Civil Engineering Database Newsletter - Summer 1996

Carol Reese (creese@NY.ASCE.ORG)
Thu, 8 Aug 1996 10:03:20 EST

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Date:         Thu, 8 Aug 1996 10:03:20 EST
From: Carol Reese <creese@NY.ASCE.ORG>
Subject:      Civil Engineering Database Newsletter - Summer 1996
To: Multiple recipients of list CIVIL-L <CIVIL-L@hermes.csd.unb.ca>

CIVIL ENGINEERING DATABASE

SUBSCRIBER NEWSLETTER
SUMMER 1996, issue no. 28


NEW SERIALS; NEW NAME; and NEW TECHNOLOGY


TWO NEW QUARTERLY PUBLICATIONS

In 1997, two new serials will begin publishing. One is the JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES
FOR CONSTRUCTION. A journal of the ASCE Materials Engineering Division, it will
publish original research papers, review articles, and case studies dealing with
composite materials consisting of continuous synthetic fibers and matrices for
use in civil engineering structures and subjected to the loadings and
environments of the infrastructure. The journal will be published quarterly:
February, May, August, and November.  The second one is the Practice Periodical
of Hazardous, Toxic, & Radioactive Waste Management. A practice periodical of
the ASCE Environmental Engineering Division, it will publish practice-oriented
articles on the areas of  hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste management
with respect to the regulatory, scientific, and engineering aspects. This
quarterly publication will come out in January, April, July, and October. For
further information, please contact the Marketing Department at (800) 548-2723
or marketing@asce.org. And look for information from these new journals to start
appearing in the CEDB in 1997.

ONE TITLE CHANGED

One of ASCE's oldest publications is changing its name from the JOURNAL OF
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING to the JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING in recognition of the changes occurring in this ever-developing
field.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLISHING

Electronic books, whether they are online or on disk, provide publishers and
authors the opportunity to bring added value to their product. ASCE's first
conference proceedings on CD ROM,  NORTH AMERICAN WATER AND ENVIRONMENT CONGRESS
AND DESTRUCTIVE WATER, provides easy electronic access to over 700 papers. It is
searchable by title, author and keywords. To distinguish the database record of
an electronic book from our printed books, a new Document Type (\DT) has been
established called: Electronic book. There will also be a  publication note in
the record that will tell you exactly what type of electronic book it is - a CD
ROM, a Multimedia Package, etc.  The database record would look like:
CN   9604750 CEDB
TI   North American Water and Environment Congress & Destructive Water
AU   Bathala, Chenchayya, ed.
SO   (1996), CD-ROM (Windows version only), 1340 pp Publisher: New York: ASCE
ISBN:     0-7844-0166-7
DT   Electronic book
AB   This proceedings contains papers presented at the North American Water and
     Environment Congress  96 of the ASCE's Environmental Engineering
Division....
CT   Water resources; Environmental engineering; Hydrology; Irrigation;
Ground-water quality; Environmental issues; Wetlands; Wastewater treatment



FEEDBACK WELCOMED

I would appreciate any feedback regarding this newsletter, the CEDB database or
the Publications information on the ASCE Web site. My mailing address is: 345 E.
47th St., NYC, NY 10017-2398 or my e-mail address is: creese@asce.org.


CEDB NEWSLETTER is prepared by Carol Reese, Manager, Information Products,
American Society of Civil Engineers; Internet address: creese@asce.org
copyright: 1996 American Society Civil Engineers, New York City, NY