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TOPIC: Engineering

Why Internet Resources?

You may find a wide variety of information from the Internet. Carefully choosing and using the Internet resources can be very beneficial to your research.

Be aware that information on the internet is not regulated for quality or accuracy, so it is important for you to evaluate the source. Try the evaluation criteria on "Evaluating Sources" to decide when it is appropriate to use that information.


Web resources can be web pages and documents on the internet that provide useful information. 

Examples include: 

  • Information on government agencies and non profit organizations
  • Current information on weather, news, or sport scores
  • Videos, podcasts, blogs, images, statistics, etc.

Selected Web Resources

 

Civil Engineer, The
Center for integrating information in civil engineering. Classifies existing resources and develops new resources to improve and integrate the civil engineering practice, research, and education.

DTIC Online
Serves the Department of Defense (DoD) community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.

Eng-Tips Forums
Provides links to technical support forums for a range of engineering professions.

International Engineering Consortium
Nonprofit organization dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities

National Science Digital Library
National Science Digital Library - Serving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
Provides readily accessible literature and information, case studies and references, and discussion groups on ethics in engineering and science. (National Academy of Engineering)

Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

SciTech Connect
Your connection to science, technology, and engineering research information from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Virginia Engineer
Directories of engineering consultants, manufacturer's representatives, and contractors in the mid-Atlantic region

Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory
From TenLinks.com - Commercial website with links for geotechnical engineering, hydrology, transportation engineering, building codes and standards, indoor and outdoor environments, information technology, portals, and structures.