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Fire Protection Engineering Resources

Below are a few recommended databases and other sources. You can access all the databases UMD subscribes to via Database Finder. The suggested text can be found in the UMD Library catalogue.

ASTM Compass
ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information covering a broad range of engineering disciplines.
Knovel
Knovel's collection includes over 2,000 leading reference works and databases from over 70 leading technical publishers and professional societies including AIAA, AIChE, ASME and NACE. Content collection includes material properties, process and design information, best practices, equations and formulations for specific industries and engineering disciplines.
MADCAD
Cross-searchable collection of building, plumbing, fire and maintenance codes and standards from BOCA, SBCC, ICBO, ILL, ISEA, and NFPA. Access limit is 1 simultaneous users
Materials Science & Engineering Database
Materials Science & Engineering Database covers topics such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials and deals with areas such as corrosion, molding and casting, treatment, recycling, testing, finishing, welding, and forming. In addition to scholarly publications, this resource includes patents, conference proceedings, government reports, and more.

Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL)
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) Research Information Services is located within the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Formerly known as the Fire Research Information Services (FRIS). BFRLRIS is an information resource center to the BFRL staff, fire protection engineers, scientists, and fire service personnel around the world. The 80,000 document collection represents a vast resource of information on building and fire research related subjects.

SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering by Morgan J. Hurley (Editor); Daniel T. Gottuk (Editor); John R. Hall Jr. (Editor); Kazunori Harada (Editor); Erica D. Kuligowski (Editor); Milosh Puchovsky (Editor); Jose´ L. Torero (Editor); John M. Watts Jr. (Editor); Christopher J. WIECZOREK (Editor)
ISBN: 9781493925650
Publication Date: 2015-10-07
Revised and significantly expanded, the fifth edition of this classic work offers both new and substantially updated information. As the definitive reference on fire protection engineering, this book provides thorough treatment of the current best practices in fire protection engineering and performance-based fire safety. Over 130 eminent fire engineers and researchers contributed chapters to the book, representing universities and professional organizations around the world. It remains the indispensible source for reliable coverage of fire safety engineering fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modeling and more.

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