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3D made easy [electronic resource].
3D made easy provides online tutorials to support learning and teaching of 3D modelling. Supporting up to six different software packages: Autodesk inventor, Revit architecture, AutoCAD, 3D studio max, SketchBook pro, and Google SketchUp.

British Standards Online BSOL [electronic resource].
Database contains all current British Standards in full text. EN and ISO standards if adopted by British Standards appear in full text.

BCIS Online [electronic resource].
Elemental analyses allow a user to forecast the cost of a building using actual not synthesised prices, also includes a full range of building tender, cost and output indices and average building prices.

BCIS Online Rates Database [electronic resource].
Pricing and estimating information.

Boreholes Index [electronic resource].
The BGS British onshore borehole collections contain approximately 15 000 boreholes, most of which are stored at Keyworth.

Construction and Building Abstracts [electronic resource].
Brief abstracts from international journals and technical information in the areas of construction, architecture, civil engineering and planning.

Construction Website [electronic resource].
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Digimap [electronic resource].
Digimap allows users to view and print contemporary and current Ordnance Survey maps of any location in Great Britain at a series of predefined scales.

EGI: Estates Gazette Interactive [electronic resource].
Property market news and information.

ICE Virtual Library [electronic resource].
The ICE's Virtual Library gives access to the largest repository of full text civil engineering papers in the world. ICE's archive of technical papers from 1836 to the present day.

RICS Library Direct [electronic resource].
This is an online version of the RICS Library's key information source Abstracts and Reviews. It provides an index and abstracts to over 50,000 items held in the RICS Library.

ISurv [electronic resource].
ISurv is the definitive knowledge base for property professionals and includes the RICS Red Book.

Technical Indexes: Construction Information Service (IHS) [electronic resource].
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. Includes:
LANTAC (Local Authority National Type Approval Confederation). Local authority building control information and approval certificates.
OHSIS (Occupational Health & Safety Information Service). A full text collection of key United Kingdom health and safety, fire safety and environmental health guidance material. Includes legislation, standards, etc. Updated monthly.
Specify-It Building. A database of building products and manufacturers, searchable by product, trade name or company name.

Index to Theses [electronic resource].
Covers from 1970 onwards. Information on theses accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland. Information given includes title, date, type of award, University and usually, an abstract.

RefWorks [electronic resource].
RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

ScienceDirect (Science Direct) [electronic resource].
Database containing over 1000 full text journals from Elsevier Science and the leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. Covers life, physical, technical and social sciences.

Westlaw [electronic resource].
Access to the full text of cases and legislation for UK materials, some EU and International documentation plus considerable US resources. It incorporates the Legal Journals Index and the Case and Legislation Citators.

MyiLibrary [electronic resource].
MyiLibrary provides a faster and easier way to access collections of books, reports, journals, bulletins and other documents published by inter-governmental organisations such as the World Bank, United Nations and International Labour Organisation.

Academic Onefile [electronic resource].
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

Business Source Premier [electronic resource].
Via EBSCOhost databases. Provides full-text for approximately 2,300 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and marketing. Includes Dun & Bradstreet company information.

Emerald [electronic resource].
Access to management research journals from MCB University Press. The service provides access to over 20,000 management articles, with a full text archive going back to 1994.

ProQuest Newspapers, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Times [electronic resource].
Updated daily. Database of the Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday; Daily Telegraph & Sunday Telegraph; Evening Standard; Financial Times; Guardian & Observer; Times and Sunday Times; Independent. Coverage is from at least January 1998 onwards for all titles.