Surveying
This is UCLan's Surveying library page.
For more help and guidance please contact your Faculty Librarian: Bob Frost
Books
Use Library Search to locate print books. The catalogue will tell you exactly what we have in stock and where it is located.
Alternatively, use Reading Lists Online to locate items on your module reading lists.
Multi-subject eBooks Collections:
- Ebook Central
- Routledge Handbooks Online
- More e-book collections
- AccessEngineering - contains DataVis material properties information.
Journals and Articles
Finding specific journals or journal articles
If you have a reference for a particular journal article, or if you want to find out if we take a particular journal title, use the Journal Finder.
Searching for journal articles (Multi-subject, full-text, journal databases)
- Academic Search Complete
- Business Source Complete
- Sage Journals Online
- Science Direct
- SpringerLink
- Wiley Online Library
- ASTM Compass
- Proquest
Searching for journal articles (Abstracting & indexing databases)
Should you want to undertake a more thorough search for research materials/literature, try searching the following abstract and indexing databases. Unlike our other databases, generally you will only find the abstract of articles within these databases. Conference papers are also available too.
eResources and Databases
UCLan subscribes to a range of eResources, aside from the e-journals, which you will not find freely available on the Web. Within the surveying discipline you may find the following useful:
- iSurv (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)
- British Standards
- Building Cost Information Service ( BCIS)
- Download MS Project 2016 and MS Visio 2016
- Digimap
- Environment Complete
- ICE Virtual Library Archive
- Info4education (Technical Indexes)
- Construction Information Service
- Environmental Management
- Occupational Health & Safety Information Service
- Engineer-it & Specify-it
Law Databases
Additional Resources
General
SAGE Research Methods - a tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. It contains content from more than 640 books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and handbooks
Web Pages
Professional Organisations
- ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- BSRIA - Building Services Research and Information Association
- CIBSE - Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
- CIOB - Chartered Institute of Building
- CIRIA - Construction Industry Research and Information Association
Please note: many of the latest publications & guides from the above organisations are available in full-text from the Info4education Service
- CIWM - Chartered Institution of Waste Management
- DEFRA UK - Environmental Protection
- Energy Saving Trust
- European Commission - Energy
- SDC - Sustainable Development Commission - UK
- Parliament - Energy and Climate Change Committee
- WRAP - Waste and Resources Action Programme
- Building Conservation
Everything for the conservation and repair of historic buildings in one place
Includes the online Building Conservation Directory and a very useful glossary.
Project Management
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