Key Resources
- Knovel Library This link opens in a new windowPrimarily e-books, especially handbooks and scientific and engineering reference manuals and data.
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowCombines the citations and full text links of Compendex and Inspec with full text books from Knovel, for a more comprehensive search on computer science and engineering topics.
- ASCE Library This link opens in a new windowSelect full text peer-reviewed journals, e-books, standards, and proceedings from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
- Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new windowUse for citation tracking, finding seminal literature, data visualizations, author alerts, institutional affiliations, and impact factors. Links to full text.
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowDrawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE is an informative resource containing nearly 300,000 records, with full text for selected titles, and searchable cited references with library links for more than 200 additional titles
- Building GreenAn array of media and information resources about green design. Includes Environmental Building News from 1992 to present, a Green Products directory, and 200 high performance buildings case studies.
- Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG)USGBC's centralized platform that integrates hundreds of data sources, including green building certifications, public disclosures, awards, organizations, news and other resources related to sustainable building
- engrxivAn open access preprint server for all areas of engineering
- DETAIL Inspiration This link opens in a new windowImage and reference full-text online database. It contains more than 4,000 international project documentations from the print magazine DETAIL. The database contains detailed project descriptions, drawings, pictures and information on architects and, more recently, manufacturers.
- TRID (Open Access)[Transportation Research] TRID provides access to more than one million records of transportation research worldwide. Replaces TRIS.
Need a book/e-book, video, periodical, or other type of material?
Start with Scholar OneSearch -- One-stop searching for books, e-books, videos, articles, digital media and more. Search local Northeastern collections and global resources - many items available full text online.
Looking for Technical Reports?
- Technical Reports Archive & Image Library (TRAIL)The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes and provides unrestricted access to U.S. government agency technical reports.
You can also browse TRAIL's collections by series using these TRAIL guides.
Need a quick refresh on your research skills?
The library has many more research tutorials on common research questions and skills. To see what else is available, visit the library's Research Tutorials page.
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Interlibrary loan
- ILLIAD log-inNeed a book, book chapter, or article not available at Northeastern? You can request materials that aren't available at Northeastern University Library through ILLIad, our interlibrary loan service.
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- Student Mental Health Guide--Boston Campus
- Faculty Guide -- Supporting Student Mental Health
- Staff Guide--Supporting Student Mental Health
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