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      <pubDate>2018-02-01 18:57:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 1</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Reference Books Available from the Library<br><br>CIE5005 - Ground and Water Studies 2</strong></div><ul><li>Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering 4th Edition</li><li>Fluid Mechanics 5th Edition</li><li>Nalluri and Featherstone's Civil Engineering Hydraulics: Essential Theory with Worked Examples</li><li>Soil Mechanics, Principles and Practice 2nd Edition</li><li>Soil Mechanics 7th Edition</li><li>Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing Vols. 1, 2 and 3, 2nd Edition</li><li>Environmental Geotechnics</li><li>Elements of Soil Mechanics 8th Edition</li><li>Basic Soil Mechanics 4th Edition</li></ul><div><br><strong>CIE5002 - Construction Management</strong></div><ul><li>Modern Construction Management 6th Edition</li><li>CDM Regulations Procedures Manual 3rd Edition</li><li>Contract Planning, Programming and Control 3rd Edition</li><li>Construction Project Management - A Practical Guide to Field Construction Management</li><li>Construction Management - Principles and Practice</li><li>Construction Communication</li><li>Construction Safety Management</li></ul><div><br><strong>CIE5007 - Research Methods and Professional Practice</strong></div><ul><li>A Guide to Successful Dissertation Study for Students of the Built Environment</li><li>Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students 3rd Edition</li><li>Writing a Built Environment Dissertations and Projects Practical Guidance with Examples 2nd Edition</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-10 18:49:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>5 Most Commonly Used Pipe (Outside) Diameters<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>0.840 inches</li></ul><div>- For Steel Pipes<br>- Used for houses, restrooms, <br>(Janna, 2015)<br><br></div><ul><li>0.630 inches</li></ul><div>- For Copper Tubing<br>- used for supply of hot and cold tap water, and as refrigerant line in HVAC systems. <br>(Janna, 2015)<br><br></div><ul><li>1.32 inches</li></ul><div>- For PVC Piping<br>- Used in construction<br>(Janna, 2015)<br><br></div><ul><li>2.50 inches</li></ul><div>- Cast Iron pipes<br>- For drainage and sewage systems<br>(Janna, 2015)<br><br></div><ul><li>1.05 inches</li></ul><div>- For Polyethylene Pipe<br>- For Water supply</div><div>(Janna, 2015)<br><br><br><strong>Reference</strong><br>Janna, W. (2015). <em>Introduction to Fluid Mechanics</em>. 5th ed. Ohio: CRC Press, pp.213-216.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-10 18:50:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 3 - Task 1</title>
         <author>mla1aes</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Resources on Research Methods in Engineering<br><br>- Academic Sources</strong></div><ul><li>Books</li><li>Academic Journals</li></ul><div><strong>- Electronic Resources</strong></div><ul><li>Discover@Bolton search engine</li><li>A to Z list of databases</li><li>Reading Lists Online</li><li>eBook Collections</li><li>eJournals Portal</li></ul><div><br><strong>How will you start searching in Library Online?</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Using Library Catalogue</strong></li></ul><div><strong>Step 1.</strong> Load the library web page: <a href="https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/">https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/</a><br><strong>Step 2. </strong>From quick links on the right, click Library Catalogue.<br><strong>Step 3.</strong> Type keywords on the search bar and click search<br>From there, a lot of results will appear on different subject areas and formats such as books, multimedia, online, etc.</div><ul><li><strong>Using Discover@Bolton</strong></li></ul><div><strong>Step 1.</strong> Load the library web page: <a href="https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/">https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/</a><br><strong>Step 2. </strong>From quick links on the right, click Discover@Bolton.<br><strong>Step 3.</strong> Click Search Discover@Bolton<br><strong>Step 4.</strong> Type keywords on the search bar and click search<br>From there, a lot of results will appear on different subject areas and formats such as books, multimedia, online, etc.</div><ul><li><strong>Using eBooks</strong></li></ul><div><strong>Step 1.</strong> Load the library web page: <a href="https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/">https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/</a><br><strong>Step 2. </strong>From quick links on the right, click eBooks.<br><strong>Step 3. </strong>Type keywords on the search bar and click search<br>From there, a lot of results will appear on different subject areas and formats such as books, multimedia, online, etc.</div><ul><li><strong>Using eJournals</strong></li></ul><div><strong>Step 1.</strong> Load the library web page: <a href="https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/">https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/</a><br><strong>Step 2. </strong>From quick links on the right, click eJournals.<br><strong>Step 3. </strong>Type keywords on the search bar and click search<br>From there, a lot of eJournals will appear on different subject areas.</div><ul><li><strong>Using Databases</strong></li></ul><div><strong>Step 1.</strong> Load the library web page: <a href="https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/">https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/</a><br><strong>Step 2. </strong>From quick links on the right, click databases.<br><strong>Step 3. </strong>Type keywords on the search bar and click search<br>From there, a lot of databases will appear that can help on researching.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 10:39:33 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 3 - Task 2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Books on Research&nbsp; Methods in Engineering<br><br>Available from the Library:</strong></div><ul><li>Research Methods for Construction by Richard Fellows and Anita Liu</li><li>Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students by Dr. S. G. Naoum</li></ul><div><strong>Available from the Internet (e-books):</strong></div><ul><li>Research Methods for Engineers by David V. Thiel</li><li>Engineering Research Methods by Zhang X.T.</li><li><h1>Dissertation Abstracts International: The Sciences and Engineering by University Microfilms</h1></li><li><h1>Dissertation Writing for Engineers and Scientists by Mark Breach</h1></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 18:27:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 3 - Task 3</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Journals on Civil Engineering<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><h1>Recent applications of fiber optic sensors to health monitoring in civil engineering by Hong Nan Li</h1></li><li><h1>Vibration-based damage detection in civil engineering: excitation sources and temperature effects by Bart Peeters</h1></li><li><h1>Predictions in soil engineering by T. W. Lambe</h1></li><li><h1>Bounds on the Reliability of Structural Systems by C. Allin Cornell</h1></li><li><h1>Quality failure costs in civil engineering projects by Patrick Barber</h1></li><li><h1>Effect of fixed time delay on stability and performance of actively controlled civil engineering structures by A. K. Agrawal</h1></li><li>State-of-the-art of smart structural systems in civil engineering by Ou Jin Ping</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 18:29:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 3 - Task 4</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Databases Available in University Library Online on Civil Engineering<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>British Standards Online</strong></li></ul><div>- It contains more than 39,500 documents, more than 16,000 BSI adopted European and international standards<br>- It also contains technical handbooks; codes of practice; product specifications; and technical glossaries.</div><ul><li><strong>Construction Information Service</strong></li></ul><div>-  It delivers key technical information for construction, architecture and the built environment from suppliers such as BRE, CIOB, RIBA, CIRIA, and British Standards. <br>- It  is an online tool to quickly access current regulations, construction standards, technical advice and industry news on building, engineering, design and construction processes in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.</div><ul><li><strong>Digimap</strong></li></ul><div>- It is a web mapping and online data delivery service developed by the EDINA national data centre for UK academia.<br>- It offers a range of on-line mapping and data download facilities which provide maps and spatial data from Ordnance Survey, British Geological Survey, Landmark Information Group and SeaZone Ltd.</div><ul><li><strong>ICE Virtual Library Journals</strong></li></ul><div>- It is a leading provider of information for academics, researchers and practitioners worldwide in the fields of civil engineering, construction and materials science.<br>- It provides full-text access to over thirty journals published by the ICE, back to 2002. </div><ul><li><strong>Isurv</strong></li></ul><div>-  It is an online service from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) which provides access to important full text information for the surveying profession. <br>- It has over 25,000 pages of information, £50k worth of resources, a wide range of RICS published books, all current and archived professional guidance and standards, checklists, templates and cases, and is updated by over 200 authors.</div><ul><li><strong>ProQuest Central</strong></li></ul><div>- It provides access to nearly 30 separate databases, is a multi-disciplinary database with coverage of over 160 subject areas.<br>- It is an aggregated full-text database of scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, dissertations and business information.</div><ul><li><strong>Occupational Health and Safety Information Services</strong></li></ul><div>- It is a full-text documentation relating to health and safety in the workplace.<br>- It is an online tool containing official guidance, legislation, best practice and standards for Britain and the Republic of Ireland.</div><ul><li><strong>International Newsstream</strong></li></ul><div>- It is a newspaper coverage from across the globe including UK broadsheets. <br>- This database also includes European Newsstand which includes a number of UK regional titles.</div><ul><li><strong>ScienceDirect</strong></li></ul><div>- It has a large collection of online journals, giving access to full-text articles from over 1000 Elsevier journals. <br>- Books on ScienceDirect cover 24 subject collections across disciplines such as biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, chemistry, clinical medicine, engineering and veterinary medicine.</div><ul><li><strong>Scopus</strong></li></ul><div>-  It has a large abstract and citation database. <br>-  It is not subject specific, but provides coverage in Civil Engineering and Construction.</div><ul><li><strong>ZETOC</strong></li></ul><div>-  It gives access to over 30,000 journals and more than 52 million article citations and conference papers through the British Library’s electronic table of contents.<br>- The database covers the years from 1993 to date and is updated daily.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 18:31:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 4 - Task 1</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>How to Access Subject Database through Library<br></strong>To access subject database through library online these steps are needed:<br><strong>Step 1.</strong> Load the library web page: <a href="https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/">https://www.bolton.ac.uk/library/</a><br><strong>Step 2. </strong>From quick links on the right, click databases.<br><strong>Step 3.</strong> Click browse by subject then select Civil Engineering<br>From there, a list of database related to civil engineering will appear. When clicked, it will direct you to its website.<br><strong><br>Five databases related to civil engineering:<br><br>1. Construction Information Service</strong></div><div>-&nbsp; It delivers key technical information for construction, architecture and the built environment from suppliers such as BRE, CIOB, RIBA, CIRIA, and British Standards.<br><strong>2. ICE Virtual Library<br></strong>-&nbsp; It provides full-text access to over thirty journals published by the ICE, back to 2002. <strong><br>3. Isurv<br></strong>-<strong> </strong>&nbsp;It is an online service from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) which provides access to important full text information for the surveying profession. <strong><br>4. Science Direct<br></strong>-<strong> </strong>It has a large collection of online journals, giving access to full-text articles from over 1000 Elsevier journals. <strong><br>5. Scopus&nbsp;</strong></div><div>- It has a large abstract and citation database. It is not subject specific, but provides coverage in Civil Engineering and Construction.<br><br></div><div><strong><br></strong><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 18:32:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Laminar and Turbulent Flow in Pipes<br><br>Resource with valid author:<br></strong>- Mechanics of Fluids, 7th edition by B. S. Massey and John Ward Smith<br>I chose this resource because of its reliability since it is a registered book and its availability since there's an ebook version&nbsp; available online.<br><br><strong>Resource with not valid author:<br></strong>- Wikipedia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminar%E2%80%93turbulent_transition">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminar%E2%80%93turbulent_transition</a>)<br>I will not use this resource since it is unreliable because anyone could be the author of the articles in this website.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 18:37:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Week 4 - Task 3</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Book, Journal, and Website Specific to my Topic<br><br>Topic: </strong>Sageglass (Electrochromic Glass)<br><strong><br>Book: </strong>Electrochromic Materials and Devices<br><strong>Date of Publication:</strong> Oct 26, 2015<br><strong>Publisher: </strong>John Wiley &amp; Sons<br><strong>Reprint or re-edition?: </strong>Reprint<br><br><strong>Journal: </strong>Smart Glass and Its Potential in Energy Savings</div><div><strong>Date of Publication:</strong> Aug 19, 2013<br><strong>Publisher: </strong>Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME<br><br><strong>Website: </strong>SageGlass (<a href="https://www.sageglass.com/en">https://www.sageglass.com/en</a>)</div><div><strong>Date of Publication:</strong> None<br><strong>Publisher: </strong>Saint-Gobain<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-02-28 18:52:17 UTC</pubDate>
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