structural library

huangyhg

structural library
i am a relatively new eit, and i am expanding (starting) my structural library.  i have the basic codes and some textbooks, but would appreciate any suggestions of references, books, or authors that would be a good addition to my library.  thanks in advance.
generally what kind of work are you doing?  bridges?  buildings?  tanks?  skyscrapers?  outhouses?  steel?  aluminum?
generally design 1-3 story commercial buildings w/ all types of construction: (wood, steel, masonry), some earth structures, no bridges (but do have an interest).  i let you know if i design an outhouse or a skyscraper, but probably in the distant future.  
here's a few from my library:
aci 318, aci 530, asce7, aisc asd and lrfd, nds 2001, joist and deck catalogs, and whatever other codes are relavent for your area.
masonry:
reinforced masonry engineering handbook - amrhein
masonry desginer's guide 4 - tms
concrete:
design of concrete structures - nilson, darwin, dolan
reinforced concrete - nawy
wood:
design of wood structures - breyer
steel:
aisc hss conncetions manual
asd volume 2 connections
steel structures, 2e and 4e - salmon and johnson
foundation engineering - das
foundation engineering - coduto
finite elements - cook, malkus, plesha, witt
adv. mechanics of materials - boresi, schmidt
dynamics of structures - chopra
blodgett is a good author for steel
contact hardware manufacturers such as hilti, ramset and powers and ask for their product catalogs and product technical data.
here is a "grab bag" of free downloads.  many of these are as good as purchased books.  look around the various industry association sites - there are many other free resources out in cyberspace.
residential structural design guide 鈥?2000 edition
soem more freee bokks are the doe handbooks on many topics
now you are working, you will find out over time the books that suit you and that you will use frequently.
i work in the uk so my library would be somewhat alien to you. i'll pick out some themes:
i have two good geotechnical books. one provides the formulae etc. the other is a simple undergraduate text and i find it enormously useful for looking up basic stuff that i should be able to re  
one book which i would recommend to all engineers is 'the new science of strong materials - or why we don't fall through the floor' by j.e. gordon. j.e. gordon was/is a materials scientist. he explains what i do for a living in a way i never could. i also learnt a lot of things i hadn't understood as an undergraduate. it's possibly one to read at home rather than the office.
you will probably start with numerous textbooks but as you progress through your eit, you will find "gems" that have useful design data that can't be found elsewhere... start a collection of papers and misc design details.
what i suggest as a structural engineer is to start by having the up-to-date version of wood, steel, and concrete codes. find a senior engineer who is performing more mangement and get ahold of his old steel and concrete code books from the 1960's. re  
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thanks everyone for the help.  i appreciate the information, and have utilized many of your suggestions.