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Selected Resources for: Engineering, Aerospace
 | Subject Librarian: Janet Fransen E-Mail: fransen@umn.edu This subject covers the
development, design, construction, testing, and
operation of aircraft and space vehicles. It also includes aeronautics, aircraft, aviation,
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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
AIAA Electronic Library  Includes full-text of journal articles and technical papers (including conference papers) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Applied Science Full Text  Indexes of 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 and full text.
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| Compendex 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.
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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.
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| Web of Science (ISI) Indexes 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, Book Citation, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk(*).
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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.
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| 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.
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| NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Provides access to full-text documents produced by the RTO.
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| 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.
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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 over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs
| MNCAT (University of Minnesota library catalog) Search for books, conference proceedings, journals, maps, and other items in our collection.
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| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for.
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General Reference Sources
Data Compilations/Algorithms
Directories
| Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary 2nd edition (2009) is currently available only in print at Walter Library. 1st edition (2006) is available online through Knovel.
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
Available online or in print at Walter Library.
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| Civil Jet Aircraft Design Introduces the procedures and practices of civil aircraft design involving conflicting requirements of performance, quality, safety, and environmental issues.
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| Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers |
Standards
| NASA Technical Standards Access point for standards developed and adopted by NASA programs.
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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.
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Internet Resources
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.
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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.).
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Writing Guides
| Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing: Engineering and the Technical Sciences [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
Primary Subject Location
Science and Engineering Library
Chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology and geophysics, physics, astronomy, general science, history of science and technology.
Campus: East Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: Walter Library
Telephone: Circulation: (612) 624-3366; Reference: (612) 624-0224
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