Subject Guide Civil Engineering and Architecture

Shortened print version of subject guides spatial planning and civil engineering (PDF)

Databases

• RSWB
  Database on spatial planning, urban development, housing and civil engineering. Provides bibliographic information covering 1000 journals since approx. 1975
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  The database contains references on architecture, history of architecture, interior design, preservation and restoration of monuments and historic buildings, and urban planning, based on the holdings of "Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library" at Columbia University, New York City. Contains journal articles from approx. 2,800 journals as well as interviews and book reviews. Reference period: 1934 -, partly 1741 -.
• Civil Engineering Database
  Database on civil engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 100,000 documents, reference period 1970-
• Web of Knowledge - Information on Web of Knowledge
  International bibliographic records of articles with abstracts. Accessible 1945 to present. Contains:
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-expanded)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
• Scopus . - Tutorials
  Sciences, social sciences, engineering sciences
• wiso wissenschaften
  German database in the fields of economics and social sciences; research projects in the social sciences. Order documents via Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery Services. - Help (PDF)
• baufachinformation.de
  Complete list of publications of Fraunhofer IRB Verlag
• Baudatenbanken
  If not obtainable at short notice by document delivery of the library: delivery of article copies within 24 hours by Informationszentrum Raum und Bau (IRB)
• Tiborder-Online
  Catalogue of TIB (Technical Information Library, Hanover) and document delivery (fee charged). Focuses on technical subjects

Electronic Full Texts

Standards

• Perinorm
  Data and information on European and international standards and technical guidelines (amongst others, full texts of valid DIN Standards and VDI Guidelines)
  In case of technical problems please contact webteam@ub.tu-dortmund.de
STLB-Bau Dynamische Baudaten

Law

• Beck-online
  Online database containing: legal texts and commentaries, articles. - Information
• JuraThek
  Large collection of legal texts (without commentaries)

Economics

• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
  Research projects, working papers, abstracts, many full texts. In English

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Links

General

• ViFaTec
  Engineering Subject Gateway, a service of TIB (Technical Information Library, Hanover), including civil engineering
• BauNetz
  Architecture and civil engineering. Enterprises and products
• Bau.de
  Civil engineering. Enterprises, specimen texts, tenders, advertisements
• Baulinks
  Construction technique. Products, software, institutions, legal texts, research
• Altbau und Denkmalpflege-Informationen
  Architects, craftsmen, law, institutions (see also below: Organisations)
• baukunst-nrw
  Guide to architecture and works of civil engineering in North Rhine-Westphalia. Responsible: Architektenkammer NRW, Ingenieurkammer-Bau NRW (see below)

Organisations

• German faculties in civil engineering
• Architektenkammer NRW (Chamber of Architects, North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Ingenieurkammer - Bau NRW (Chamber of Civil Engineers, North Rhine-Westphalia)
• German offices for protection of historical monuments

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