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Library and Internet resources for construction topics.
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Confused about what a word means? Try one of these dictionaries or glossaries.
Available Online:
- Construction Management JumpStart
Click on Glossary in left column of book; requires ebrary reader plug in if using a non-ASU Library computer. - Construction Management Terms
- Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
4th edition, 2006, available via Ebrary; requires ebrary reader plug in if using a non-ASU Library computer; this edition and earlier available in print in the Design and the Arts Library: NA31 .H32. - Dictionary of Property and Construction Law
Requires ebrary reader plug in if using a non-ASU Library computer. - Dictionary (of Land and Facility Use Planning)
Appendix A of EPA Directive #430.1: Land and Facility Use Planning. - Glossary of Terms (EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines)
Definitions of terms used in the recovered materials industry. - RSMeans Construction Dictionary
May require registration.
Available in the Libraries:
- Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health (Charles D. Reese)
Noble Library: TH443 .R432 2000 (3rd floor) - Dictionary of architecture & construction. (Cyril M. Harris)
Design and the Arts Library: NA31 .H32 2006 Architecture Reference collection; online version available via Ebrary. - Means Illustrated Construction Dictionary
Noble Library: TH9 .M4 2000 Science Reference collection (1st floor)
Library Science Dictionaries
- ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
- Multilingual Glossary:
- Definitions (in English)
- Language Table
Translation of English language library terminology into Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French and Spanish