- Manukau Institute of Technology
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- Civil engineering
- Civil engineering overview
Civil engineering
A guide to library and other information sources for civil engineering courses
Online
- Road and rail Find Austroads guidelines and more
- Road construction Austroads guides are in your Highway Engineering Canvas course.
- Engineering NZ for guidelines Practice notes and guidelines
- Water and wastewater Engineering standards and details of the network
- Transport reports Find research and reports from the New Zealand Transport agency (NZTA) by selecting "Research & reports" under category
Knovel civil engineering eBook collection
- Knovel - Engineering and Maritime eBooks This link opens in a new window
eBooks on civil engineering, construction materials, marine engineering and naval architecture. Register for MyKnovel to read offline or on a mobile device.
The Knovel engineering collection is great for civil engineering. It has eBooks and civil engineering materials data.
NOTE: You can use these eBooks on campus only. Register for MyKnovel to read offline on a mobile device.
Search tips:
- Search for important words like bridge construction or water OR
- Browse and be surprised!
Top texts
Principles of foundation engineering, 8th SI edition by Dewey Number: 624.1513 DASPublication Date: 2015
Open educational resources
You can find some useful free online books etc for civil engineering on the oer site
Referencing
Use the Referencing tile on the library home page to access our guides on APA and IEEE referencing
https://library.manukau.ac.nz/apareferencing
To create a formatted Reference list try Zoterobib https://zbib.org/ This free service helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software.
Where to look on the shelves
| Hydraulics | 627 |
| Structures | 624 |
| Engineering drawing | 604.2 |
| Materials | 624.18 |
| Geology | 624.151 and 550 |
Standards
- Standards New Zealand This link opens in a new window
Contains NZS and joint AS/NZS standards for use while at Manukau Institute of Technology.
