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Aerospace Database (ProQuest)
 
The Aerospace Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms.



AIAA Aerospace Research Central (ARC) (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
 
Full-text AIAA papers, journals, conference proceedings and ebooks in the fields of aviation and aerospace. Contains content formerly found in the AIAA Electronic Library, with more than four decades of technical information and documents.



BOSUN (Dudley Knox Library) (Dudley Knox Library)
BOSUN, the Library's online catalog, lists the publications (books, theses, journal titles, etc.) and multimedia materials available in the Dudley Knox collections. It also provides links to some of the Library's electronic resources (electronic journals, databases indexing journal literature, etc.).



Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA) Propulsion Database ( )
The web version of the CPIA unlimited-distribution Propulsion Information Retrieval System (PIRS) and contains over 19,000 citations of unlimited-distribution DoD, military services, NASA, and contractor technical reports and JANNAF and AIAA conference papers covering 25 years of propulsion technology.  Access restricted to qualified U.S. Citizens.



Compendex (Engineering Village)
 
Compendex contains over seven million references and abstracts taken from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Online coverage is from 1969 to the present and includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.



Credo Reference (Credo Reference)
 
Credo Reference is a source that reference librarians and others use that compiles essential, factual information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources.  Credo Reference is written for the interested researcher, not the specialist. It's a great place to start your research.



CSA (CSA)
 
CSA has been incorporated into the ProQuest database



DTIC Online (Defense Technical Information Center)
DTIC Online contains scientific and technical research report literature generated or sponsored by the Department of Defense. Topics range from science and engineering to the social sciences. For more access options see the DTIC Registration page.



Earth & Planetary Sciences (Elsevier)
A virtual exhibition of Elsevier's core publications and services in the earth and planetary sciences. It also provides access to 12 specialist subject sites: Atmospheric Science, Earth Sciences Interdisciplinary, Geobiology, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Hydrology, Mineral Processing, Ocean Sciences, Palaeontology, Petroleum Science, Physical Geography, and Quaternary Science.



ebrary (ebrary)
 

ebrary books are included as part of the library's collection, and may be accessed like other library electronic materials via a link in BOSUN.  Access the full-text of over 43,000 books. Create a personal bookshelf and highlight and take notes in the books. Coverage includes the subject areas of Business & Economics, Computers & IT, Education, Engineering & Technology, History & Political Science, Humanities, Interdisciplinary & Area Studies, Language, Literature & Linguistics, Law, International Relations & Public Policy, Life Sciences, Medical, Nursing & Allied Health, Physical Sciences, Psychology & Social Work, Religion, Philosophy & Classics, Sociology & Anthropology.

Notes: ebrary eBooks the library owns are accessible directly from ebrary or from a link in the BOSUN record for each. You do not need to register to have your own ebrary account: one will be automatically created for you when you click on the Login button for the first time.  Important: be aware that when you login to ebrary to use personalized features such as your own bookshelf, you will be prompted with a PROXY login screen, even if you're on campus.

ebrary’s “reader” function is not supported under many browsers, including AOL's, MSN's, Netscape 6, Opera, and others, including ISP-branded browsers. ebrary works well without it. ebrary permits printing in 30 page increments up to 60 pages per user session. To print, right click on text, select "print" and indicate the pages needed.

Note of December 17, 2010: eBrary has changed its personalized account features. Users who set up ebrary personalized accounts before this date may wish to contact ebrary tech support at support@ebrary.com to have their  previous bookshelf contents merged with a newer "SSO" bookshelf account.  In your email, please provide your previous username and your new username and ask to have your bookshelves "merged". (To see your new username, log in and look in upper right of the screen.  Your new name will appear as "Logged in as...")




Engineering Village 2 (Engineering Village 2)
 
Engineering Village 2 offers access to Compendex, CRC ENGnetBASE (Engineering Handbooks Online), and records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for information specialists, professionals, and researchers working in the applied science technical and engineering fields.



ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online (CRCnetBASE)
 
ENGnetBASE books are included as part of the library's collection, and may be accessed like other library electronic materials via a link in BOSUN.  ENGnetBASE provides online access to the full text of the CRC Press Engineering Handbook series. Subject areas include civil engineering, telecommunications, electronic engineering, materials science, chemical technology, computer science, avionics, manufacturing, signal processing, and mechanical engineering.

Notes: ENGnetBASE eBooks the library owns are accessible directly from ENGnetBASE, or from a link in the BOSUN record for each. Books are displayed a chapter at a time in .pdf format




IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEEE Xplore)
 
This database provides full-text access to over 12,000 publications produced by in conjunction with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE] and the Institution of Engineering and Technology [IET]. Included in this database are journal articles, conference papers, books and technical standards. Coverage is from 1988 to present, with some content going back as far as 1913.



Jane's (Jane's)
 

Military systems and equipment, geopolitical and terrorism intelligence, defense news and analysis, country security and threat assessments, and order of battle information for military forces worldwide.  

If you get the “This Connection is Untrusted” pop up window, click through the following.  You may have to do this a couple of times.
    • I Understand the Risks
    • Add Exception
    • Confirm Security Exception




Knovel (Knovel)
 

Knovel ebooks are included as part of the library's collection, and may be accessed like other library electronic materials via a link in BOSUN.  Knovel offers interactive access to the full-text content of over 800 engineering and scientific handbooks and databases, and the ability to manipulate and search across this entire collection. Knovel currently has 19 subject areas: Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks; Aerospace & Radar Technology; Biology & Biotechnology; Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering; Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering & Construction Materials; Computer Hardware; Electrical & Power Engineering; Electronics & Semiconductors; Engineering Management & Leadership; Environment & Environmental Engineering; Fire Protection; General Engineering References; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Metals & Metallurgy; Oil & Gas Engineering; Process Design; Sustainable Energy.

Notes: Knovel eBooks the library owns are accessible directly from Knovel, or from a link in the BOSUN record for each.  Books are displayed a chapter at a time in .pdf format. Knovel offers a "search within" feature. Data in books may be adapted and used interactively.




Knovel (via Navy Knowledge Online) (Knovel (via Navy Knowledge Online))
   
Click on Reference / Quick Links / Knovel Engineering Resources.  Knovel offers interactive access to the full-text content of over 500 engineering and scientific handbooks and databases, and the ability to manipulate and search across this entire collection. Knovel currently has 16 subject areas: Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks; Aerospace & Radar Technology; Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology; Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering; Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Construction Materials & Engineering; Electrical & Power Engineering; Environment & Environmental Engineering; Food Science; General Engineering References; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Metals & Metallurgy; Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries; Plastics & Rubbers; Safety, Health & Hygiene; Semiconductors & Electronics



NACA Digital Library (NACA Digital Library)
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) existed from 1915 to 1958 and was the predecessor for NASA. The primary product of NACA research was the NACA report series, which included Reports, Technical Notes, Technical Memorandums, Research Memorandums, Annual Reports, and other materials. A large number of their reports have been digitized and are available full-text.



NASA Glenn Technical Reports Server (NASA Glenn Technical Reports Server)
 The Glenn Research Center's Technical Reports Server (GLTRS) is a service that allows users to search available online technical reports and abstracts. Unlimited, unclassified, and publicly available NASA series reports (TM, TP, CR, CP, SP) are available in PDF



NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Database(s). (Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Database(s))
 STI (scientific and technical information) is the collected set of facts, analyses, and conclusions resulting from scientific, technical, and related engineering research and development efforts, both basic and applied.



NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA Technical Reports Server)
The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program's mission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information, and locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises.



NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
NTIS is the federal government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information by or for the U.S. government and complementary materials from international sources. Approximately 2.5 million products are available in a variety of formats including online, electronic, multimedia, CD-ROM , paper, and microfiche.



ProQuest (ProQuest)
 
Select the databases you want to search and then click on Use selected databases.
Databases include: ABI/INFORM Global (business, management & trade), Aerospace Database, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), Computer and Information Systems Abstracts,  COS Funding Opportunities, EconLit, GeoRef, Hoover's Company Profiles, Index Islamicus, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, National Newspapers Core, Oceanic Abstracts, OxResearch (geopolitical and macro-economic analysis), PAIS (Public affairs, public and social policies, international relations), ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Historical Annual Reports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers [Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995), New York Times (1851-2007), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Washington Post (1877-1993)], ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Telecommunications, PsycINFO, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.



Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Knowledge)
 
The Science Citation Index® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Dudley Knox Library’s subscription covers articles and papers published from 1956-present.



Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR)
1996-present. Updated biweekly. STAR lists citations with abstracts for aerospace-related reports obtained from worldwide sources. It is published biweekly and includes documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Database(s). STAR is available only in PDF format.



Shock and Vibration Digest (Ebsco)
 
Shock & Vibration Digest includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 92,000 records, which are selected from the most important sources within the discipline.



SPIE Digital Library (SPIE)
 
The SPIE Digital Library contains the full text of technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings from 1990 to the present.



TORPEDO Ultra (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
 
Access to the full text of selected journals published by Academic Press, Elsevier Science, Institute of Physics and Naval Research Laboratory Formal and Memorandum Reports, NRL authored journal articles and conference papers, and NRL Press Releases.



UCS Satellite Database (Union of Concerned Scientists)
This database from the Union of Concerned Scientists is a listing of operational satellites currently in orbit around the Earth. The database includes basic information about more than 800 satellites and their orbits, but does not contain the detailed information necessary to locate individual satellites. Users can find information about a particular satellite; identify sets of satellites having a common characteristic, such as altitude or mission; and sort or aggregate data about the whole population of satellites.



United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Databases (United States Government)
Includes every United States patent ever issued, a total of more than 6.5 million patents. Patents issued from 1790 through 1975 are searchable by patent number and current US patent classification; patents issued from 1976 to the most recent issue week are searchable by full-text fields that now include current US classification data.  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website: http://www.uspto.gov/ .



United States Patent and Trademark Office Search (United States Government)
This search tool  for the United States Patent and Trademark Office locates USPTO website documents only, not patents.



Web of Knowledge (Web of Knowledge)
 
The website includes access to Web of Science (Science Citation Index 1956-present, Social Sciences Citation Index 1898-present, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science 1991-present, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities 1991-present) , Medline 1950-present, and Journal Citation Reports 2006-2010. It provides citation and tracking information on current and retrospective research and a current awareness tool. Cited references [footnotes and bibliographies] for all articles are captured and indexed, allowing tracing of the references and citation analysis. Includes access to some full-text articles.



Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)
 
Includes Science Citation Index 1956-present, Social Sciences Citation Index 1898-present, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science 1991-present, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities 1991-present. This database provides citation and tracking information on current and retrospective research and a current awareness tool. Cited references [footnotes and bibliographies] for all articles are captured and indexed, allowing tracing of the references and citation analysis. Includes access to some full-text articles.



WorldCat (OCLC)
 
With WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) you can simultaneously search the catalogs of over 9000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat contains more than 50 million records in over 400 languages.

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