LibGuides: Engineering Information Resources: Civil & Environmental Engineering

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ASCE Library
ASCE Library is the premier clearinghouse for both researchers and practitioners in the field of civil engineering. With more than 200,000 technical and professional articles across 34 journals and 780+ proceedings titles, and a robust book program, ASCE Library delivers the most respected and richest collection of civil engineering content in the world.
ASTM Standards & Engineering Digital Library
MSU Libraries' subscription includes: ASTM Technical standards (found in the Book of Standards), and Digital Adjuncts, and the ASTM Digital Library which includes ASTM Journal articles, Selected Technical Papers, Data Series, Research Reports, Manuals/Monographs, Technical Reports and some Market Intelligence Reports. Also now includes AASHTO Standards, and UNE EN, ISO and IEC content.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The most comprehensive index to journal articles on architecture and design in the United States, including many not indexed by any other source. More than 700 scholarly, popular, professional, regional, and international journals are included to cover architectural design, history and practice, landscape architecture, historic preservation, interior design, city planning and more.
Environment Complete
Environment Complete contains more than 1,957,000 records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,125 active core titles) as well as more than 120 monographs
GeoRef
GeoRef, produced by the American Geological Institute, indexes the world's literature in geology and the geosciences. Its over 1.7 million citations, many with abstracts, cover the geology of North America since 1785 and the geology of the rest of the world since 1933. It scans over 3,000 journals in 40 languages as well as books, maps, and reports. Most U.S. Geological Survey publications and many state geological surveys are indexed, as are U.S. and Canadian theses and dissertations.

JSTOR Sustainability Journals and Research Reports
Explore journals and research reports on environmental stresses and their impact on society. Research spans the Biological Sciences, Business & Economics, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Law, Public Health, Urban Studies, and many other disciplines.

Materials Business File
This database is a comprehensive index to world literature on the business and industry aspect of materials science, engineering, aerospace and advanced technologies. News, product and process developments, plant development and construction, international trade data, government regulations and management issues are all covered.

Shock and Vibration Digest
This bibliographic database provides records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration. Topics include noise, vibration technologies, seismology, experimental mechanics, engineering and other relevant areas.

The index contains records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. This scholarly collection offers unmatched coverage of information spanning a broad range of important areas of shock and vibration study.

TRID
TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to 1.4 million records of transportation research worldwide.

Reference Books

New open textbook: Civil Engineering Tools: Concepts, Applications, and Question Bank

ASCE Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
PDF access to the ASCE 7-22 Minimum Design Loads standard
Building Construction Costs with RSMeans Data
Call Number: TH435 .B84 2025 (Main Library - Ask at the Reference Desk)
Civil Engineer's Handbook of Professional Practice
Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering
Green Building Costs with RSMeans Data
Call Number: TH880 .R75 ed. 15 2025 (Main Library - Ask at the Reference Desk)
Square Foot Costs with RSMeans Data
Call Number: TH435 .M44 2021 (Main Library - Ask at the Reference Desk)
Sustainability Issues in Civil Engineering