Research Guides: Resources for Civil Engineering: Find Articles

Looking for Research Articles?

To find articles on a current topic in engineering, check out one of these databases. Magazine and journal articles are usually published more quickly than books and other information, so they are most useful for finding recent information.

Remember, these databases are only for use by University of Louisiana at Lafayette students, faculty and staff. Use your ULID and password to access from off-campus.

Dupré Library - Reference Online Center (ROC)
The library's Reference Online Center has many other databases listed, from general to specific.
Dupré Library - Databases
See a complete list of databases
Dupré Library - Databases on Engineering
Find database on the subject of engineering

ABI/INFORM Collection | ProQuest **
includes important full‐text journals and much sought after titles from key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports
Academic Search Complete | EBSCO **
Full text coverage and indexing of scholarly journal, magazine and newspaper articles for most academic disciplines.
Credo Reference **
Full text, online reference sources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, quotations, and bilingual dictionaries. Content pages also include news, images, and videos.
Dissertations & Theses Global | ProQuest **
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.
Engineering Village
includes over 17 million peer-reviewed and indexed publications; articles in press from 1,261 journals.
GreenFILE | EBSCO **
Full text coverage of scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles offering well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Topics include: global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library ** [see Note]
comprises over 160 journals, over 1,200 conference proceedings, more than 3,800 technical standards, over 1,000 eBooks and over 300 educational courses
Momentum Press Engineering eBooks iG Library **
eBooks in Civil Engineering
ThomasNet **
A searchable platform for manufacturers, distributors, and service providers in the U.S. and Canada. Researchers can access product sourcing information, downloadable CAD drawings, industry news, and white papers.

- Vendor: Thomas Publishing Company
- Subjects: Business & Economics, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Economics & Finance, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering, Petroleum Engineering
ScienceDirect **
home to almost one-quarter of the world's peer-reviewed full-text scientific, technical and medical content; trusted source of over 2,500 journals and more than 33,000 books
Science & Technology Collection | EBSCO **
Contains over 800 leading full text journals; this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications
Web of Science Core Collection
Comprehensive index to the top scientific and scholarly research journals in the world. The collection includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Collection Index and Science Citation Index.
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What is a Database?

View this helpful video, Article Databases in Five Minutes, created by NCSU libraries. It provides an overview of article databases and key features for searching article databases effectively.