Civil and Architectural Engineering 

Thinking of words

. . . using dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations

Concise Dictionary of Environmental Engineering (Science Reference GE10 .P36 1996)

Dictionary of Environmental and Civil Engineering (Science Reference TD9 .W43 2000)

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering (Science Reference TA9 .M35 1997)

Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction (Science Reference TA9 .W44 1997)

Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction: English/Spanish; Spanish/English (Science Reference TA9 .K46 1996)

Gaining an Overview

. . . using encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, textbooks, yearbooks

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Vibration (Science Reference TA355 .E539 2002)

Handbooks

Building Construction Cost Data (Science Reference TH435 .B84 1996)

Civil Engineering Handbook (Science Reference TA 151 .C57 2003)

Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook (Science Reference TA705 .D325 2000)

Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations (Science Reference TA332 .H35 2007)

Handbook of Statistical Methods for Engineers and Scientists (Science Reference TA340 .H34 1998)

Highway Design and Traffic Safety Engineering Handbook (Science Reference TE175 .L36 1999)

HVAC Handbook (Science Reference TH7011 .A4 2000,I-P)

Interior Cost Data (Science Reference TH435 .I576 1997)

Practical Foundation Engineering Handbook (Science Reference TA775 .P725 2001)

Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers (CD ROM TA151 .S8 1999)

Transportation Planning Handbook (Reference HE152.5 .T73 1999)

Finding current information

. . . using databases & indexes, alerting services (some may require free registration), journals to browse

Academic Search Premier -

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s. Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text. Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available.

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers Journals -

Coverage: Most journals articles are available full text from 1990 to the present, and abstracts of conference proceedings are available from 2003 to the present. Brief Description: ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online search interface for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. Tools Available: An online list of journals is available.

Compendex -

Call Number: Science Reference Z5851 .E62 [Engineering Index] Coverage: 1969 to present Brief Description: Compendex is the world's most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, providing abstracting and indexing of more than 5,000 international journals, conference proceedings, and trade publications in the fields of engineering, technology, and computer science. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Engineering Index 1892-1997 [Compendex]. Tools Available: Compendex Thesaurus Compendex Source List Database Help and Training Materials My Profile (Manage Saved Searches and Search Alerts) Ask An Expert (Contact Linda Hall Library Staff or Compendex Engineers)

United States Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge -

Coverage: 1994 to present Brief Description: Offers full-text access to DOE-sponsored report literature produced by the DOE and the contractor research and development community, 1994 to present. Contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy and other similar topics. Tools Available: Online Help is available

IngentaConnect -

Coverage: 1988 to present Brief Description: Billed as "one of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online" IngentaConnect is an aggregator database providing access to the tables of contents from more than 30,000 popular, trade, and scholarly journals.

Discovering books

. . . using library catalogs, bibliographies

IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog) -

Brief Description: Search Helmke Library's online catalog to find books, electronic resources, periodicals (scholarly journals, popular magazines, or newspapers), government publications, music CDs, videorecordings (DVDs, VHS), and other library materials. Tools Available: Searching IUCAT Tutorial How Do I Use IUCAT Guides

WorldCat -

Brief Description: Provides access to the OCLC database with more than 1 billion bibliographic records for materials in all formats. Tools Available: Online tutorials are available.

Checking facts

. . . using almanacs, statistics

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standards (Science Reference TA401 .A64)

Crossing boundaries

. . . using subject headings, call numbers, syndetic structure

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule Q: Science

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule T: Technology