Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Palaj,
Gandhinagar - 382355 | Gujarat | India
Tel: + 91-79-2395 2431
Email: librarian@iitgn.ac.in & libraryservices@iitgn.ac.in
This resource guide serves as gateway to scholarly resources in the area of Civil Engineering and related subjects. Resources listed here include those that are accessible through our library and also on the web. It enable you to access from one point, the resources such as books, print and e-journals, popular magazines, databases, theses and dissertations and other web based resources. This guide by no means is a comprehensive list, but serves as a useful starting point. We strive to add newer resources and keep the entire range of resource lists updated from time to time.
We request your active participation in making this resource guide as most useful starting point for scholarly resources in the discipline and request for your comments and suggestions.
AWARDS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
BLOGS
CONFERENCES
DICTIONARIES
DISCUSSION FORUMS
E-PRINT ARCHIVES
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
HANDBOOKS
NEWSLETTERS
ONLINE PATENT DATABASE
OPEN COURSEWARE
OPEN TEXTBOOKS
OTHER WEB RESOURCES
PRINT JOURNALS
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY
SEARCH ENGINES (SCHOLARLY)
SOCIAL NETWORKS (ACADEMIC)
SOFTWARES
STANDARDS AND CODES
TABLE OF CONTENT SERVICES (TOC)
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
VIDEO SOURCES
WELL-KNOWN ENGINEERS
RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY
Print Location: Library Stack Area
Library at IIT Gandhinagar has sizable collection of books and reading materials on Civil Engineering and most of these materials are classified under the following Class Numbers
- 624 Civil Engineering
- 625 Engineering of Railroads & Roads
- 627 Water Resources (Hydraulic) Engineering
- 629 Sanitary Engineering
- 690 Construction Engineering
- To locate the books on Civil Engineering available in the Library, please search into Library WebOPAC
- To browse the selected list of Civil Engineering books, you may click here.
Print Location: Library Circulation Desk
Library compiles & provides a list of books recommended by the faculty members for courses being taught during a semester. These books are usually placed under Course Reserve- CR and Short Loan-SL. Such a list of books for the current semester is given here.
Print Location: Library Circulation Desk
Library has a fast growing collection of CDs and DVDs. These collections are organized separately and are available for viewing inside the library and may also be borrowed (restricted) as per your borrowing privileges. (Link). To browse the list:-
Print Location: Periodical Section
Library subscribes to good number of periodicals (Journals and Magazines) in print. These periodicals are separately displayed in alphabetical order in the periodical section of the Library. Older issues are available for borrowing as per the circulation privileges.
The list of these periodicals is available here
Print Location: Reading Area
Library has sizable collection of Reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, manuscripts, maps, yearbooks and directories etc. These collections arranged in reading area of the Library.
- To browse the list of reference materials on Civil Engineering, user may click here
Print Location: Online & Print
Library has subscription to Indian Standard Codes (CD/ROM version) collection in Civil Engineering. This collection is hosted and regularly updated on a separate server accessible on the campus network. To access, visit here.
Library preserves one copy each (print & electronic) of every M. Tech. dissertation and PhD thesis submitted to the Institute. You may access these through library OPAC & Digital Repository.
Following Theses are freely available
- Australian University Theses & Dissertations
- Ethos: Electronic Theses Online Service (British Library. UK)
- NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
- OpenThesis: Theses and Dissertations
- PQDT OPEN: ProQuest Digital Theses
- ShodhGanga, India
- Theses - MIT, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Print Location: Library Stack Area
- Bickel, J. O., Kuesel, T. R. and King, E. H., (1996). Tunnel engineering handbook. Boston: Springer
Acc. No.: 008650 Call No.:624.193 BIC
- Chen, W. F. and Duan, L. (Eds.). (2014). Bridge engineering handbook. construction and maintenance (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Acc. No.: 007948 Call No.:624.2 BRI
- Chen, W.-F. and Lui, E. M. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of structural engineering (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Acc. No.: 007959 Call No.:624.1: HAN
- Fintel, M. (Ed.). (1985). Handbook of concrete engineering (2nd ed.). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Acc. No.: 008625 Call No.:624.1834 FIN
- Look, B. (2014). Handbook of geotechnical investigation and design tables (2nd ed.). Netherlands: CRC Press
Acc. No.: 009160 Call No.:624.151 LOO
- Nawy, E. G. (2008). Concrete construction engineering handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Acc. No.: 009809 Call No.:624.1834 NAW
- Chakrabarti, A. and Menon, D. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook on seismic retrofit of buildings. Oxford: Alpha Science International. Ltd.
Acc. No.: 002789 Call No.:624.1762 CEN
- Khanna, P. N. (1985). Indian practical civil engineers handbook. New Delhi: Universal Book Stall.
Acc. No.: 015437 Call No.:624.023954 KHA
- McMillan, G. K. and Considine, D. M. (Eds.). (1999). Process/industrial instruments and controls handbook (5th ed). New York: McGraw Hill.
Acc. No.: 005852 Call No.:629.8 PRO
- Naeim, F. (2001). Seismic design handbook. Boston: Springer
Acc. No.: 007958 Call No.:624.1762 SEI
Engineering Dictionary covers thousands of definitions of engineering terms and phrases encountered in a range related fields.
Selected list of web based open accessible Encyclopedias
- CIVILICA: Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering
- DiracDelta Science & Engineering Encyclopedia
- Infoplease.com
- New World Encyclopedia: Civil Engineering
Provides over 9327 academic peer-reviewed e-books, and other documents with links to the full text of the publication at the publisher website.
These are the electronic books freely accessiable
- Directory of Open Access Books: DOAB
- e-Book Engineering Core (EBSCO)
- EOLSS - Encyclopedia Life Support Systems (UNESCO)
- GALILEO Open Learning Materials
- HathiTrust Digital Library
- McGraw Hill Access Engineering
- MERLOT
- Million books project
- OAPEN
- Project Gutenberg
- Teaching Commons Open Educational Resources
- The National Academies Press
- UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004
- University Press ebooks, Purdue University
- World eBook Library
Free Engineering Books Contains links to various online engineering textbooks, online notes and reference materials on various engineering topics such as computer, electronics, civil, mechanical, chemical, instrumentation and many more.
A collaborative electronic book repository supported by 60 academic and research libraries. It provides free access to books, serials, standards, theses, etc.
Internet Archive is nonprofit digital library providing the free public access to collection of digitized materials, including websites, music moving images and public domain books.
A digitization project of books initiated by Carnegie Mellon University. It provides access to over 1.5 million e-books to the readers.
Project Gutenberg offers over 46,000 free ebooks, user can choose among free e-pub format books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
A free bibliographic database offering over 200,000 records of all publications by American Society of Civil Engineers.
This (bibliographic only) database provides access to literature from over 45,000 journals published all over the world.
Connecting Repositories aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public.
Print Location: Periodical Section
Apart from major e- journal collections, Library also subscribes to following journals in print + online on the subject.
- Civil Engineering Magazine
- Concrete International
- Earthquake Engineering Practice
- Earthquake Spectra
- Indian Concrete Journal
- Indian Geotechnical Journal
- ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology
- Structural Concrete Journal of the FIB
- Structural Engineering International, IABSE
ASCE Library is a comprehensive full text database which covers research articles on all disciplines of civil engineering subject. Currently, library provides access to only journals collection.
It is a database of significant, publicly-funded research and development literature, photographs, data, and software in earthquake, structural, and geotechnical engineering. Read more...
- ACI Materials Journal
- ACI Structural Journal
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal
- Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Concrete International
- Earthquake Spectra
- Geotechnical Testing Journal
- Geotechnique
- Journal of Progress in Physical Geography
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering
- Structural Concrete Journal of the FIB
- Structural Engineering International, IABSE
An online directory that indexes and provides access to 10,000 + high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals covering all disciplines.
This is a platform which hosts publications of Elsevier & associates and is a leading full-text database offering journal articles, e-books etc. Library subscribes to selected list of core titles falling under five major subject collections i.e.: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics and Astronomy.
Library has access to over 1750 peer reviewed full-text journals published Springer, which includes good number of journals in the area of Physics
This is a comprehensive list of E-Journals dealing with Civil Engineering & related subjects which are subscribed by the Library. List available here
engrXiv (engineering archive) is dedicated to the dissemination of engineering knowledge quickly and efficiently. It covers areas like aerospace, chemical, electrical and computer, mechanical, operations research, systems and industrial, biochemical and bimolecular, civil and environmental, materials, nuclear and others. It is managed by engineering librarian community.
TABLE OF CONTENT SERVICES (TOC)
JournalTOCs provides table of contents (TOCs) from over 26,000 journals in all subjects. User can search for journals, set the email based alerts, and view the latest TOC for each journal and link to the full text.
This is an open access textbook publishing initiative established by State University of New York libraries and supported by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants.
BIS is the National Standards body of India, Library subscribes standards from Civil Engineering Division (CED). Read more...
Public.resource.org is open standards & codes on public safety, world trade and world peace on a noncommercial basis.
To browse the detailed Standards Resource Guide click here
Australian University Theses & Dissertations are available under platform of Trove which serves as one point access to over 9,91,000 theses and dissertations.
A platform to access theses submitted by most of the UK higher education institutions. Ethos serves as an index to 300,000+ theses for free and order full text quickly and easily. Electronic Theses Online Service (Ethos) offers free access to the limited number of full text of theses.
Contains metadata & full text of more than one million electronic theses and dissertations contributed by 125+ member universities & consortia. To visit the Global ETD Search - http://search.ndltd.org/
Indexes theses and dissertations from well-known sources and provide direct link to the full text ETD.
Provides access to full text of theses submitted by the researcher himself under open access initiative with PQDT open.
A source for theses submitted to Indian universities, which includes biological sciences & engineering.
Theses Canada is a central access point for theses submitted to Canadian universities. It holds over 3 lakh theses from 70 universities in both electronic and print formats.
Here are the set of database and search engines providing access to search and retrieve patents.
- Espacenet Patent Search
- FreePatentsOnline (FPO)
- Google Patents
- Indian Patent Search (IPAIRS)
- SureChEMBL
- US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
Selected list of newsletters is provided here
- Carnegie Mellon University: CEE Newsletter
- CEE at Berkeley Connections Newsletter
- Montana State University: Newsletters
- School of Mechanical, Aerospace and civil engineering Newsletter
- UNSW Australia: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Newsletter
Here is a growing collection of open courseware
Indian
- CEC Learning Object Repository
- eGyankosh
- UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal
- NPTEL: Civil Engineering
- National Repository of Open Educational Resources
- ChemTube3D
- Delft University of Technology: Civil Engineering in Developing Countries
- Harvard Online Learning
- KFUPM Open Courseware
- Khan Academy
- METU OCW: Civil Engineering
- MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Open Course Library
- OCW Consortium Europe
- Open University
- Open Yale Course
- SNU Open Courseware: Geotechnial Engineering
- Universitat d Alacant Open courseware: Civil Engineering
- University of Saskatchewan: Civil Engineering
Civil engineering video lecture are covered all works that involves construction, maintenance and innovative design of different aspects and things like bridges, canals, buildings and more.
NPTEL provides E-learning through online-web and video courses. The mission of NPTEL is to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country by providing free online courseware.
Online video lecture is web-based online learning platform to the students. It is covered all science and technology online lectures.
TeacherTube is a free instructional and educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs shared by the teachers.
A discussion platform on civil engineering areas including difference, surveying materials, structural, RCC, presented concrete, Geotech, environment, transportation, WRE,CPM and other topics.
This is a place where we can discuss anything related to civil engineering. From serious discussions to engineer jokes, we have covered it all.
This is a selected list of blogs in the discipline.
- Being Civil
- Between the Lines
- BLDGBLOG
- Civil 3D Reminders
- Civil Engineer Blog
- CivilBlog.Org
- Openalex
This includes Indian and international professional bodies and by no means, it is comprehensive.
Indian Bodies
- Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India)
- American Society of Civil Engineers–India
- Civil Engineering Association (CEA)
- Engineering Council of India
- Indian Concrete Institute
- Indian Association of Structural Engineers
- Indian Buildings Congress
- Indian Geotechnical Society
- Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering
- Indian Roads Congress
- Indian Society of Earthquake Technology
- Indian Society of Engineering Geology
- Indian Society of Structural Engineers
- Institution of Civil Engineers (India)
- Institution of Engineers (India)
- National Information Center of Earthquake Engineering
International Bodies
- American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES)
- American Concrete Institute
- American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
- American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE)
- American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
- ASM International
- Chartered Association of Building Engineers
- Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
- Earthquake Engineers Research Institute (EERI)
- EPA Envirnomental Protection Agency
- European Network of Building Research Institutes (ENBRI)
- Ground Water Atlas of the United States
- Institute of Highway Engineers
- Institute of Transportation Engineers
- Institution of Structural Engineers
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
- International Association for Earthquake Engineering
- International Federation for Structural Concrete
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
- International Water Association (IWA)
- Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
- New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering
- Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
- Society of Environmental Engineers
- South African Institution of Civil Engineering
- The Masonry Society
- The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC)
- World Seismic Safety Initiative
Very selected list of funding agencies from India
- Department of Science and Technology
- Media Lab Asia
- Ministry of Earth Science
- Ministry of Human Resource Development
- Ministry of Railways
- Ministry of Water Resources
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
- Annual ECC conference
- Annual International Conferebce on Architecture and Civil Engineering
- ASCE Annual Conference
- CSCE Conference
- World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
- American Society of Civil Engineers Awards
- Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) Awards
- ICE London Civil Engineering Awards
- INSA Medal for Young Scientist
- Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award
- International Federation for Structural Concrete Award
- Saltire Awards: Civil Engineering
- Young Engineers Award
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with 300 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe.
Some of the selected useful software
- 3D Nature’s World Construction Set
- 3D Structural Modeling Software – 3D+
- Architecture, Engineering and Construction Software
- ARTS Hydraulic Design Software
- Autodesk Civil
- AutoTURN
- AutoTURN Aircraft
- Bridge Engineering Software
- CAiCE Software Corporation
- CESDb
- DTWARE Engineering Software
- Earthquake Engineering Software
- Geocomp Systems
- Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Software Directory
- IcoMap
- Kubla Software
- ParkCAD
- PGSuper
- Rockmate Technical Services
- Soakaway Design
- Spencer Engineering Software
- The Engineer’s Document and Design System
- Topocad
- VisionCivil
Other useful sources of interest.
- Civl Engineering Portal
- eFunda
- Engineering Central
- Engineering Supply
- Engineers Week
- Geoengineer
- Structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures
- Sweets : Building Product Information
- The Birth of an Idea
About: American Society of Civil Engineers declared Benjamin Wright the Father of American Civil Engineering. He was the Chief Engineer during the construction of the Erie Canal.
Resource sites:
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/people/WRIG351.htm
http://www.ascemetsection.org/content/view/401/981/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/649461/Benjamin-Wright
http://www.marblecemetery.org/wrightb.htm
About: Elattuvalapilan Sreedharan is an Indian Metro Man, who is famous for the completion of both the Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro Rail projects within the given budget and well on time.
Resources Site: Youtube Video: Click here
http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/20/John-Smeaton.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/John_Smeaton.aspx
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/e-sreedharan.html
http://www.spiderkerala.net/resources/12124-E-Sreedharan-Profile-and-Biography.aspx
About: John Smeaton is the first self proclaimed civil engineer. He is often called the Father of Civil Engineering. He contributed greatly to the Industrial Revolution with his work on windmills and waterwheels.
Resources Sites: http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A918371
http://structurae.net/persons/john-smeaton
http://www.aviation-history.com/early/smeaton.htm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/549458/John-Smeaton
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/John_Smeaton.aspx
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/john-smeaton-5400.php
About: The Father of Indian Civil Engineering Sri. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an eminent engineer and statesman and played a key role in building of modern India.
Resources Site: YouTube Video1, Video2
https://archive.org/details/VisvesvarayaAutobiography
http://guruprasad.net/posts/sir-m-visvesvaraya-indias-engineer-statesman/
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/m-visvesvaraya.html
About: Squire Whipple was an American civil engineer, famously known as the ‘Father of Iron Bridge building in America’. This biography of Squire Whipple provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Resources Site:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/641873/Squire-Whipple
http://www.famousamericans.net/squirewhipple/
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/squire-whipple-5403.php
http://www.whipple.org/blaine/squire.html