Civil Engineering
In this guide, we have gathered important resources within the subject of civil engineering.
Databases that are relevant to your subject area:
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Civil Engineering Database is a database for civil engineering, including articles, reports, and conference papers. It is used to find research in engineering and related fields.
Listing of journal articles on architecture and design since 1934.
Information on building material and suppliers. In Swedish. Registration needed.
Building and construction products that fulfill BASTA’s requirements for chemical content. The EU Regulation REACH is the foundation for BASTA.
Health and environmental assessments of products within the building and real estate trade.
Swedish service for construction engineering students. Only in Swedish.
Full text and citation database in business research. Mainly journal articles but also market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles etc.
Fulltext archive of articles from Swedish newspapers, trade journals, and news agencies (TT, Dagens eko).
Standarder
Journals in Civil Engineering
Useful links:
Centres and Infrastruktures
A collections of centres and infrastructures that Chalmers is partnering with.
Boverket (Swe)
Boverket - National board of housing, building and planning is a governmental agency for urban planning, city development, building regulation and housing.
Lantmäteriet
Information and documentation on Sweden's geography and real property.
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Video-streaming platform dedicated to thoughtful and thought-provoking films with documentaries in architecture and civil engineering.
Svensk Byggtjänst (Swe)
You need to register with your Chalmers e-mail address. Chalmers students and employees may use this resource for personal research and non-commercial purposes.
SBUF Svenska Byggbranschens Utvecklingsfond
The Swedish Construction Industry Development Fund finances and disseminates research and development for the construction sector.
Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
The Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation is responsible for matters relating to state-owned enterprises, enterprise and industrial policy, rural affairs and regional growth.
The Ministry of Finance is responsible for issues concerning central government finances, including coordination of the central government budget, forecasts and analyses, tax issues, and management and administration of central government activities. The Ministry is also responsible for matters concerning financial markets, consumer legislation and housing and community planning.
The Ministry of Infrastructure is responsible for matters relating to infrastructure, digital policy, post issues and energy.
The Swedish Energy Agency has an overall picture of the supply and use of energy in society and work for a sustainable energy system, combining ecological sustainability, competitiveness and security of supply.
Swedish Transport Administration
Plan- och bygglag (2010:900) (Swe)
PBL Kunskapsbanken - en handbok om plan- och bygglagen (Swe)
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
A comprehensive encyclopedia in science and technology. A good starting point when you want to get an overview of a subject. It is easy to navigate, has extensive articles and you will find references for further studies.
Large general encyclopedia including an English dictionary.
Dictionaries and reference works in language, humanities, social sciences and science.
Dictionaries from Norstedts in several languages, including a technical dictionary and Swedish writing rules (Svenska Skrivregler).
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
Rikstermbanken - Sweden´s national term bank
Terminology-database from TNC - The Swedish Centre for Terminology
