Construction and Civil Engineering databases

BCIS (Building Cost Information Service)

  • Contains elemental cost analyses for over 17,500 projects across the UK.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

  • Off-air recording and media archive service.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Building.co.uk

  • Established in 1843, Building is a weekly magazine covering the breadth of the built environment, including news, analysis, case studies, careers and regulations.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

BCIS Online Rates Database

  • Online price book data from Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) for estimating the costs of construction projects.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

BSOL (British Standards Online)

  • The British Standards Institute's flagship database of standards.
  • Included in the main library search.

Building Design Online

  • The latest news, analysis, buildings and hard industry data as well as unique video covering the architectural spectrum.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Business Source Complete

  • UK and international business, management and economics issues across a range of sectors including construction, IT, education, and health.
  • Included in the main library search.

Building Types Online

  • This architectural design resource allows you to find photos and technical plans of a large collection of international buildings.
  • Find information on buildings including housing, office buildings, museums, schools, libraries, industrial complexes.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction)

  • The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), is an international network conducting research in the areas of building and construction.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Construction Information Service

  • Access to an index of standards, regulatory and advisory documents for the UK construction industry.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Constructing Excellence

  • Access to the Members Portal providing online access to Constructing Excellence publications, case studies, guidance, task and networking groups and KPIs and benchmarking information.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

CoStar Suite

  • CoStar Suite endeavours to provide a full market inventory of freehold and leasehold properties and spaces, covering the UK, US, and Canada.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

CumInCAD

  • The Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Design (CumInCAD) is a cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

DETAIL Inspiration

  • Provides architects with images and reference details for more than 3,000 projects from the last 30 years of DETAIL.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Digimap

  • Digimap is a collection of services that deliver maps and map data of Great Britain.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

ECONLIT

  • Over 600 journals, collected volumes, books, dissertations, and working papers.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

EGi News/Radius Data Exchange

  • Full text of the Estates Gazette archive from January 1986, as well as property news from March 1996.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Emerald

  • Over 300 peer-reviewed journals covering subjects such as engineering, business and health & social care.
  • Included in the main library search.

Environmental Management

  • UK legislation and guidance documents from over 100 issuing bodies.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

FAME

  • Company accounts, ratios, activities, ownership, and management for the largest 2.6 million UK and Irish companies plus summary information for a further 1 million smaller businesses.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

GreenFILE

  • Well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
  • Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) Virtual Library

  • Access to one of the largest repositories of full-text civil engineering papers in the world.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

i-Law

  • A commercial law database offering specialist commentary and analysis as well as access to some case reports in maritime and commercial law.
  • Includes cases.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

isurv

  • Meets the information needs of the surveying industry, isurv is a comprehensive online service for the surveying profession.
  • One-stop-shop for best practice, legal and RICS guidance, it covers the topics of building surveying, commercial property, construction, estate agency, legislation, planning, rural, sustainability, and valuation.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Knovel

  • Knovel contains over 3,000 electronic books covering a wide range of engineering, transportation, and sustainability topics.
  • Includes Material Property Search and Knovel Data Analytics
  • Included in the main library search.

Landmap

  • Provides UK academia with a high quality spatial data download service which is enhanced and supported by a range of learning material.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

LexisLibrary

  • Covers UK legal materials including cases, legislation, journal articles, and practitioner texts.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

LexisLibrary International

  • International legal materials from a range of sources (cases, legislation, forms & precedents, and secondary materials).
  • Includes cases.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

LexisLibrary News

  • Covers a range of UK news sources including local and national newspapers.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com)

  • Video training for a vast number of software products, IT topics, and design and business skills.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Managing successful projects with PRINCE 2 2009

  • Handbook for project managers, team managers and project support.
  • Includes real-life examples of applying PRINCE2 method, principles, and processes.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Marketline Advantage

  • An international database giving full-text, in-depth reports.
  • Covers 50,000 companies worldwide, 2,000 industries and 215 countries.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

MaterialDistrict

  • MaterialDistrict is the global network in the area of innovative materials.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Nexis

  • Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
  • Includes access to the Financial Times.
  • Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Nexis Company Dossier

  • Global company data, executive information and news information.
  • Sourced from multiple providers to create easy-to-use company reports.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

O'Reilly Online Learning

  • Training guides for those in the field of IT, including developers, web designers and creative professionals.
  • Includes books, videos, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books and video.
  • Included in the main library search.

Passport

  • A business information resource providing intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.
  • Economic data and analysis for the economies of 68 countries, covering 177 industries.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Practical Law

  • Legal know-how covering practice notes, standard documents and drafting notes, and the practical implications of key developments.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Property Week Magazine

  • The leading news magazine in the commercial property market with all the latest information from the industry.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Online

  • An index to articles in over 300 of the world's most respected architectural journals, and details of books and audio visual materials held in the RIBA Library
  • NOT included in the main library search.

RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) Online

  • An index to the Library of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, including books, journal articles, law reports and transcript, websites and audio tapes.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

SAGE Research Methods

  • A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
  • SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
  • Included in the main library search.

ScienceDirect

  • Explore scientific, technical, and medical research from over 1,000 electronic journals.
  • Includes business, economics and social sciences.
  • Included in the main library search.

Scopus

  • The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
  • Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
  • Included in the main library search.

Specify-it

  • An online collection of up to date product catalogues for designers, specifiers and purchasers in construction, civil engineering and process engineering.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Taylor & Francis

  • Provides access to over 2,500 full-text journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
  • Included in the main library search.

Taylor & Francis eBook Collection

  • Provides access to over 400 eBooks published by the Taylor & Francis publishing group.
  • Included in the main library search.

TRADA (Timber Research and Development Association)

  • Includes information on design, specification and use of wood.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Westlaw Edge UK

  • Full-text access to current and historic UK, European Union and worldwide case reports and legislation.
  • Also gives access to the Legal Journals Index, some full text law journals, and many law electronic books.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

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