For questions regarding the selection of materials for the collection, please contact John Sandy at Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering.
For reference assistance or to arrange a library instruction class, also contact John Sandy.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Looking for books on aeronautical and astronautical engineering? Here's where to look:
| TL 1-484 | Motor vehicles |
| TL 500-777 | Aeronautics, aeronautical engineering |
| TL 780-785.8 | Rockets |
| TL 787-4050 | Astronautics |
Books - You may use the online catalog [http://library.ua.edu] to obtain the location and call number of print books in the UA Libraries. The catalog will also tell you if UA Libraries has a license for an electronic book. You may search by book title, book author or editor (last name first), Keyword, subject heading, and other options.
Journal title - You may also search the online catalog by the title of the journal to determine whether the library has a subscription to the journal title, electronically or in print; and which years of a journal title are available electronically and which years are available in print.
Return to TopNeed journal articles, technical reports or conference papers? Search these databases and print indexes for citations and/or full text.
Some of the databases will contain full text articles and reports. Some will have links to full text articles and reports. For many databases, the Libraries have configured a button labeled Article Linker to help you determine if the Libraries has access to a given article or journal title. You may also search the online catalog by journal title to determine whether the Libraries have the journal volume in which a needed article is located.
ACCESS KEY:
UA- - - - - - - - Available to UA campus computers
Remote- - - - -Available via remote access to current UA faculty, staff, and students
Open access - Available to the public
Database: Compendex in Engineering Village 2
Comprehensive index, with abstracts, to engineering literature. 1884-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Engineering Index SEL REF Z 5851.E62, 1892-1995
Database: AIAA Electronic Library
Includes full text of AIAA meeting papers online, from 1996 to the present. The database indexes AIAA meeting papers, journals, books, and standards from 1963 to the present. Access: UA, Remote
Database: NASA Technical Reports Server
Open access
Print: Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) SEL REF TL 500 .S35.
Database: SAE Digital Library
Index and full text of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) technical papers. Database coverage is 1906-present. Full-text is online for technical papers from 1998 to present. Older technical papers are available on microfiche in Rodgers Library.
Access: UA, Remote
Database: Applied Science & Technology Index
Indexes over 700 English language journals in engineering and the applied sciences. Selected journals available full text. 1983-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Applied Science & Technology Index REF Z 7913 .I7, 1959-1994
Database: Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded)
Interdisciplinary database covers major journals in all areas of science and engineering. This database may be searched by subject, author, or cited author. Abstracts are available for most indexed journal articles. 1985-current. Access:UA, Remote
Print: Science Citation Index SEL REF Z 7401 .S365, 1961, 1965-2001
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Full text of most journals from 1995-present, from Elsevier and related publishers. UA's subscription includes full text of selected journals for older years. Database includes abstracts only for most additional years of journals. Some titles and abstracts are available as far back as 1822. Access: UA, Remote
Database: NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Abstracts of U.S. government-sponsored research reports. 1964-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Government Reports Announcements & Index
SEL REF Call number varies with years, 1971-1996.
Database: Dissertations and Theses
Includes citations (and some abstracts) for dissertations from the first U.S. dissertation in 1861 to the present. A preview of the first 24 pages is provided for titles published since 1997 in PDF digital format. The full text of many University of Alabama dissertations and theses published after 1996 is provided. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Dissertation Abstracts International. B. Sciences and Engineering. SEL REF Z5053 .D57 ser. B, 1966-1997
Database: ASEE Conference Proceedings Online
Additional databases:
Marshall Space Flight Center Technical Reports Server
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Additional relevant databases may also be found through the UA Libraries database menus for
• Engineering
• All Databases
SEL.....Science and Engineering Library (Rodgers Library)
REF.....Reference Section, on the First floor
red......Link to electronic book
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
REF Q 121 .M3 2002
Concise Encyclopedia of Aeronautics and Space Systems
REF TL 509 .C66 1993
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space
REF TL 788 .E7713 1990
SAE Dictionary of Aerospace Engineering
REF TL 509 .S24 1998
Jane's Aerospace Dictionary
REF TL 509 .G86 1988X
ELECTRONIC BOOKS AND REFERENCE SOURCES
Below is a selection of books for aerospace engineering. Rodgers Library has many more books, both in print and electronic. Use the online catalog, EngNetBase, or Knovel, to locate books. Also for more e-books, use SpringerLink. You will find aerospace books in "TL" section in the book stacks and in the Reference Collection.
Database: ENGnetBASE (CRC engineering handbooks online)
This electronic database of over 200 CRC books and handbooks allows simultaneous searching of titles which contain engineering information, including data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, and charts. Access: UA, Remote.
Database: Knovel
This database allows simultaneous searching of books and handbooks which contain engineering information, including data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, and charts. Access: UA, Remote
SpringerLink
UA purchases selected electronic engineering books from Springer. The Springer are listed in the library online catalog, or just click on the SpringerLink link above to go the SpringerLink platform.
NetLibrary
UA purchases selected electronic titles from netLibrary. The netLibrary titles to which we have access are listed in the library online catalog, with links. For off campus access to UA e-book titles from netLibrary, create a personalnetLibrary account while on campus.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft
REF TL 501 .J3 2005-2006
Handbook of Astronautical Engineering
REF TL 794 .K6 1961
Jane's Aero-Engines
REF TL 701 .J36 1996X
The Standard handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers
REF TL 509 .S664 2003
Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations
REF TA 332 .S73 2005
ESDU Engineering Data: Performance
REF TL 551 .E577 .
Theory, Tables, and Data for Compressible Flow
REF TL 574 .C4 B76 1990
Engineering Sciences Data. Structures
REF TL 551 .E578
Aeronautical Engineer's Data Book
REF TL 570 .M34 2002
Flight and Flying: A Chronology
REF TL 515 .B23 1994
SAE Aircraft Maintenance and Chemical and Materials AMS handbook
REF TL 671.9 .S24 1997
LITERATURE GUIDES
Guide to Information Sources in Engineering.
REF T 10.7 .L67 2000
Information Sources in Science and Technology
REF Z 7401 .H85 1998 • Also available as an electronic book in netLibrary.
STYLE MANUALS, PUBLISHING, MEETINGS
MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication
SEL REF Q 223 .P33 2002 • Also available as an electronic book in netLibrary.
Chicago Manual of Style
SEL REF Z 253 .U69 2003 • Chicago Manual of Style "Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation"
JCR: Journal Citation Reports
SEF REF Z 7401 .S366x (Reference Desk)
Lists impact factors and half-lives for journals in subject categories, such as "engineering, electrical & electronic", "telecommunications", "automation & control systems", hardware & architecture", etc. Online from 2006: JCR Science Edition.
Meetings & Announcements (as seen in Science)
ILI Standards Infobase
Covers 250 Standards issuing authorities, including AIAA, ASTM, ANSI, NFPA, API, IEC, ASME, DIN, ISO, BSI, etc . Includes 400,000 worldwide standards. Full text standards, not already available in the Science and Engineering Library or its electronic databases, can be ordered for UA Science, Engineering, and Nursing faculty, staff, and students. Access: UA, Remote
NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards [http://www.nssn.org/]
Current standards. Covers 902 Standards issuing authorities, including ASTM, NFPA, API, IEC, ASME, DIN, ISO, etc. Abstracts (called scopes) may be available online. Open access.
Database: ASTM International Standards Worldwide (American Society for Testing and Materials)
Covers active & with-drawn standards. Abstracts may be available online.
Open access.
Print: Annual book of ASTM Standards
SEL REF TA 401 .A653 1964, 1966, 1969 1970-1974;1997; parts of 1990, 1993, 1996,1998, 2007
ANSI Electronic Standards Store (American National Standards Institute)
[http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/]
Indexes current standards. Abstracts may be available online. Open access.
WSSN World Standards Services Network
[Http://www.wssn.net]
A network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world.
ORGANIZATIONS
*Aerospace Industries Association
*American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
*General Aviation Manufacturers Association
*National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
*NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
*NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
*Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council
*Federal Aviation Administration
*The Royal Aeronautical Society
*Society of Flight Test Engineers
*National Academy of Engineering
*American Astronautical Society
*Alabama Aerospace Industry Association
GATEWAYS
*National Science Digital Library
*INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
*Scirus for Scientific Information
*Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology
*DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
*OAIster Union Catalog of Digital Resources
ALERT SERVICES AND CURRENT AWARENESS
New Books in Rodgers Library with RSS
Monitor new books received in Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering from your office or from home with a RSS feed set up on your computer.
Compendex on Engineering Village 2
To register or log in, Click on Alerts at the top right of main page. Click on Create Alert from the Search Results page.
ScienceDirect
Register or log in at the top right of the main page. Search for a journal and choose Alert Me when new Journal Issues are available. You can also create a Favorite Journals list. Or perform a search and click on Save as Search Alert.
Web of Science
• Register first time and log in at the top right of ISI Web of Knowledge Home page.
• Click on Open Saved Searches or Citation Alerts from the top right of the ISI Web of Knowledge Home page, from the beginning Web of Science page, or from the Web of Science Advanced Search page.
• Citation Alerts: Receive an email when an article of interest is cited in WoS. In the full record of the article of interest, click on Create Citation Alert.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, REPORTS, AND E-PRINTS
Virtual Technical Reports Center
E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers
Engineering Publications (National Academies)
To read these titles, click on "View this report as a searchable OpenBook". Also more than 3,000 additional free online titles from the National Academies available at National Academies Press. Open access.
FUNDING SOURCES FOR RESEARCH
Community of Science (COS) Available to UA faculty and research staff to search for funding opportunities. Access: log into COS Workbench with individual user names and passwords received from the UA Office of Sponsored Programs(348-8881).
Research Funding (University of Virginia Department of Computer Science)
REFERENCE
*Goddard Space Flight Center Library Catalog
*NASA Astrophysics Data System Online
DATA
*Aviation Safety Data and Information
*Wind Tunnel Experiment Data Files
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
GENERAL
COURSES AND TUTORIALS
Crimson Navigate (A tutorial for learning how to use the library)
University of Alabama faculty, staff, and students may use UA Libraries Interlibrary Loan [http://www.lib.ua.edu/interlibloan/] to borrow materials not owned or licensed by the University of Alabama Libraries. See Interlibrary Loan's "Frequently Asked Questions about Interlibrary Loan" [http://www.lib.ua.edu/interlibloan/illfaq.htm] for more information. Requests are made electronically at [http://illserver.lib.ua.edu/illiad/logon.html].
Requested journal articles are sent to your email address. Books are picked up at the Service Desk at Gorgas Library, Floor 2.
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Updated March 2009
