LSBU Library: Environmental and Energy Engineering: Specialist Databases

Databases & Specialist eResources

British Standards Online This link opens in a new window
Database contains all current British Standards in full text.
Also includes IET Wiring Regulations
https://bsol-bsigroup-com.lsbu.idm.oclc.org/Search/Search?facets=ModuleCode_GBM81&OriginPage=My+modules

You will need the BSI Plug-in to download. Choose Download FileOpen Exe Installer [996] (recommended).
When you download a British Standard, save it to a folder, then open it from there. (Opening the file immediately without saving it to a folder will give an error message.)

Please refer to the BSI Plug-in Guide as necessary.
Alternative Access
https://federation.bsigroup.com/start-session?entityID=https://shibboleth.lsbu.ac.uk/shibboleth
Construction Website This link opens in a new window
This e-resource requires a username and password. Please log in with your network username and password at https://library.lsbu.ac.uk/eresourcespws/bea/genericpasswords to see the general username and password to use to access the e-resource.

The Construction web site includes: hundreds of pages of text on all aspects of domestic building construction over two thousand photos showing new and old construction practice hundreds of 2D and 3D graphics several PowerPoint presentations lots of short video clips and several multiple choice tests a brief and fairly non-technical summary of the most important Building Regulations (housing only).
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Please note this resource is not compatible with Internet Explorer 11. Full text of IEEE and IEE Journals & Conference Proceedings, as well as IEEE Standards, Transactions, Magazines and Letters
Alternative Access
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/wayf.jsp?entityId=https://shibboleth.lsbu.ac.uk/shibboleth&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2FXplore%2Fhome.jsp
IET Wiring Regulations. Requirements for Electrical Installations. This link opens in a new window
Online access through British Standards Online
Technical Indexes: Construction Information Service (IHS) This link opens in a new window
British Standards relating to Construction can now be found on British Standards Online

This resource requires personal registration on first use

Complete documents from over 150 issuing bodies essential to the design and construction of buildings, including legal data, setting out, structural tolerances and product information. Where possible, all documents cited in the Building Regulations have been included.
Alternative Access
https://www.ihssso.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://shibboleth.lsbu.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://www.ihssso.com/ukplc

Environment & Energy Databases/eResources

Encyclopedia of Earth
Electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and interactions with society.
GeoRef Database American Geological Institute (AGI)
Access to the world's geoscience literature.
Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
Details of space observations of a number of changes in the Earth's climate and atmosphere
Glossary of Energy Terms
Alphabetical listing of terms relating to energy in its various forms - by the California Energy Commission.
Radioactive Decay Calculator
Calculator for determining the decay of radioactive materials - by the Health, Safety and Environment Department of the University of British Columbia, Canada,
Science.gov
Official U.S. research gate with access to over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Over 2.9 million research results.
UNdata Energy Statistics Database
Search statistics for more than 220 countries/territories. Currently, the database provides time series for the period 1950-2015 and is updated annually

Market Research

Passport (Euromonitor)
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Business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers across 180 countries
Marketline Advantage (Datamonitor)
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Information on companies, industries and countries across the world, including SWOT analysis and lists of top competitors
Mintel
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Market research reports covering UK markets, including webinars.

Materials and Product Data Websites

Barbour Product Search
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Online building product directory to enable construction industry professionals to specify building products and manufacturers, by browsing the product categories or using the search engine.
Building Products Index
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Building materials and manufacturers
Designboom Product Library
Matmatch
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Search for materials by properties etc.
Matweb
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Dataset allowing searching for specific materials matching required properties or finding properties for a specific polymer, alloy, etc.
RIBA Product Selector
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Building products library for construction industry professionals.

AUTODESK - Free Software Downloads

Autodesk - Free Software
Download AutoCAD, Revit and many more.

AutoCAD Tutorial

LinkedIn Learning AutoCAD training videos

Revit Tutorial

Linkedin Learning Revit training videos

IBISWorld

IBISWorld
IBISWorld's industry report collections provide in-depth industry research for the US, UK, Australia, Europe and beyond.

Maps Online & Geological Information

Digimap This link opens in a new window
Registration required.
Digimap is a Collection of EDINA services that deliver maps and map data of Great Britain to UK tertiary education. Data is available either to download to use with appropriate application software such as GIS or CAD, or as maps generated by Digimap online.
Digimap training video
Boreholes Index: British Geological Survey This link opens in a new window
Search over a million borehole records. The BGS Borehole record viewer offers direct, online access to the National Geoscience Data Centre collection of onshore scanned boreholes, shafts and well records

Doogal - Route Elevation
Allows users to calculate the route between two locations, then calculate the elevation and gradient of the route and display as a graph
Mapometer
Maps running, cycling and walking routes and calculates route distances and elevation profiles
Ordnance Survey
Maps, publications and detailed technical information
Streetmap
Street and road map search

Digimap

Digimap offers access to a range of datasets for the purposes of education and research. Create or interrogate a map online by selecting an appropriate base map, adding annotations and customising the content, use measurement and query tools to learn more about any study area. Download the raw spatial data in a wide range of formats for use in local GIS, CAD or image processing software.