AccessEngineering is a collection of critical, regularly updated engineering reference information. It includes instructional videos, interactive tables and charts, as well as personalization tools.
The Building Costs Information Service provides independent cost information to the construction industry.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects Library catalogue can be used to find what journal articles and books have been published on your subject.
Guidance on how to download a standard
A database which provides details of tens of thousands of current, draft and withdrawn standards from the UK's national standards body, the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Use of the University of Portsmouth Library British Standards Online subscription is for educational purposes only.
Excessive downloading and printing of the material is prohibited. For more information on these restrictions please contact the library.
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registerEG Radius provides data and news for the commercial property market.
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A 20 min video on using this resource can be found at the bottom of this page.
Support written specifically for students can be found here.
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Engineer-it provides you with instant access to over 1,800,000 pages of full-text, full colour catalogues, technical data sheets, handbooks, selector guides and manuals from an extensive range of suppliers
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A wide range of video and text material focusing on engineering failures and successes. The collection will eventually contain 250 hours and 50,000 pages of quality documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world.
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Engineering Workbench hosts a collection of industry standards, codes and specifications.
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If you are accessing Engineering Workbench for the first time, you will need to register for an account using your University email. For off campus click here
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Library Basics Video Guide (further support videos are available within the database)
GlobalData User Guide
The Institution of Structural Engineers is the world's leading professional body for qualifications and standards in structural engineering.
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ISURV provides RICS guidance and official documents in relation to the built environment. This resource provides insight from industry practitioners and legal experts to assist in the application of theory to practice.
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Knovel enables you to manipulate engineering data from a wide range of sources. In addition to full-text ebook content it also provides access to equations, materials and substances data, and interactive charts and graphs. Its materials database covers everything from mechanical to chemical properties data, corrosion data and material properties. Knovel provides interactive engineering tools that enable data analysis, and specialized data search and taxonomies that make it easy to discover answers to technical questions.
This is a video tutorial to get you started with Knovel.
https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14354/c/10545/supporthub/knovel/
This LibGuide from Elsevier provides more help and support. And this marketing page from Elsevier gives a good overview of the support for learning and teaching that Knovel and Engineering Village can offer to all "engineers of the future".
The NHBC Standards give the technical requirements, performance standards and guidance for the design and construction of new homes acceptable to NHBC (National House Building Council).
The forum for subsidence matters for homeowners, authorities, insurers, repairers and professionals.
TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre's International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to more than one million records of transportation research worldwide.
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