Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering:
A Guide to Selected Resources
This is a list of selected information resources in the field of civil engineering. It is not intended to be comprehensive. Please
consult a reference librarian for advice on the best sources and search strategy for your specific topic.
Bibliography
Guide to Information Sources in Engineering.
Charles R. Lord
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 2000.
Reference T10.7 .L67 2000
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Building Technology.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988.
Reference TH9 .E48 1988
Encyclopedia of Materials.
K. H. Jurgen Buschow, et.al., eds.
New York: Elsevier, 2001.
Online via PITTCat
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering.
Sybil P. Parker, editor-in-chief
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Reference TA9 .M35 1997
(2nd ed. Online via PITTCat)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Reference Q121 .M3 2002
Means Illustrated Construction Dictionary.
John Marchetti, ed.
Kingston, MA: R. S. Means Co., 2000.
Reference TH9 .M4 2000
VanNostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia.
8th ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994.
Reference Q121 .V3 1994
When Technology Fails.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
Reference TA169.5 .W44 1994
The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction.
Felicitas Kennedy
New York: Wiley, 1996.
Reference TA9 .W44 1997
Handbooks and Manuals
ACI Manual of Concrete Practice.
Detroit, MI: American Concrete Institute, 2005.
Reference TA439 .A358
Bridge Engineering Handbook.
Wai-Fah Chen and Lian Duan, eds.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999.
TG145 .B85 2000
The Civil Engineering Handbook.
W. F. Chen and J. Y. Richard Liew, eds.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2003.
Reference TA151 .C57 2003
CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004.
Reference TA151 .C76 2004
Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook.
Edward G. Nawy, editor-in-chief
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997.
TA681 .C743 1997
Engineer’s Cost Handbook: Tools for Managing Project Costs.
Richard E. Westney, ed.
New York: M. Dekker, 1997.
Online via PITTCat
Environmental Law Handbook.
14th ed. Washington, DC: Government Institutes, Inc., 1997.
Reference KF3775 .E473
Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An Evaluation.
Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1995.
Online via PITTCat
Fluid Flow Handbook.
Jamal Saleh
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
TA357 .S35 2002
Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures.
Theodore V. Galambos, ed.
5th ed. New York: John Wiley, 1998.
TA660 .C6G85 1998
Handbook of Analytical Techniques in Concrete Science and Technology.
V. S. Ramachandran and J. J. Beaudoin
Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Publications, 2001.
Online via PITTCat
Handbook of Corrosion Inhibitors.
Michael Ash and Irene Ash
Endicott, NY: Synapse Information Resources,
Reference TA418.74 .A75 2001
Handbook of Human Factors Testing and Evaluation.
Samuel G. Charlton and Thomas G. O’Brien, eds.
2nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2002.
Online via PITTCat
Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies.
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.
TD430 .C447 2002
Highway Capacity Manual.
Reference HE336 .H48H54 2000
Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2000.
Highway Engineering Handbook: Building and Rehabilitating the Infrastructure.
Roger L. Brockenbrough and Kenneth J. Boedecker, Jr., eds.
2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Reference TE151 .H54 2003
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
Washington, DC: U. S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2003.
The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook.
Waldemar Karwowski and William S. Marras, eds.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999.
TA166 .O258 1999
Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers.
Frederick S. Merritt, ed.
4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Reference TA151 .S8 1996
Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations
Tyler G. Hicks, editor-in-chief
4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Reference TA332 .S73 2005
Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.
Harry M. Freeman, ed.
2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Reference TD1032 .S73 1998
Structural Engineering Handbook.
Edwin H. Gaylord, et.al, eds.
4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Reference TA635 .S77 1997
Structural Design Guide to the ACI Building Code.
Edward S. Hoffman
4th ed. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 1998.
TA683.24 .S77 1998
Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook.
Roger L. Brockenbrough and Frederick S. Merritt, eds.
3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Online via PITTCat
Uhlig’s Corrosion Handbook.
R. Winston Revie, et.al.
2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 2000.
Online via PITTCat
Wastewater engineering: Treatment and Reuse.
Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
TD645 .W293 2003
Water Measurement Manual.
http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/hydraulics_lab/pubs/wmm/
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 2001.
The Wiley Engineer’s Desk Reference: A Concise Guide for the Professional. Reference TA151 .H424 1998
Sanford I. Heisler
New York: J. Wiley, 1998.
Wood Engineering and Construction Handbook.
Keith F. Faherty and Thomas G. Williamson, eds.
3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Reference TA666 .W63 1997
Standards
Annual Book of ASTM Standards.
American Society for Testing and Materials
Philadelphia: ASTM.
Reference TA401 .A653
Architectural Graphic Standards.
10th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Reference TH2031 .R35 2000
Indexes
*Locate under “finding Articles” by clicking “Looking for a particular database.”
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Electronic Journals*
Provides electronic access to all ASCE publications. Indexing coverage of database is 1973 to present, full-text
coverage from 1999.
Compendex.*
This database provides international coverage of the literature of the engineering field. It is the electronic equivalent
of the print Engineering Index. Indexing coverage is from 1970 to present. It provides citations with abstracts to
articles in over 2,600 scholarly journals, technical reports and conference papers and proceedings.
Knovel Engineering and Scientific Online References*
This database provides full-text access to some of the important engineering reference handbooks, databases, and
conference proceedings. It also provides tabular and graphical data, facts, figures, formulas, illustrations, equations
and definitions to terminology in the field. Links to PDF full-text content.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)*
The NTIS database is the core resource for accessing unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international
government agencies. It provides immediate access to over citations for over 2 million critical reports from more
than 240 U.S. government agencies. Also includes some critical reports from the U.K., Japan and Germany.
Indexing is from 1899 to the present.
Quakeline Database
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/utilities/quakeline.asp
Produced by the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, this free database indexes
publications on earthquakes, earthquake engineering and related topics from 1987 to the present.
Scopus*
This database focuses on scientific, technical and medical information, indexing more than 13,000 journal titles. It
provides indexing, linking to full-text sources, cited reference searching and an alerting service. Indexing coverage
is from 1966 to the present.
Web of Science*
Provides searching capability to ISI’s 3 citation indexes, including Science Citation Index. Indexes over 8,000
scholarly journals from 1992 to the present. Users can search citation data looking for other journal articles which
cite a known item. Some links to full-text articles.
Professional and Trade Associations & Organizations
Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET)
http://www.abet.org/
American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
http://transportation.org/
American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
http://www.aihydro.org/
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
http://www.asce.org/asce.cfm
American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE)
http://www.highwayengineers.org/
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
http://www.awra.org/
Asphalt Institute
http://www.asphaltinstitute.org/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/
Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF)
http://www.cerf.org/
Construction Specifications Institute
http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/index.asp
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
http://www.eeri.org/
Environmental & Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
http://www.eegs.org/
Ground-water Remediation Technologies Analysis Center (GWRTAC)
http://www.gwrtac.org/
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
http://www.ite.org/
National Bridge Research Organization (NaBRO)
http://www.nabro.unl.edu/
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
http://www.nspe.org/
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers
http://www.pspe.org/
Professional Engineering Licensure.
(Site managed by NCEES)
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
http://www.engineeringlicense.com/
http://www.swe.org/
State Board (Pennsylvania) of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=432715
Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
http://www.seinstitute.org/
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
http://www.trb.org/
United States Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.usace.army.mil/
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
http://www.dot.gov/
United States Geological Survey Water Resources
http://water.usgs.gov/
Other Useful Internet Resources
Building and Fire Research Laboratory (NIST)
http://www.fire.nist.gov/
Center for Sustainable Systems
http://css.snre.umich.edu/
Civil Engineering—Virtual Library
http://www.ce.gatech.edu/WWW-CE/
The Disaster Research Center (DRC)
http://www.udel.edu/DRC/
FreeCalc.com
http://www.freecalc.com/
Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN)
http://www.clu-in.org/
iCivilEngineer.com: The Internet for Civil Engineers
http://www.icivilengineer.com/
Internet Resources for Highway Engineering
Land Surveyor Reference Page
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/96-fall/choinski.html
http://www.lsrp.com/mainind.html
National Transportation Library: Digital Collections
http://ntl.bts.gov/digital_collection.cfm
Allows browsing and downloading of digital manuals and reference materials.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Publications http://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/pricelist.pdf
This site provides online links to many PENNDOT publications.
Thermodex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks
Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory
Wastewater Engineering Virtual Library
DR updated 7/07
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/thermodex/
http://www.tenlinks.com/engineering/civil/
http://www.cleanh2o.com/ww/