Why Books?
Scholarly books contain authoritative information and this can include comprehensive accounts of research or scholarship, historical data, overviews, experts' views on themes/topics.
Use a book when you require background information and related research on a topic, when you want to add depth to a research topic or put your topic in context with other important issues
Books in the Library
Here are a few books that can get you started with information on urban infrastructure:
Engineering and Sustainable Community Development by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
Engineering for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
Humanitarian Engineering by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
Sustainability in Engineering Design by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability by Call Number: TD160 .U73 2014
Sustainability Issues in Civil Engineering by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
E-books
- Knovel This link opens in a new window
Knovel provides general reference and best practice insights, process, and design applications, material and substance properties data, and equations for specific engineering disciplines. Provides interactive content including equations, graphs, and tables. It has technical reference resources from ebooks and standards as well as publishers including AIChE/CCPS, NACE, and more. - AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window
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Includes engineering reference sources, with the latest editions of Marks Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, and many more ebooks. - SpringerMaterials This link opens in a new window
SpringerMaterials provides curated data and advanced functionalities to support research in materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering, and other related fields.
