Research Guides: Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Guide: Find Patents, Standards and Technical Reports

Patents

To find technical reports, please check this particular guide: Technical Reports Research Guide .

ASABE Technical Library (Ag & Bio Engineering) This link opens in a new window
Includes the Society's journals, annual meeting papers, section meeting papers, conference proceedings, textbooks and teaching materials, monographs, special publications, and Distinguished Lecture Series.
ASTM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library provides credible resources from journals, books, technical standards, and other materials. You can access over 12,000 past and current ASTM standards.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
IEEE Xplore digital library is a powerful resource for discovery of and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE and its publishing partners. IEEE Xplore provides access to more than four-million full-text documents from some of the world's most highly cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.

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American National Standards Institute
Administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for more than 80 years. Search by publication number or keyword.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. Links to standards, standards background information, and sources for purchasing standards.