Indexes and Databases

The Royal Military College of Canada Library

Aeronautics and Space

Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace (through CFVL)
The High Technology Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research. It consists of several subfiles that can be searched separately or together: Aerospace and High Technology Database, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, Electronics and Communications Abstracts, Solid State and Superconductivity Abstract
AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Electronic Library
The AIAA Electronic Library includes full text for AIAA journals (1997-) and conference papers (2001-).
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP), 1949-1990
(1949-1990) Available in print in the Reference section of the Massey Library REF Z 6723.U27 and on the internet
(1990-) Index to 76 English language (largely American) military and aeronautical periodicals.
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards
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Compendex (Engineering Index), 1884-
Compendex is a bibliographic database containing over 5 million records and references to more than 5,000 engineering journals and conferences. Subjects covered include: civil, energy, environmental, geological, and biological engineering; electrical, electronics, and control engineering; chemical, mining, metals, and fuel engineering; mechanical, automotive, nuclear, and aerospace engineering; computers, robotics, and industrial robots. Scopus Cited By counts for documents are available.
 
Engineering Village
IEEE Xplore
Full text for IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Inspec, 1896-
Inspec is a bibliographic database produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology . It indexes the world's scientific and technical literature in the areas of physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology, covering over 3,500 journals. It is also the premiere source of indexing for IEEE publications, which the library subscribes to in their entirety.
Institute of Physics
This database provides full-text access to over 35 journals published by the Institute of Physics.
Jane's (through CFVL)
This database offers the full text of many of Jane's publications and magazines in the fields of defence, security, transport, public safety and law enforcement. There is a five-year archive and monthly updates.
NASA Scientific and Technical Information
Searchable databases of U.S. and foreign technical reports on aerospace research.
NATO. Research and Technology Organisation (formerly the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development - AGARD)
Provides a searchable database and full-text of selected reports dating from 1994. For previous years, see the library's AGARD collection.
NTIS
Technical reports published by U.S. government agencies.
ProQuest Military Collection 1991- (through CFVL)
ProQuest Military Collection indexes over 515 journals, some in full text, that cover a range of government and military related subjects, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics, communications, etc.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier), 1995-
This database provides full-text access to over 1800 peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries. It covers disciplines in science and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
SpringerLink
This database provides full-text access to over 1,200 journals published by Springer and its subsidiaries.
Web of Knowledge, 2004-
The Web of Knowledge provides access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the world's leading scholarly research journals. It also provides *cited reference searching*. The following databases are included:
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index
  • Science Citation Index
  • Social Science Index
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index
Wiley Online Library
Wiley Blackwell offers over 1400 full-text journal titles in areas such Business, Economics, and Finance, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Education,  Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Science and Computing, Law and Criminology, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Medical, Veterinary and Health Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Polymers and Materials Science, and Psychology.

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