Selected Resources for: Engineering, Aerospace
 | Subject Librarian: Janet Fransen E-Mail: frans005@umn.edu Subject Description: This subject covers the development, design, construction, testing, and operation of aircraft and space vehicles. It also includes aeronautics, aircraft, aviation, astronautics, and space flight. For more information, see the News from the AEM Librarian blog. Reference: Quick question? Instant messenger (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, Jabber) at umjanlib |
Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesAIAA Papers  Includes full-text of the technical papers presented at the conferences of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts  Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Compendex and Engineering Index Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| IEEE Xplore Full-text access to the transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Includes all current IEEE Standards. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| INSPEC ® Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Indexed are primarily journal articles and conference papers, with some books,technical reports, and dissertations. The database provides bibliographic citations plus abstracts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SAE International Use this site to search for SAE technical papers, standards, conferences, and more. The Science & Engineering Library has the SAE technical papers available in print from 1948-2001 on level S, under call number TL1 .S552. SAE transactions (which contain select SAE technical papers) are also available from 1917-1965 on level S, call number TL1.S6. If you wish to access a technical paper published after 2001, please contact Interlibrary Loan, ILL. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Web of Science (ISI) Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs & Indexes to Government Publications
| NACA Reports (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) The bibliographic records in this file represent the document series produced by NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as well as various other aviation reports. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NASA Technical Reports Server Provides citation with abstracts mostly to technical reports relating to aerospace research. Covers NASA documents published since 1962, and NACA documents from 1915-1960. Many of the reports indexed can be found on microfiche in the Science and Engineering Library. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Provides access to full-text documents produced by the RTO. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NTIS National Technical Information Service NTIS indexes government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related publications with over 2.0 million bibliographic records since 1964. Contents include research reports, computer products, software, video and audio. See the NTIS Website for an overview of subject coverage and document delivery services. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| Public STINET Public STINET provides access to citations to unclassified documents that have been entered into the Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC) Technical Reports Collection since December 1974 as well as some full text reports for those citations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Data Compilations/AlgorithmsDictionaries
| Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use An electronic version of a 1965 NASA dictionary. While the dictionary remains very useful for older and static terminology, many terms that are commonly used today, such as "space shuttle," are not to be found here. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Covers all segments of aviation. Over 7,400 terms and 2,400 illustrations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NASA Thesaurus An exhaustive compilation of aeronautical and astronautical terms, and their relationships to other terms. Particularly useful for identifying keywords to be used in comprehensive database searches of the aeronautical and astronautical literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SAE Dictionary of Aerospace Engineering An extensive technical dictionary for "aerospace engineers who design,test, and manufacture aerospace vehicles, components, and parts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
General Reference Works
| ENGnetBASE ENGnetBASE is an online reference source providing access to over 600 handbooks published by CRC Press. The handbooks include a wide variety of titles on engineering specialties, including Civil Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, HVAC, Nanotechnology, and more. Users can either browse the table of contents of each individual handbook or use keyword searching to retrieve and display related full-text information. Full- text results are displayed in .pdf format. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Knovel Knovel provides online access to reference books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables and is a good starting point when you need a piece of data quickly. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| AIAA Aerospace Design Engineers Guide A condensed collection of "commonly used engineering reference data to assist the design engineer in creating and defining practical aerospace products." Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Civil Jet Aircraft Design Introduces the procedures and practices of civil aircraft design involving conflicting requirements of performance, quality, safety, and environmental issues. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers A comprehensive handbook for Aerospace engineers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Standards
| NASA Technical Standards Access point for standards developed and adopted by NASA programs. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Technical Reports
| Aerospace Professional Network Provides access to Aerospace related documents drawn from Institute of Engineering and Technology publications and conferences and other full text documents freely available on the Web. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Electronic Books| CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering (2nd Edition) This Second Edition of the CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering covers every important aspect of the subject in one single volume. It provides a reference for the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia, with relevant background and up-to-date information on the most important topics of modern mechanical engineering. These topics include modern manufacturing and design, robotics, computer engineering, environmental engineering, economics and project management, patent law, bioengineering, and communication and information systems. The final chapter and appendix provide information regarding physical properties and mathematical and computational methods. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Electronic Texts
| Advances in Dynamics and Control Contains research papers contributed by international experts on a wide range of topics including rotorcraft dynamics, stabilization of unstable aircraft, spacecraft and satellite dynamics and control, missile auto-pilot and guidance design, hybrid system dynamics and control, intelligent control, neuro-fuzzy techniques, and structural and acoustic modelling. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Harris' Shock and Vibration Handbook (5th Edition) This handbook is a valuable guide to the solution of shock and vibration problems. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications Includes an overview of MEMS development, demonstrations of past and current examples of MEMS in space, and discussions of fabrication technologies; the effect of space environmental factors on MEMS devices; and micro technologies for space systems, instrumentation, communications, thermal control, guidance navigation and control, and propulsion. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Gateways & Megasites
| Recommended Websites for Aviation and Aerospace An extensive collection of links to aerospace- and aviation-related websites. Maintained by Emory Riddle Aeronautical University's Hunt Library. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Listservs and Discussion Groups
| SCAN-Selected Current Aerospace Notices Updated weekly, SCAN is a free announcement service listing the latest aerospace-related scientific and technical information from around the world that has been entered into the NASA scientific and technical information knowledge base. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| STAR-Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Updated biweekly, STAR highlights the most recent additions to the NASA scientific and technical information knowledge base. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
News Sources| NASA's Newsroom Provides access to NASA press releases back to 1990, fact sheets, reports to Congress and the President, biographical information on NASA astronauts, and more. The entire site can also be searched by keyword. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Today@NASA -- News and Hot Topics from NASA Announcements and summaries of current NASA missions and research projects. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Writing Guides
| <i>How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper</i> Concisely covers all aspects of science writing, from choosing a title to acknowledgments and references: submission strategies; other forms of science writing (book reviews, theses, presentations, posters); English language usage. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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