Research Guides: Civil Engineering: Databases and Links

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General Databases and Links

Below are some of are largest and best STEM databases. If you need to do a broad or comprehensive search these are good places to start.

AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Provides access to all the articles with illustrations from the most recent edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, over 110,000 definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Science and Technology, biographies, and the latest Science News® headlines... more.
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Applied Science & Technology Full Text This link opens in a new window
10/1983-present. Search articles, interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, and new product reviews on the subjects of engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology...more.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The IEEE Xplore Digital Library is the premier database for research in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science and related disciplines. Includes IEEE Spectrum (1964-present). Use the Citation Search to locate a known item....more
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Some 1788-present. Search one of the largest abstract and citation databases for scholarly materials on science, engineering, technology, and medicine along with some social sciences and humanities. Similar to Web of Science…..more.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
1990-present. WOS consists of three databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded, all of which are citation indexes. Together these index thousands of scholarly research journals from hundreds of disciplines. Do a Cited Reference search or a Topic search....more.

Specialized Databases and Links

Looking for Civil Engineering specific databases and links? These are great places to start.

Other good Civil Engineering specific databases can be found here by going to the library homepage. Here are the steps to find them:

Go to https://slu.edu/library
Scroll down and click the Databases tab
Under "Doing Research On" choose "Aviation & Engineering"
Click Search

ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and full-text access for journals published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Research areas include bridge engineering, geomechanics, transportation, law, urban planning, surveying, water resources and more....more.
NTIS National Technical Reports Library This link opens in a new window
1921-present. Search scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related research reports sponsored by the U.S. government and international sources but carried out by organizations such as research centers, universities, and organizations….more.
TRID: The TRIS and ITRD Database This link opens in a new window
1960s-present. TRID is a combination of TRIS (Transportation Research Information Services) that indexes published information about transport and transport research in the US and ITRD (International Transport Research Documentation) database that indexes published information about transport and transport research worldwide....more.