http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/CEE/construction.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 larryt@vt.edu larryt@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/librarians/S_thompson-larry-pic.jpg http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/CEE/construction.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/asce-civil-engineerng-database.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/A/S_asce-ced.jpg" alt="ASCE Civil Engineering Database" height="119px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://cedb.asce.org/" title="ASCE Civil Engineering Database" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://cedb.asce.org/')" shape="rect">ASCE Civil Engineering Database</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>Civil Engineering Database</i> (CEDB) indexes citations for all ASCE publications. 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You can search cited references. 1975-present (<a href="http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1250579~S1">older data available in print</a>).  <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000190"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/science-citation-index-from-thomson-reuters.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/science-citation-index-from-thomson-reuters.html Article searching Conference papers, preprints, and working papers Restricted to Virginia Tech users Screencast tutorials available Contents of database in Summon Get VText http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/smartbuilding-index-from-reed-construction-data.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/S/S_smartbuild.jpg" alt="Smart Building Index" height="153px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.reedfirstsource.com/profile/index.asp" title="SmartBuilding Index from Reed Construction Data" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.reedfirstsource.com/profile/index.asp')" shape="rect">SmartBuilding Index from Reed Construction Data</a> </span></h2><p><i>SmartBuilding Index</i> provides architects, spec writers, engineers and contractors with in-depth information on commercial building products - including technical data, sourcing, cost data, project use examples, and downloadable specs, CAD and BIM objects.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/smartbuilding-index-from-reed-construction-data.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/smartbuilding-index-from-reed-construction-data.html Chemical and physical properties Reports, standards, and financials Freely accessible databases