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Engineering: Civil Engineering (General) Subject Guide: Books

Finding Books in MaagNet and OhioLink

Books can be found through MaagNet, the Maag Library online catalog, or through the OhioLINK Catalog, which locates items available at other OhioLINK institutions. Follow the OhioLINK Borrowing Service procedure to request them.

General Civil Engineering resources are located throughout the library--the Reference Room, Serials (journals), or in the circulating collection--and arranged according to the Library of Congress (LC) Classification System. If a useful item is found in one of these areas, use that same call number to find other material on the same or similar topics in other areas of the library. See Call Numbers, Location, and Building Guide for assistance. Some of the call numbers where General Civil Engineering information can be found includes:

 

General Civil Engineering Terms with Related Call Number Ranges 

Physical geography GB3-5030
Geology QE1-996.5
Engineering geology TA703-712
Foundations, earthwork TA715-787
Tunnels TA800-820

In addition to print monographs, some full-text, scholarly, scientific monographs may be found through the Electronic Book Center (EBC) and the keyword search terms “Civil Engineering.” Three other collections of electronic books are Safari Books, Wiley Online Books, and  the EBSCO E-Book Collections.

Reference Librarian: Science & Engineering

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Christine Adams
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Christine Adams, MLS
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William F. Maag Jr. Library
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Phone: 330.941.3681
Email: cmadams02@ysu.edu
330.941.3681