Finding Information for Civil, Architectural and
Environmental Engineering related Research Areas
(Presentation for CAEE faculty and students, Drexel University)
Jay Bhatt
Dana Denick
Drexel University

Overview
• Engineering Reference Page
• Find Print and Online Books
– Develop background information
• Finding information at the Library
(Example: Sustainable Development)
– Electronic Handbooks and Encyclopedias
– Databases, Journal Articles
– Standards, Codes & Patents
– Statistical Data
• Citations and References
2

Introduction
Engineering Reference Assistance page
http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/refengineer.html

Engineering Reference Assistance

Finding Print and
Electronic Books
CIVE 790/380 - Life Cycle
Assessment I- Intro and
Conventional Process Model
Approach
http://www.library.drexel.edu
/blogs/englibrary/?cat=13
Search here:
Advanced Keyword Searching
http://innopac.library.drexel.
edu/search/X
Try Keyword:
Sustainable Development
Try Civil, Architectural and
Environmental Engineering
Blog entry under ‘Categories’

Finding Electronic Books
Engineering electronic books from ENGnetBASE and other netBASE collections
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?p=127
Try Search:
Green Building

Finding Electronic Books
CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
Try Search:
Green Building

Finding Electronic Books
Using KNOVEL
Knovel - Engineering and
Scientific online
reference books
Try Keyword:
Sustainable
Development

Finding Databases and
Journal Articles
Fundamentals of Engineering
Research Guide
http://www.library.drexel.edu/reso
urces/guides/engineeringguides/?p
age_id=3
Databases:
Engineering Village
Ei Compendex
INSPEC
IEEE Xplore
Web of Science

Finding Databases and Journal Articles
Engineering Village User’s Guide
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/engineeringlibraryinstruction/?p=8
Using Engineering
Village,
Try Keywords:
Green Roof
Click on ‘SFX’ to get
Full Paper when
available
Download citations
to ENDNOTE or
REFWORKS
Create your RSS
feeds for your
research topic.
Or Create your
email alerts using
My Alerts

Finding Databases and Journal Articles
Web of Science
http://www.library.drexel.
edu/resources/guides/eng
ineeringguides/?page_id=
3#keydatabases
Using Web of Science,
Try Keywords:
‘Green Building’
Click on ‘SFX’ to get Full
Paper when available
Download Citations to
either ENDNOTE or
REFWORKS.
Use My Citation Alerts and
Saved Searches to stay up-
to-date.

Finding Databases and Journal Articles
Web of Science Tutorials
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/engineeringlibraryinstruction/?p=201
How do I keep current
with new research
using Web of Science
Database?
What is Citation
Report?
How do I access?
Explore various online
tutorials available.
For example, Web of
Science
Tutorial, Citation
Alerting

Finding Databases and
Journal Articles
Civil, Architectural and
Environmental Engineering
Research Guide
http://www.library.drexel.edu/reso
urces/guides/engineeringguides/?p
age_id=13
Databases:
ASCE Civil Engineering Database
GeoRef

Finding Standards and Codes
Important Resources for Codes and Regulations
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?p=172
See also ‘Finding
Building Codes using
Library Resources’.
Try ‘MAD CAD’.
Standards must be
picked up in person.

Finding Patents
How do I find patents?
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/engineeringlibraryinstruction/?p=10
1. Search for a patent in
USPTO
2. Find its patent
number
3. Go to pat2pdf.org and
get the full patent using
the patent number

Finding Data
Statistical Resources Lexis Nexus
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?cat=11 http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?p=200
Example: Find key data for commonly used “exterior wall materials”

Managing Citations - EndNote

Thank You!
Contact Engineering Librarians for research assistance, group
consultations or help using EndNote.
– Jay Bhatt
Librarian for Engineering
Hours M-F: 9am-6pm
Hagerty Library, Room 132
bhattjj@drexel.edu
215-895-1873
Gmail IM drexeleng
– Dana Denick
Library Assistant for Engineering and Science
Hagerty Library, Room 133
dld58@drexel.edu
Hours M-F: 8am-5pm
215-895-2782