Where to Search
Use Research Databases to find articles on your topic.
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Databases are electronic indexes that provide searchable "lists" of articles that have been published in journals, popular magazines, newspapers, or other items on almost any subject you can think of!
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Many of the databases contain full text, meaning that the entire article is available in the database, either in PDF or HTML format. Some databases do not contain full text articles. To find the full text of an article, use the Full Text Finder button or check the Periodical List.
- The library has access to more than 600 databases, and choosing one is the first step for successful searching. You can choose a research database by Subject, by Name, or by Type. Try a database specific to your subject area for more advanced research by using the databases listed under By Subject.
Proxy URL
If you find an article online and want to check if the library has access to the full text, there are two things you can do:
- From the library homepage, use the main search box in the middle of the page (Start Your Research) and search for the title of the article.
- Add the proxy URL prefix to your URL. The proxy URL is http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url= so a complete URL would look like http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b00570
Where to Search
Use Research Databases to find articles on your topic.
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Databases are electronic indexes that provide searchable "lists" of articles that have been published in journals, popular magazines, newspapers, or other items on almost any subject you can think of!
-
Many of the databases contain full text, meaning that the entire article is available in the database, either in PDF or HTML format. Some databases do not contain full text articles. To find the full text of an article, use the Full Text Finder button or check the Periodical List.
- The library has access to more than 600 databases, and choosing one is the first step for successful searching. You can choose a research database by Subject, by Name, or by Type. Try a database specific to your subject area for more advanced research by using the databases listed under By Subject.
BrowZine for Civil Engineering
What is Full Text Finder?
Look for a link like this one in the results list:
Full Text Finder is a process that will search all of the library's databases to see if the full text is available.
If the full-text article is available in a different database, the Full Text Finder results page will give you a direct link to it.
If the full-text article is NOT available in any database, you have a couple of options:
- First, check the Periodical List—the library may have a print copy of that journal instead of an electronic version. Learn more about requesting access to print journals in this FAQ.
- If the library does not own a print copy, request a copy of the article through InterLibrary Loan. Hint: if you use the link to ILLiad on the Full Text Finder results page, it will automatically fill in your request form.
Finding articles by title
Suggested Databases for Civil Engineering
- ASTM COMPASS This link opens in a new windowEngineering, Technology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies. ASTM COMPASS includes over 13,000 active ASTM standards and historical versions, all published manuals, technical publications, symposia papers, journals, monographs, data series, and research reports covering metals, petroleum, construction, the environment, and more.
Coverage: Current. - Engineering Source This link opens in a new windowCovered Engineering disciplines include Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Software, and Structural. This database offers more than 3000 full text journals, trade magazines, ebooks, conference papers and proceedings. Coverage: 1902 to present
- Engineering Village 2 This link opens in a new windowAccess Compendex (the electronic version of Engineering Index), INSPEC, GeoRef and GeoBase.
- ICE Virtual Library This link opens in a new windowEbooks published by the Institute of Civil Engineering. Contents include annual ebook collections from 2016-2019 plus the 2019 Transportation collection.
Coverage: 2016-2019 - IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowApproximately a third of the world's current electrical engineering, electronics and computer science literature, featuring journals & conference proceedings from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Current, archived, and redlined IEEE standards. 1988 to present; select content back to 1950.
- Transport Indicators This link opens in a new windowIndicators covering freight, container and passenger transport, car registrations, road deaths and spending on infrastructure. Freight and container transport are broken down by rail and sea while passenger transport is broken down by road and rail. Infrastructure spending covers maintenance and investment in inland transport and the road and rail components. Passenger car registrations show the growth in registrations over the previous period. Road accidents show the number of casualties and the number of accidents involving casualties.
Coverage: Varies
Water Research Resources
Books on wastewater treatment can be found in the call number range TD741-TD761. You can browse those books in the catalog.
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowAgriculture, food & nutrition, and agricultural economics. This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library with more than 4.8 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
Coverage: 1970 to present - CAB Abstracts & Archive This link opens in a new windowAgriculture, environment, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health, as well as the management and conservation of natural resources. 1910-present
- Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database This link opens in a new windowNatural Science. Includes the renowned Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Oceanic Abstracts, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA), and Water Resources Abstracts. It provides full text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed provides all MEDLINE citations plus out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain general science and chemistry journals in MEDLINE; citations that precede MEDLINE indexing; additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMed Central and receive a qualitative review by the National Library of Medicine.
- Water Resources of the United States This link opens in a new windowA wide range of reliable water data, publications, maps, software, public programs, education resources, current and historical conditions, and contacts.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowComprehensive citation index covering the leading scholarly literature around the world. Contains Journal Citation Reports for both Science and Social Science, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science and Social Science & Humanities, Book Citation Index- Science and Social Science & Humanities, Current Chemicial Reactions, Index Chemicus, BIOSIS Citation Index, Current Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, Medline (1950- ), and Zoological Record.
Periodical List
Not every database contains the full text of every article. However, you may be able to find the full text in another of the library's databases. To find out where you can find a particular periodical online or in print, use the Periodical List.
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