Dictionaries and encyclopedias for construction management and engineering
Use encyclopedias:
- for summaries
- for lists of further reading
- when starting a project
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Useful reference works for construction management and engineering: selected titles
2nd Floor
Conversion tables of units for science and engineering
2nd Floor Reference--500.83-HOR
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology
2nd Floor Reference--503-MAC
Also available on Credo Reference
Dictionary of engineering acronyms and abbreviations
2nd Floor Reference--620.00148-KEL
Kempe's engineers yearbook
2nd Floor Reference--620.002-KEM
Encyclopedia of advanced materials
2nd Floor Reference--620.1003-ENC
Energy data conversion handbook: how to combine and compare international energy data
2nd Floor Reference--621.017-ENE
Smithells metals reference book
2nd Floor Reference--669-SMI
An illustrated dictionary of building
2nd Floor Reference--690.3-BRE
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors directory
2nd Floor Reference--692.5
Spon's architects' and builders' price book (Current edition)
2nd Floor Reference--692.505
Knight's building regulations
2nd Floor Reference--692.942-KNI (Vol.1-4)
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guides
2nd Floor Reference--696-CIB
3rd Floor Reference
Directory of British architects 1834-1914
3rd Floor Reference--720.942-DIR (Vol.1 & 2)
Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world
3rd Floor Reference--721-ENC (Vol.1-3)
Encyclopedia of 20th-century architecture
3rd Floor Reference--724.903-ENC
4th Floor Reference
Housing and planning year book
4th Floor Reference--331.833-HOU
International Encyclopedia of Business and Management
4th Floor Reference—658.03-INT
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