Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch engineering journal databases using Supersearch

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• This quicksearch option searches across a number of science journal databases.
• It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
• To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the SFX button :

Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

• ASCE Research Database search journals published by American Society of Civil Engineers
• Engineering Collection on Informit
• InfoTrac One File on Gale
• ScienceDirect provides full text access to Elsevier journals that Swinburne subscribes plus over 200 titles from Academic Press.
• Scopus world’s largest abstract and indexing database offering you access to 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers
• Wiley InterScience Journals Full text from over 500 journals. Content from Synergy is now included in this database
• TRB Publications Index search material published by Transportation Research Board (US)
  Transportation Research Record available in print (Hawthorn campus PR 625 HIG) and online
• TRIS Online includes all types of transportation research, safety, and operations.
• Web of Knowledge: includes Web of Science (with Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index), Current Contents Connect and Journal Citation Reports. Coverage is available from 1982 onwards.

Browse selected Journals

• Check the Swinburne Library catalogue for individual journal titles. Journals available in electronic format will include a link to the relevant resource. A list of journals relating to engineering is available here and includes links to titles on civil and environmental engineering
• Civil Engineering -fulltext journal available through Academic Search Elite on Ebscohost
• Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  
• Engineering Sustainabilty: proceedings of ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers - UK)
• Roads & Bridges
• Solve CSIRO online magazine showcasing new technology, products, and services
• Waste Management and Research

e-Books (online books)

• Civil Engineering Handbook
• Civil Engineer's Illustrated Sourcebook
• Estimating Building Costs
• Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations
• ENGnetBASE - full text electronic handbooks form CRC Press

See the eBook (online books) Subject Starter Guide for more eBook databases.

Web Directories

• iCivilEngineer a web directory which exclusively indexes and catalogues web sistes related to civil engineering
• Intute - Civil Engineering
• Ultimate civil engineering directory

 

Reference Material

• Advanced Building Technologies and Practices -90 technologies and practices that improve the energy and resource efficiency of commerical and multi-site residential buildings.(Canada)
• eFunda includes engineering fundamentals such as formulas, units, processes

 

Standards

• Australian Standards Online full text of Australian Standards from Standards Australia database.
• Building Code of Australia Full text of the Building Code of Australia

Government Resources

• Dept. of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (Commonwealth) includes material on sustainability, greenhouse and other environmental issues as well as environmental impact assessments, and Australian water fund projects.
• Dept. of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Commonwealth)
• Dept. of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Commonwealth)
• Dept. of Transport (State) includes Urban Land Authority, VicRoads, Melbourne City Link Authority, Docklands Authority, Building Control Commission
• Dept. of Sustainability and Environment (State) includes Environmental Protection Authority, and water authorities

Associations and Organisations

• Engineers Australia: peak professional body for Australian engineers (Formerly IEAUST)
• Australian Water Association
• Cement, Concrete and Aggregates Australia
• Concrete Institute of Australia
• CSIRO Transport and Infrastructure
• ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
• ARRB Group (Formerly ARRB Transport Group)
• ICEnet Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)
• TRL - Transport Research Laboratory -UK research organisation focused on surface transport issues.

Author: Madeline Bruwer and Jo Gillespie