LibGuides: Construction Technology : Databases and Websites

CGCC Digital Collections

New York Heritage Digital Collections - Columbia-Greene Community College
Access the CGCC Library’s digital heritage and history collections. Collections include the Arthur Koweek Collection of images documenting Urban Renewal in Hudson, N.Y.; Barns of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains; and CGCC history.

Websites

Builder magazine
"BUILDER Online provides home builders with home building news, home plans, home design ideas, and building product information, helping them manage their home building operations efficiently and profitably."
Fine Homebuilding magazine
Specialized magazine featuring how-to articles, features on tools and materials, video tutorials, and more.
Historic Hudson
Official website of Historic Hudson, a non-profit organization devoted to preserving the city's architectural heritage.
The Journal of Light Construction
Trade publication devoted to best practices for professional builders and remodelers.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an advocacy organization to save historic places.
Preservation magazine
Preservation is the award-winning magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Professional Deck Builder magazine
"Professional Deck Builder provides deck builders with news and information on decks and outdoor living spaces, including decking, railing, construction, safety, hardware, hardscape, porches, pergolas, and more."
Qualified Remodeler
Remodeling industry news.
Remodeling magazine
"Remodeling provides the indispensable business tools, product information, design ideas, cost-estimating tools, and management advice that enable full-service remodeling businesses to thrive."

Databases

To access the following databases from off-campus, you must sign in with your C-GCC email address and password.

Energy & Power Source
This full-text databases includes the Journal of Light Construction. The database's focus is energy industry-related issues. Hundreds of key energy-focused industry and market reports are also included. This database also features tens of thousands of additional energy industry articles, benchmarks, and best practices, selected from thousands of trade and industry publications.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source
This database includes construction industry profiles for dozens of countries around the world, including the United States.
General OneFile
In addition to newspaper reports and scholarly material, this databases includes access to the Journal of Light Construction and Qualified Remodeler.
GreenFILE
Students can find articles about sustainable building practices and environmentally-friendly construction here.
MasterFILE Premier
Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications includes Qualified Remodeler.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Vocational and Career Collection
Comprehensive resource provides full-text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry-related periodicals, covering topics such as computer & data processing, electrical technology, nursing, interior design, law enforcement & criminal justice, marketing & advertising, hospitality & tourism, construction and more.

Streaming Video

This streaming video database includes videos on green home remodeling, sustainable construction, architecture, and more. To access this database from off campus, you must sign in with your C-GCC email address and password.

Free Subscriptions

The following subscription offers are provided courtesy of the C-GCC Library.

Activate Your FREE New York Times Digital Access.
C-GCC students, faculty and staff can click on the link above to learn how to activate their free digital subscription to The New York Times.
Activate Your FREE Wall Street Journal Digital Subscription
C-GCC students, faculty, and staff can click on the link above and learn how to activate their free digital subscription to The Wall Street Journal.
Flipster
Students can read a variety of magazines on their desktop computer or mobile device with this service provided by the library. Click on the link to learn more.
Learning Apps
This guide introduces you to learning apps available through the CGCC library.