Construction

To Find Books in the ASU Library: 

• Use the ASU Library's Catalog 

  • To find a specific book, use the Title or Author search.

  • To find books on a construction topic, use a Keywordsearch such as:
    • adobe and construction
    • building and estimates
       
• Use the ASU Library's One Search
  Search titles, keywords or authors in the single search box; an advanced search feature is also available.  Use the options in One Search's left column to limit the results to books/e-books, conference publications, etc. or any combination of these.

To Find Books In Other Libraries:   

• Use WorldCat.org

If the ASU Library doesn't have the book that you need, request the book via our Interlibrary Loan Service.

Electronic Books:

Most of our electronic books are listed in the catalog, however, to search the full text of a book, use the native search engine for these collections (see links below).  All of our scholarly books are viewable online, primarily in PDF.   A few titles are available in the Adobe Digital Edition format for limited time downloading onto an e-reader or tablet; download availability is noted on the book and requires  a personal computer with the ADE software and account registration with the vendor.    

• Knovel
  Over 3,000 science and engineering handbooks in which you can find introductory materials for engineering topics, plus facts, formulas, and property data.  Viewable online in PDF only; single chapters and pages may be downloaded.
• Ebrary
  Books from major publishers in all subject areas. Viewable online in PDF; single chapters and pages may be downloaded.  Some titles are available in ADE format.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  A  collection of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Viewable in PDF only; single chapter and pages may be downloaded.
• eBooks on EBSCOhost
  Books from major publishers in all subject areas.
• Google Books 
  Most books copyrighted after 1925 are not viewable in full text on Google Books; use the "Find In a Library" link on the Google page to determine if a copy of the book is available in the ASU Library.