Library Resources for Civil Engineering Graduate Students

Library Homepage

• Access all of the Library's web-based resources
• Information about Library services, policies, hours, contacts, more...

Library Catalog: Finding Books and More...

• Look for books and other materials
• Look for journals (by journal title, no access to journal articles)
• Look for supplemental materials for this course

Databases: Finding Articles and More...

• Applied Science & Technology Full Text
  A good starting point for research in engineering journals
• Compendex
  The most comprehensive database for engineering research: articles, conference papers, reports, more; all engineering disciplines and the applied sciences
• GeoRef
  From the American Geological Institute; comprehensive coverage of the geosciences including environmental and engineering geology, hydrology, economic geology, geophysics, petrology, paleontology, marine geology and oceanography, and mineralogy.
• WorldCat
  A huge database based on the catalogs of thousands of libraries. Find more books on your topic.

Also useful:

• ASCE Publications
  Access to ASCE's research journals, 1993 - present.
• ASCE's free Civil Engineering Database (CEDB)
  Access to all ASCE publications (journals, books, conference proceedings) 1970 to present
  You will not be able to get all of the full text in the database. Our electronic access to the research journals starts in the 1990s. For access to earlier journal issues or to other publications, look for the item in the Library Catalog or contact the Engineering Librarian.
• TRIS Online (Transporation)
  From the U.S. Dept. of Transporation and the Transporation Research Board. Journal articles, reports, websites, more.
• Websites by Subject:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Transportation and Highway Engineering

Get Materials Not At This Library

• LINK+
  Borrow books from any of the 40+ LINK+ Libraries
• Document Delivery
  Get books not available through LINK+
  Get articles from journals we don't have
  Borrow other types of materials: reports, dissertations, etc.

Writing a research paper or thesis? Check out these links:

Cal Poly Pomona Masters Thesis and Project Guidelines
Formatting, required signatures, deadlines, more...

Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the use of or passing off of somebody else's work as your own. Don't do it!

Copyright and Fair Use

Use proper citations to document your research:

• Websites by Subject: Style Manuals links to websites for the major style manuals

ASCE Resources for Authors

• ASCE Journal Authors Guide
  Some of the guidelines for preparing figures or mathematics might be useful for thesis writers.
• Quick Guide to Common Types of Referenced Material
  Provides guidelines for references within text and formatting citations for bibliographies.

Library Help: General | Specific | How to Get More Help

Contact the Engineering Librarian:

• Ann Morgan
• Library, 2nd Floor 2334-D
• 909-869-4670
• aemorgan@csupomona.edu

September 29, 2008