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. Reference T10.7 .L67 2000

Charles R. Lord
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 2000.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Building Technology. Reference TH9 .E48 1988

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988.

Encyclopedia of Materials. Online via PITTCat

K. H. Jurgen Buschow, et.al., eds.
New York: Elsevier, 2001.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering. Reference TA9 .M35 1997

Sybil P. Parker, editor-in-chief (2nd ed. Online via PITTCat)
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Reference Q121 .M3 2002

9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Means Illustrated Construction Dictionary. Reference TH9 .M4 2000

John Marchetti, ed.
Kingston, MA: R. S. Means Co., 2000.

VanNostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia. Reference Q121 .V3 1994

8th ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994.

When Technology Fails. Reference TA169.5 .W44 1994

Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.

The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction. Reference TA9 .W44 1997
Felicitas Kennedy
New York: Wiley, 1996.

Handbooks and Manuals

ACI Manual of Concrete Practice. Reference TA439 .A358

Detroit, MI: American Concrete Institute, 2005.

Bridge Engineering Handbook. TG145 .B85 2000

Wai-Fah Chen and Lian Duan, eds.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999.
The Civil Engineering Handbook. Reference TA151 .C57 2003
W. F. Chen and J. Y. Richard Liew, eds.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2003.

CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables. Reference TA151 .C76 2004

Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004.

Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook. TA681 .C743 1997

Edward G. Nawy, editor-in-chief
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997.

Engineer’s Cost Handbook: Tools for Managing Project Costs. Online via PITTCat
Richard E. Westney, ed.
New York: M. Dekker, 1997.

Environmental Law Handbook. Reference KF3775 .E473

14th ed. Washington, DC: Government Institutes, Inc., 1997.

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An Evaluation. Online via PITTCat
Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1995.

Fluid Flow Handbook. TA357 .S35 2002

Jamal Saleh
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures. TA660 .C6G85 1998
Theodore V. Galambos, ed.
5th ed. New York: John Wiley, 1998.

Handbook of Analytical Techniques in Concrete Science and Technology. Online via PITTCat
V. S. Ramachandran and J. J. Beaudoin
Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Publications, 2001.

Handbook of Corrosion Inhibitors. Reference TA418.74 .A75 2001

Michael Ash and Irene Ash
Endicott, NY: Synapse Information Resources,

Handbook of Human Factors Testing and Evaluation. Online via PITTCat

Samuel G. Charlton and Thomas G. O’Brien, eds.
2nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2002.

Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. TD430 .C447 2002

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 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. Reference TE151 .H54 2003
Roger L. Brockenbrough and Kenneth J. Boedecker, Jr., eds.
2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 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. TA166 .O258 1999
Waldemar Karwowski and William S. Marras, eds.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999.

Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers. Reference TA151 .S8 1996

Frederick S. Merritt, ed.
4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations Reference TA332 .S73 2005

Tyler G. Hicks, editor-in-chief
4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal. Reference TD1032 .S73 1998
Harry M. Freeman, ed.
2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.

Structural Engineering Handbook. Reference TA635 .S77 1997

Edwin H. Gaylord, et.al, eds.
4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Structural Design Guide to the ACI Building Code. TA683.24 .S77 1998
Edward S. Hoffman
4th ed. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 1998.

Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook. Online via PITTCat

Roger L. Brockenbrough and Frederick S. Merritt, eds.
3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

Uhlig’s Corrosion Handbook. Online via PITTCat

R. Winston Revie, et.al.
2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 2000.

Wastewater engineering: Treatment and Reuse. TD645 .W293 2003

Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 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. Reference TA666 .W63 1997

Keith F. Faherty and Thomas G. Williamson, eds.
3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Standards

Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Reference TA401 .A653

American Society for Testing and Materials
Philadelphia: ASTM.

Architectural Graphic Standards. Reference TH2031 .R35 2000

10th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 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. http://www.engineeringlicense.com/

(Site managed by NCEES)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) 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 http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/96-fall/choinski.html

Land Surveyor Reference Page 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 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/thermodex/

Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory http://www.tenlinks.com/engineering/civil/

Wastewater Engineering Virtual Library http://www.cleanh2o.com/ww/

DR updated 7/07