Civil and Environmental Engineering
Find research articles and news
Articles often contain new data/information (primary articles) or summarize the current state of the field (review articles). They are typically written for expert audiences and assume a certain degree of technical expertise. The databases that index these articles can vary in terms of their specificity. See below for some examples of databases relevant for Civil and Environmental Engineering.
General Science
These databases will contain articles spanning a broad range of scientific fields.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIndex to articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines.Search by cited reference, topic, author, and more. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1900-present; and Science 1900-present.
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus is an indexing and abstracting database of peer-reviewed scholarly content covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities, comparable to the Web of Science. Scopus allows for the discovery, tracking, and analysis of scholarship that includes: journal articles, conference proceedings, trade magazines, book series, books and book chapters, and patents.
Use Scopus to:
• Search for documents by topic, title, author, or institutional affiliation
• Perform citation searches and establish citation alerts
• Export citations to reference management systems
• View impact metrics for authors and journals
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
These databases will focus in more specifically on civil/environmental engineering topics.
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Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowComprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.
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SciTech Connect This link opens in a new windowReplaces DOE Information Bridge and Energy Citations. Citations, and some full text, of US DOE research and development reports.1943-present.
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AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
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CAB Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCAB focuses on international development - providing access to the world’s applied life sciences literature, 1973 to present.
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Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database This link opens in a new windowCollection of databases that index journal articles, book chapters, reports, conference proceedings, news, some in full text, published in the fields related to aquatic science, oceanography, water resources. See note for more detail. Varying coverage dates.
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Environment Index This link opens in a new window
Citations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950s- present.
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SAE Mobilus This link opens in a new windowOver 207,000 publications from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
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Transportation Research International Documentation (TRID)Combines the records from the Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Information Services and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre's International Transport Research Documentation databases. TRID provides access to more than 1.2 million records of worldwide transportation research
Finding Full Text
Citation databases do not always provide access to the full text of the articles they index. Try these steps to locate full text:
- Look for links (HTML, PDF) or click
to see full text options - Check that the Libraries subscribe to the journal by searching the Publication Finder for the journal title
- Request an electronic copy of an article unavailable online through UMass via Interlibrary Loan
Open Access Preprints and Publications
Preprints are a form of academic journal article that have NOT yet been peer-reviewed. Preprints are often used to get new ideas/data out into the academic world more rapidly. As such, they can be useful in highlighting potential burgeoning areas of research. However, it is important to note that the final article may undergo some revision after peer-review (assuming it is to be formally published in a traditional journal).
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agriRxivagriRxiv (CABI) is a preprint database covering agricultural science.
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EarthArXivEarthArXiv is a preprint database covering earth science.
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engrXivengrXiv is a preprint database covering all fields of engineering.
