures. Online version of the popular directory of North American manufacturers. Users may search by product, company name or location. Registration is required but access and searching are free.
• Thomas Global Register Europe. European industrial buying guide.
• Wood Design and Building Magazine. Wood Links. Contains links to products, services, associations, standards and design and construction information.

Internet Directories

• Civil Engineering Virtual Library. from Georgia Tech University
• iCivil Engineer. The Internet for Civil Engineers.
• INFOMINE. Scholary internet resources. University of California, Riverside.
• Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing (EEVL).
• PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway.
• Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory .
• Virtual Library: Transportation.  
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Geotechnical Engineering.  
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Wastewater Engineering.

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 02/05/2013
by Martin Wallace