Civil and Structural Engineering: guide
to finding useful resources in the library
Books
You can search for books in the library by looking on the library catalogue.
http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk . See the link to reading lists on the library home page for
books recommended on individual modules.
eBooks
To access the eBook databases go to:
http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/m?web_civeng_ebooks .
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ebrary Academic Complete®: ebrary Academic Complete offers 70,000+ eBooks in
many different academic subject areas.
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Knovel: This engineering eBook database gives you access to hundreds of
engineering textbooks. We subscribe to the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
package.
Summon
This is a search you can do from the library home page of ALL the resources available
(both electronic and paper). The service is called ‘Summon’.
Journals
To search for a specific title go to the Journals link on the library home page and type in
the journal title to see if we have access to the content.
Databases
Use the following databases to find journal articles, technical papers and conference
proceedings to complete your literature review and support your research. You can find
links to them all from the subject support pages on the library home page:
http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/m?web_civeng_databases .
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ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library: A vast collection of industryleading standards and technical engineering information.
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Business Source Complete: This database contains access to scholarly business
journals dating back to 1886. Subject areas it covers include marketing,
management, accounting, finance and economics. Over 300 different titles are
related to Engineering.
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Construction Information Service: This contains journal articles, standards and
documents used by practitioners in construction industry. This includes
publications from Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Transport Research
Laboratory (TRL).
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Engineering Village: Engineering Village is the most comprehensive database for
engineering. You can search for journal articles, technical papers and it also
includes conference proceedings. The material dates back to 1884.
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IEEE Xplore® Digital Library: An excellent resource which allows you access to the
full IEEE / IET Electronic Library (IEL) which contains over 2.6 million full text
documents. High quality technical literature in engineering and technology.
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ICE Virtual Library: Institute Civil Engineers Virtual Library Archive (1836-2001).
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Proquest®: ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry/Global. In-depth coverage of companies,
products, executives, trends and other topics: study and compare specific trades
and industries. Business and financial information.
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Sewerage Risk Management: This is an online version of the 4th edition of the
sewerage rehabilitation manual.
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ScienceDirect: Full text access to over 2,000 journal titles. Many of the important
journals for chemical engineers with the highest impact factor are available in full
text via this database.
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Scopus: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of scientific journals,
books and conference proceedings with nearly 22,000 titles.
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Web of Sciencesm: Web of Science indexes peer reviewed journals. A good
multidisciplinary database.
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Wiley Online Library: Access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals,
hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases.
Health and Safety Information
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Barbour: Full text of a wide range of up to date health and safety documentation,
including legislation, regulations, standards and guidance.
Standards
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ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library: A vast collection of industryleading standards and technical engineering information.
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British Standards Online®: The library has access to all current British Standards in
full text via BSOnline. Eurocodes also included.
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Patents
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Espacenet Patent Search, Esp@cenet: Worldwide coverage from 63 different
countries.
Theses and Research
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EthOS (Electronic Theses Online Service): Look here to find UK PhD theses that
have been digitalised. If full text is not available, try using our Interlibrary Loan
service.
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Bradford Scholars: An online service designed to host the full text of research
materials produced by staff and MPhil/PhD students at the University of Bradford.
Search the library catalogue for MSc dissertations.
Price Information

Spon’s Architects and Builders Price Book (2015) eBook available.
Past Exam Papers
Past exam papers are available via Blackboard. Click on Past Exam Papers under Student
Organisations.
Maps
Digimap®: Digital Ordnance Survey maps UK. Maps can also be downloaded into CAD
software. We also subscribe to Geology Digimap, which gives access to the maps and
data of the British Geological Survey; the Environment Digimap providing access to Land
Cover Maps from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH); and Historic
Digimap providing access to the County. Series and Town Plans from early 1800s to early
1900s, and to National Grid maps from mid-1900s up until the introduction of the OS
digital Land-Line product.
Soilscapes: Soilscapes is a 1:250,000 scale simplified soils dataset covering England and
Wales.
Email Alerts
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Zetoc: This provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of
around 28,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings
published per year. The database covers 1993 to date, and is updated on a daily
basis. It includes an email alerting service, to enable you to keep up-to-date with
relevant new articles and papers.
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Library Language: words and definitions
A glossary of frequently used words in the library. Find the link from the Library home
page and the subject support pages. http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/help/librarylanguage/.
Inter-library loans
The Interlibrary Loans (ILL) service aims to obtain items which are not held in the
University of Bradford libraries and are required to support your studies or research. See:
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/services/interlibrary-loans/.
Help?
Contact Subject Librarian for Engineering
Kirsty Carver email: k.carver@bradford.ac.uk ,
Room 1.5 in Library.
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