This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Civil Engineering and Surveying.
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Options for finding book material. There are a wide range of resources available to Learning at Work students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you could find helpful.
Guidance on how to download a standard
A database which provides details of tens of thousands of current, draft and withdrawn standards from the UK's national standards body, the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Use of the University of Portsmouth Library British Standards Online subscription is for educational purposes only.
Excessive downloading and printing of the material is prohibited. For more information on these restrictions please contact the library.
Additional access instructions:
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Espacenet offers free access to more than 80 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today.
Use this commercial site to check the validity of standards across different countries. Search the Library catalogue for the few HIS Standards we have purchased.
Use this commercial site to check the validity of standards across different countries. Search the Library catalogue for the few IHS Standards we have purchased. Comprehensive source of technical industry standards as well as government and military standards.
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