Databases for Civil and Environmental Engineering
For a comprehensive literature search, start by searching these databases:
- 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.
- 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 for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
For more discipline-specific articles for civil and environmental engineering topics:
- ASCE Library This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive tool for locating articles of interest across in civil engineering. Access full-text papers from ASCE Journals and Proceedings. Approximately 4,000 new papers added each year. Search the whole library, Journals, ebooks, standards or proceedings only. Includes ASCE Collections on Special Topics!
- Building Green This link opens in a new windowNews and professional articles, including architectural case studies on individual buildings. A knowledgebase on sustainable design practices and green building materials is also included.
- Civil Engineering Database (CEDB)Access to all the publications of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowNote: Not affiliated with NU? Choose the open access version of GreenFILE Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE is an informative resource for anyone concerned about our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles, and also searchable cited references for more than 200 titles.
- PFAS-Tox DatabaseManaged by Northeastern Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Julia Varshavsky, this database includes over 1000 different studies examining the effects of PFAS on health outcomes.
- TRID (Open Access)[Transportation Research] TRID provides access to more than one million records of transportation research worldwide. Replaces TRIS.
- Transportation Research Board Publications (Open Access)Books, reports, and miscellaneous publications of the Transportation Research Board.
Preprint servers:
- engrxivAn open access preprint server for all areas of engineering
- Preprints.org: EngineeringOpen access, multidisciplinary preprint server that includes engineering content
- arXivarXiv is an e-print (electronic preprint) service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. arXiv is owned and operated by Cornell University and is funded by Cornell University, the Simons Foundations, and other member institutions. Learn more about arXiv .
- TechRxivPreprints in technology research. Hosted by IEEE.
Featured Resource: JoVE, The Journal of Visualized Experiments
- JoVE: Journal of Visualized Experiments This link opens in a new windowJournals, but formatted with video, combining high-quality video demonstrations of experiments with detailed text protocols. All content is peer-reviewed and indexed in biomedical databases. Northeastern University has access to all JoVE Video Journals and Science Education subjects.
Find the latest JoVE videos in Engineering (Opens in new window). JoVE articles are indexed in SciFinder-n (Opens in new window).
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