ISGuides: EGIS (Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society): Professional Societies & Research Centres

Accrediting professional bodies

It is worth looking into the professional body that accredits your course:

for professional reasons e.g. networking, meetings, events etc but also because
they often have library resources/services available to you e.g. journals we may not subscribe to, as well as briefings papers etc, that will keep you up to speed with developments in your area (if you are not sure what you have full-text access to, please get in touch)

Architectural Engineering

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
see also Construction Information Service subscription
Energy Institute (EI)

Biological Sciences

Institute of Brewing and Distilling

Civil and Structural Engineering

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
see also ICE Virtual Library subscription
Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE)
Chartered Institution of Highways (CIHT)
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

Construction Management and Surveying

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
see also Construction Information Service subscription
The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
see also iSurv subscription

Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience

Urban Studies and Urban Design

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
see also Construction Information Service subscription
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
see also Construction Information Service subscription
Energy Institute (EI)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
see also iSurv subscription
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Royal Geographical Society

Other

House Builders Federation (HBF) England and Wales

Microbiology Society

NBS (National Building Specification) This link opens in a new window
The construction industry is a very broad field, and it can be difficult to keep in touch with everything you need to know. The NBS Resources section brings together a wide range of information, from reading lists and a library of specially-written articles, to a directory of industry organisations and one of the largest collections of construction-specific recommended links available.

NBS is useful for everyone involved in the design, supply and construction of the built environment e.g. architecture, building services engineering, construction and structural engineering.

Subject Coverage:
Building services and technologies, Contracts and law, Design and specification, Health and safety, Practice management, Regulations and standards, Sustainability

Sources:
Journal articles (trade and magazine), News and newspapers

Full text availability:
Some full text online.

New Engineering Contract (NEC)

Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)

Urban Institute

Professional body resources

BRE (Building Research Establishment) Bookshop
Providing bibliographic details of over 40,000 books and other material, from more than 60 of the major built environment publishers. Check Discovery and info4education before buying.
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Subject Coverage:
Building elements and structures
Design and management
Environment and services
Fire and security
Materials

Sources:
Books and eBooks, Official/government publications

Full text availability:
No full text online. Check Discovery and info4education before buying.

Construction Information Service (Info4Education) This link opens in a new window
Publications/publishers include:
BRE (BRE)
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA)
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Publications/publishers include:
Architects' Journal (AJ)
BRE (BRE)
British Standards Institution (BSI)
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
CIRIA (CIRIA)
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
Concrete Society (CS)
Construction Industry Publications Ltd (CIP)
UK Government departments
English Heritage (EH)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Highways Agency (HA)
House of Commons (HOC)
Legislation documents
National House Building Council (NHBC)
Scottish Executive
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) Virtual Library This link opens in a new window
Search all of ICE Publishing’s online content including 35 peer-reviewed journals, with over 36,000 online papers and over 1500 eBooks.
Cross-searched by DISCOVERY
Yes

Subject Coverage:
Civil Engineering

Sources:
Institution of Civil Engineers publications

Full text availability:
Yes. Access to subscribed, free and trial content.
iSurv This link opens in a new window
Created by RICS, isurv contains a wide range of RICS published books, all current and archived professional guidance and standards, checklists, templates and cases.
Access information
This resource is NOT searched by Discovery.
NBS (National Building Specification) This link opens in a new window
Provides industry-standard specifications, contracts, building product and construction knowledge tools. Plus a wide range of industry relevant articles, including: BIM design and specification, construction products, contracts and law, standards and regulations, sustainability and health and safety.

Not searched by Discovery.
The construction industry is a very broad field, and it can be difficult to keep in touch with everything you need to know. The NBS Resources section brings together a wide range of information, from reading lists and a library of specially-written articles, to a directory of industry organisations and one of the largest collections of construction-specific recommended links available.

NBS is useful for everyone involved in the design, supply and construction of the built environment e.g. architecture, building services engineering, construction and structural engineering.

Subject Coverage:
Building services and technologies, Contracts and law, Design and specification, Health and safety, Practice management, Regulations and standards, Sustainability

Sources:
Journal articles (trade and magazine), News and newspapers

Full text availability:
Some full text online.
Lyell Collection This link opens in a new window
Search 18,000 peer-reviewed articles from key journals, special publications and society book series, from the Geological Society of London, plus journals published on behalf of other societies.
Subject areas:
Geology
Geoscience
Petroleum engineering

Sources:
Journal articles (academic):
Journal of the Geological Society
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
Petroleum Geoscience
Scottish Journal of Geology
Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Journal of Micropalaeontology (1982 to 2017)
Transactions of the Geological Society of London
Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow
Special Publications
Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings (volumes 4 to 7)
Geological Society of London Special Publications, and Memoirs
Engineering Geology Special Publications

Full text availability:
This is a full text resource.

Coverage:
From 1811 to date.

A selection of EGIS Professional Body/Trade Journals/Magazines (A-Z)

Some of these are available in print in the EGIS Resource Centre (EC2.05 - EC2.06)

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Architects' Journal
Subscription/Magazine
Library subscription available in print.
Some content available online via Nexis UK/Proquest
Some content also available via info4education
Some archive content online if you register.
Architectural Review
Free/Magazine (3 free articles a month)
Architecture, Building, Contracting + Developing Magazine (ABCD)
Free/Magazine
Architecture Today (and AT Handbook)
Subscription/Magazine
Some print issues donated to the Resource Centre.
Current issue available online.
Plus some archive issues available online.

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

BIM Today
Free/Magazine
Brick Bulletin by Brick Development Association (BDA)
Free/Magazine
Some print issues donated to the Resource Centre
Building
Subscription/Magazine
Library subscription available in print
Some content available online via Nexis UK
Some issues available in Resource Centre

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Building Construction Design
Free/Magazine
Building Design & Construction
Free/Magazine
Building Engineer by Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
available with free student membership of CABE
Building Products
Free/Magazine
Buildings (Smarter Facility Management)
Free/Magazine
Building Services & Environmental Engineer (BSEE)
Free/Magazine
Built Environment Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

CIBSE Journal by Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
Free/Magazine
Civil Engineering Surveyor by Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)
Free/Magazine
Construction Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
Construction Management by Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Free/Magazine
Construction National
Free/Magazine
Construction Research and Innovation by Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Subscription/Magazine (ceased 2019)
Library subscription available in print and online.
Also available online via info4education
Context by Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC)
Subscription/Magazine
Archive freely available online

DETAIL Inspiration This link opens in a new window
DETAIL magazine documents current international architecture projects with photographs and comparable drawings at a scale of 1:20.

The DETAIL Inspiration online database gives users access to more than 4,000 DETAIL project documentations from more than 30 years of DETAIL magazine.

You can use the search and filter options to find particular building types, material, construction type or location.

DETAIL
Available in print in EGIS Resource Centre
2001 - 2020

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Energy& Sustainability Solutions
Was Energy Management
Free/Magazine
Energy in Buildings and Industry
Magazine
Library subscription available in print
Also freely available online (registration required)
Energy Manager by Secure Energy for Europe (SEFE)
Free/Magazine
The Environment by Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
Magazine
Some free articles online
Environmental Design and Construction
Magazine
Library subscription available via ProQuest until 2014
Now available as a Blog

The Geographer by Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS)
Free/Magazine
Geoscientist by Geological Society of London
Free/Magazine
Green Building & Design (gb&d)
Free/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Health Estate Journal
Free/Magazine
Heating and Plumbing Monthly
Free/Magazine
HERON
Free/Academic

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Ingenia Magazine by The Royal Academy of Engineering
Free/Magazine
Inside Housing
Subscription/Magazine
Library subscription available in print
Some content available for free online

JCT News
Free/Magazine
JAPA by Journal of the American Planning Association (Taylor & Francis)
Subscription/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Land Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
Local Authority Building & Maintenance
Free/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Modus by RICS
Free/Magazine
Modern Building Services
Free/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

NBS Knowledge by NBS
Free/Magazine
New Civil Engineer by ICE
Free/Magazine
Available with free student membership of Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
New Start
Free/Magazine
New Steel Construciton (NCS)
Free/Magazine

Objekt International
Subscription/Magazine
Some print issues donated to the Resource Centre.
Archive available online.

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Passive House +
Free/Magazine
PBC Today
Free/Magazine
The Planner by RTPI
Magazine
Subscription required
Archive content available for free online.
Planning by American Planning Association
Free/Magazine
Registration required
Text articles also available via Library
Products in Practice (RIBA)
Free/Magazine
Some print issues donated to Resource Centre
Project Scotland
Free/Magazine
Registration required
Property Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
Property Week
Subscription/Magazine
Library subscription available in print and online via Nexis
Some content freely available online
Public Sector Building Magazine (PSB)
Free/Magazine
Public Sector Build Journal (PSBJ)
Free/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

RICS: Built Environment Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
RICS: Construction Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
RICS: Land Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
RICS: Modus by RICS
Free/Magazine
RICS: Property Journal by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Free/Magazine
RIAS Quarterly by Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
Free/Magazine
RIBA journal by Royal Institute of British Architects
Subscription/Magazine
Some content also available for free online.
Some print issues donated to Resource Centre
RIBA: Products in Practice
Free/Magazine
Some print issues donated to Resource Centre
Roof Cladding & Insulation (RCI)
Free/Magazine

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Scotregen by SURF
Some news articles freely available online
Scottish Planner by RTPI Scotland
Free/Magazine
Social Housing: the journal of new initiatives in housing finance
Call Number: print only
Subscription
The Structural Engineer by IStructE
Subscription/Magazine
Specification Today
Some print issues donated to the Resource Centre.
Archive available online.

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

Town and Country Planning by Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)
Subscription/Magazine
print only
or students can pay £10 for digital access

Urban Design (magazine)
Subscription/Magazine
Some content freely available online
Print donation in Resource Centre

Note: any titles that are free/not Library subscriptions, are NOT searched by Discovery

World Highways
Free/Magazine
Wallpaper Magazine
Subscription/Magazine
Some articles available for free .