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This guide is intended as a 'starting point' for all students studying any aspect of civil engineering.
General Civil Engineering Resources:
- ASTM Dictionary of Engineering Science & Technology
- Canadian Construction Documents Committee (Construction contracts, forms, guides)
- Civil Engineering Formulas
- Construction Materials Reference Book
- efunda (Online engineering fundamentals)
- Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals
- Handbook for Construction Planning and Scheduling
- Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering
- National Building Code of Canada
- Science Writing Tips
- Specifications for Building Conservation
- Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations
- Steel Designers' Handbook
- Style and Ethics of Communication in Science and Engineering
- Writing in Engineering
Transportation Studies:
- Sustainable Transportation Planning
- Highway Capacity Manual
- Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis
- Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit
- Transportation Land Valuation
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada Strategic Plan 2016-2021
- Guide to Transportation Data
- Transportation Data and Information Hub (Canada)
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Fire Safety Engineering:
- Dictionary of Fire Protection
- National Fire Code of Canada
- Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety
- Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles
- Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles for Oil, Gas, Chemical, and Related
- Fire Hazards of Exterior Wall Assemblies Containing Combustable Components
- Combustion
- ASCE Research Library
- Engineering Village
- GreenFILE (Human impact on the environment)
- IEEExplore
- MathSciNet
- PAIS Index (Public policy)
- Scopus
- SpringerLink Journals
- TRID Transportation Research
- Web of Science
- Carleton University's Thesis Requirements
- Conducting a Literature Review
- So, You have to Write a Literature Review: A Guided Workbook for Engineers
- Dissertations & Thesis Global (North American focus)
- Foreign Doctoral Dissertations (International focus)
- Achieving Success with the Engineering Dissertation
- Sage Research Methods (All aspects of the research process)
- AACE Guide to Cost Estimate Classifications Systems
- Hanscomb's Yardsticks for Costing
- RSMeans (Go to OMNI and search rsmeans and limit to Books on left hand side of page under Resource Type)
- Factiva (Beside search box click on Options, and under Source select All Sources and under Date Range select All Dates)
- Business Source Complete
