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ASCE Database | ASME Online Journals | Avery Index | Compendex | Environmental Engineering Abstracts | National Technical Information Service (NTIS) | RIBA Catalogue | Technology Research Database | Transport | Water Resources Abstracts | Web of Science

American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Database
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: Indexes and abstracts approximately 3000 serial titles as well as numerous non-serial publications in civil engineering and its complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation Individual journals can be searched or all 32 can be searched at once.
Titles include: Civil Engineering, Journal of Architectural Engineering, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Full Text: Yes
PDF: Yes
Provider: ASCE, CSA
Access: UW Restricted
Note: This is the main resource for topics in civil engineering; it is also useful for some topics in hydrology, environmental engineering, and transportation engineering.

American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Journals
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: Titles include: Applied Mechanics Reviews, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Journal of Mechanical Design, and about 30 others.
Full Text: Yes
PDF: Yes
Provider: ASME
Access: Public
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Time Span: 1930—Present
Coverage: Avery indexes articles in 2,863 journals in the fields of architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: oclc
Access: UW Restricted
Note: Use the Advanced Search mode for best results.

Compendex
Time Span: 1884-Present
Coverage: The combined Compendex, Ei Backfile, Inspec and Inspec Archive databases allow for searching on a broad range of topics within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines. Updated weekly, Compendex contains 9 million records from more than 5,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines and conference proceedings Coverage is from 1969 to present.
Full Text: Yes
PDF: No
Provider: Elsevier
Access: UW Restricted
Note: Search Compendex for the following subjects: Materials Science,

Environmental Engineering Abstracts
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Coverage: Provides citations and abstracts to the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production
Full Text: Yes
PDF: Yes
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
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National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: NTIS is the preeminent resource for accessing the latest U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
Note: NTIS reports are not available with full text online. Consult a librarian about access to them.

RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Library Online Catalogue
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: Architectural Publications Index (API) is compiled by the British Architectural Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London. The RIBA Library Online Catalogue indexes books and 300 journals in its collection, unlike Avery and Art Abstracts which only index journals. The RIBA Catalogue also contains records for the library’s audio-visual, photographic and manuscript collections. It also contains a biographical database of architects.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: RIBA
Access: Public
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Technology Research Database
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: This is a broad-based research database covering many technological disciplines and includes articles from journals and patent abstracts. Titles indexed include: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Bridge Engineering, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Journal of Structural Engineering, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, and Journal of Transportation Engineering.
Full Text: Some
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
Note: All CSA interfaces take some time to connect to full-text.

Transport
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: Combines the following databases: Transportation Research Information Services containing bibliographic citations on surface transportation modes, air transport, and highway safety; International Road Research Documentation containing abstracts on highway research in OECD member countries; TRANSDOC containing abstracts of transportation economics literature.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: Ovid
Access: UW Restricted
Note: This resource provides abstracts only and does not connect directly to full text. Please consult a librarian if you have trouble locating a resource.

Water Resources Abstracts
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: Provides citations and abstracts to the technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use, and management of water resources
Full Text: Yes
PDF: No
Time Span: Varies
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
Note: Included in the Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management database

Web of Science
Time Span: Varies
Coverage: Science Citation Index, 1970—Present; Social Sciences Citation Index, 1975—Present; Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975—Present; one, two or three indexes can be searched at once.
Full Text: Yes
PDF: No
Provider: ISI
Access: UW Restricted
Note: This research database is composed of three subject areas: sciences, social science and arts & humanities; these areas can be searched singly or in combination.



General Purpose Research Databases in Construction Management
Academic Search Complete | Expanded Academic ASAP | ProQuest Databases
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
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Coverage: Scholarly and general interest sources in humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
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Access: UW Restricted
Note: Replaced many of the databases formerly provided by Proquest.

Expanded Academic ASAP
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Coverage: Scholarly and general interest sources in humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
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Access: UW Restricted
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ProQuest Databases
Timespan: 1971—Present
Coverage: Search a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
Full Text: Yes
PDF: Partial
Provider: ProQuest
Access: UW Restricted
Note: discontinued 6/23/2008



Interdiciplinary Research Databases in Construction Management
Business and Economics | Geography | Sociology | Urban Planning


Business & Economics     

Business Source Complete
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Provider: Ebsco
Access: UW Restricted

EconLit
Time Span: 1969—Present
Coverage: The official publication of the American Economic Association. Indexes economics articles in scholarly journals and in collective works (books consisting of collections of essays or individual papers), dissertations, and books. Includes extensive abstracts.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
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ABI Inform
Timespan: 1971—Present
Coverage: Citations to articles in over 1000 journals in business, management, finance, and economics. Useful source of information for city & regional planning, regional and community development, housing, transportation, etc. Citations include abstracts; full text for 500+ journals, including Economic Development Review, Housing Economics, Journal of Housing & Community Development, and Planning.
Full Text: Yes
PDF: Partial
Provider: Proquest
Access: UW Restricted
Note: Proquest databases no longer available




Geography     

Geobase
Time Span: 1980--Present
Coverage: Contains bibliographic citations covering earth science, ecology, geography and marine science.
Full Text: Partial
PDF: No
Provider: elsevier
Access: UW Restricted
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GeoRef
Time Span: 1693-present (U.S.), 1933-present (World)
Coverage: Provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. Database contains citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses; covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present; includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Full Text: Yes
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
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Sociology     

Sociological Abstracts
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Coverage: The best single index for Sociology journal articles; also covers conference papers and dissertations
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Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
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Urban Planning     

Journal of Planning Literature
Time Span: 1999—Present
Coverage: Indexes 400+ journals and provides comprehensive coverage of the city and regional planning literature. Browse and Search functions.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: Sage Publications
Access: UW Restricted
Note: Use Browse for a Table of Contents of each issue going back to 1999.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Time Span: c. 1930—Present
Coverage: Avery indexes articles in 2,863 journals in the fields of architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.
Full Text: No
PDF: No
Provider: OCLC
Access: UW Restricted
Note: Use the Advanced Search mode for best results.

PAIS
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Coverage: Indexing and abstracting for scholarly journals, books, articles in books, some government publications, and other resources; includes German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese sources as well as English
Full Text: Some
PDF: No
Provider: CSA
Access: UW Restricted
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