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Construction Engineering & Management

A guide to Civil Engineering resources in the area of Construction Engineering & Management, including research papers, articles, data, material properties, codes, standards, patents, & product information.

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This guide will help you find reliable resources for your research assignments for Construction Engineering & Management. Use the recommended resources below or navigate this guide using the tabs at the left to find more specific resources or get additional information.

Recommended Resources

These are some of the most relevant and widely used resources for Construction Engineering:

  • Business Source Ultimate
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    Business Source Ultimate is IIT's largest business database, offering full-text access to thousands of scholarly journals, trade publications, and industry reports on a wide range of business-related topics including management, economics, finance, accounting, and marketing. Includes company profiles, case studies, SWOT analyses, and market research reports. An invaluable resource for researchers seeking current and historical business information.

  • Illinois Tech Library Catalog
    • Free to search. Full-text content likely to be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    The library catalog searches through all of Illinois Tech’s physical library holdings and hundreds of thousands of digital titles available through our databases and digital collections. Sign in to your Illinois Tech Library account to access all available materials and review your current loans, requests, fees, blocks, messages, and other personal details.
  • MatWeb - Material Property Data
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Best Bet
    MatWeb is a searchable database of more than 135,000 manufactured materials including physical properties, composition, trade names, manufacturers, and other information.
  • ProQuest SciTech Collection
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    The ProQuest SciTech Collection is a database providing access to scientific and technical literature across various disciplines. It offers full-text articles, abstracts, and citations from journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports in fields such as engineering, computer science, physics, and environmental science. 

  • ThomasNet
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Best Bet
    Online version of the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. In addition to information on hundreds of B2B industrial suppliers and manufacturers, it includes specifications or links to the specifications of industrial and laboratory equipment.
    Note: Requires free personal registration.
  • Web of Science
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    Web of Science is a multidisciplinary citation indexing database that provides coverage of high-impact scholarly literature across the sciences, technology, engineering, and math. It offers powerful tools for tracking research trends, analyzing citation networks, and evaluating research impact. 

  • Chicago-Kent Database A-Z List Best Bet
    This is a link to the Illinois Tech | Chicago Kent College of Law's database A-Z list. Kent provides limited access to legal resources for all Illinois Tech students. Legal topics relevant to non-law students include contract law, product liability, intellectual property, and others. Read the database descriptions carefully as some may be restricted to access only at the Conviser Law Center or only to law students.
  • Academic Search Complete
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Featured

    Academic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database offering full-text access to thousands of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, and other publications across a wide range of academic disciplines, including social science, humanities, computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, and more. A good place to begin researching a topic.

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