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Aerospace Engineering

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Adriana Popescu
Office: Engineering Library
Phone: 609-258-6567

Aerospace Engineering Research Guide

Core Resources

Aerospace Database  (1962+)
Covers literature in environmental pollution, energy, (including nuclear energy), climatology & oceanography.
Collection of all the meeting papers from all the conferences of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Extensive bibliographic database of engineering research. Indexes journal papers and conference proceedings. The broad subject areas of engineering and applied science are comprehensively represented.
INSPEC  (1896+)
Major bibliographic database concentrating on physics, electrical and electronic engineering, information technology, computer and control systems, and manufacturing, production engineering, and information technology.
Web of Science (ISI)  (Sciences (1900+), Social Sciences (1898+), and Arts and Humanities (1975+).)
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research.
Scopus  (1996+)
Note: Princeton's Institutional ID (needed for Papers software): 51401.
International coverage of journal articles, selected web sites, and patents in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities; provides citation tracking for 1996+

Important Resources

EngNetBase    
Note: Select "Search Full Access Content Only" to view and download subscribed content.
ENGnetBase contains the full text of engineering handbooks published by CRC Press.
Collection of the latest leading technical and engineering reference books.
NTIS  (1964+)  
Source for accessing unclassified reports from U.S. and international government agencies. Provides access to over two million critical citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Related Resources

General science and technology articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere; non-English language articles are included if English abstracts are provided.
IEEE Xplore  (1988+ (select content back to 1893))  
Full text of all IEEE (institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) journals and conferences back to 1988 with select content back to 1893.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Full Text  (1861+; full text 1997+)  
Access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Dissertations written from 1997 forward are available full text. The database includes citations to dissertations from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980 forward have abstracts.
Note: AlternaTIFF viewing software (available from the USPTO site) is needed to view patent images.

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