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Civil Engineering

Finding Books

The library has an extensive print and eBook collection that includes monographs, edited collections, memoirs, biographies, and more. All of these titles can be found by searching the library catalogue in Omni

You may also have some luck browsing the shelves. Start with the call numbers below, which are where most engineering books are located. Books are located on the 1st and 2nd level of Douglas Library

Browsing the Shelves

Call Number Subject
TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA164 Bioengineering
TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc. Industrial instrumentation
TA166-167

Human engineering

TA168 Systems engineering
TA170-171 Environmental Engineering
TA174 Engineering design
TA177.4-185 Engineering economy
TA190-194 Management of engineering works
TA197-198 Engineering meteorology
TA213-215 Engineering machinery, tools, and implements
TA329-348 Engineering mathematics. Engineering analysis
TA349-359 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics
TA365-367 Acoustics in engineering. Acoustical engineering
TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
TA495 Disasters and engineering
TA501-625 Surveying
TA630-695 Structural engineering (General)
TA703-712 Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Underground construction
TA715-787 Earthwork. Foundations
TA800-820 Tunneling. Tunnels
TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering
TA1501-1820 Applied optics. Photonics
TA2001-2040 Plasma engineering. Applied plasma dynamics

 

Omni

Use Omni to search the library's catalogue for books, articles, videos, maps, government documents, music, data sets, open access materials, and more. You can discover materials that are not available at Queen's but that you can freely request either within Omni or through interlibrary loan. 

Tip

Tip: Take a look at the bibliography of journal articles that you find or that an instructor has assigned to you. Often, you will find references to relevant and seminal books related to your research topic.