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Civil Engineering: Databases

Why Use Research Databases?

Search for scholarly articles by using research databases.
Click the ARTICLES tab on the library home page. Choose a database:
  • By Discipline
  • Alphabetically
  Searches may be limited to scholarly (peer-reviewed/refereed) content only in the general purpose databases.

Research Databases at TCNJ

ASCE Digital Library

The American Scoeity of Civil Engineers digital library is the full-text database of ASCE digital content (journals, proceedings, e-books). It contains all journal articles, published by ASCE from 1983 to present, and proceedings, published by ASCE from 2000 to present.  It also contains ASCE e-books and standards but TCNJ does not have a subscription to these titles.

Compendex

Comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database. Provides citations and abstracts from periodicals, conference proceedings and other sources in many fields including mechanical, civil, chemical, computer and electrical engineering, as well as engineering management.

TRID database

TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services  Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation ) Database. TRID provides access to more than one million records of transportation research worldwide.

ASTM Compass

ASTM Compass is a database of the 82 volumes of standards produced by ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) and the ASTM Digital Library Collection of Journals, Special Publications, Manuals/Monographs and Data Series. The 82 volumes of standards are in a process of constant, rotating revision and will be updated online as revised.

Academic Search Premier

General Purpose Database for Undergraduates.  Provides citations and abstracts to over 4,000 journals covering most academic areas of study including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and women's studies. Approximately two-thirds of the articles are available as full text.