Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch aviation journal databases using Supersearch

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e.g., fatigue management aviation

• This quicksearch option searches across a number of science journal databases.
• It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
• To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the SFX button :

Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

• Academic One File on Thomson Gale.
• Academic Search Premier on EBSCOhost - Includes full text articles from 1500+ journals
• Access Science AccessScience is an online encyclopaedia of science and technology.
• Business Source Premier on EBSCOhost
  Business database with over 1300 titles in full text
• ENGnetBASE - full text electronic handbooks form CRC Press. Covers a wide range of engineering and technology disciplines.
• IEEEXplore IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) provides access the the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL). You have access to the following from at least 1988 (back issues are currently being added for many publications): IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines; IEEE conference proceedings; IEE journals; IEE conference proceedings; IEEE standards.
• InfoTrac One File on Thomson Gale
• ScienceDirect provides full text access to 36 Elsevier journals that Swinburne subscribes to plus over 200 titles from Academic Press.
• Scopus world’s largest abstract and indexing database offering you access to 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers
• Standards Australia Online
• Wiley InterScience Journals Access to 3 million articles from 1400 journals
• Transportation database including aviation, from Elsevier
• Web of Knowledge: includes Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index) and Current Contents Connect. Coverage is available from 1992 onwards

Electronic Journals

• Check theSwinburne Library catalogue for individual journal titles. Journals available in electronic format will include a link to the relevant resource. A list of journals relating to aviation is available here and includes titles on aviation and aeronautics engineering
• Airlines Industry Profiles from Datamonitor: information on Asia-Pacific, France, Germany, UK, USA and more - fulltext on Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
• Air Transport World - fulltext on Business Source Premier from 1997
• Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology on Emerald
• Aviation Week and Space Technology - fulltext on ANZ Reference Centre
• Business and Commercial Aviation-fulltext on Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
• Journal of Aerospace Engineering - EBSCOhost Electronic Journal Service
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e-Books (online books)

• Benchmarking in Civil Aviation
• Civil Aviation Safety Authority rules and procedures
• Advances in Dynamics and Control
• The Airline Handbook

See the eBook (online books) Subject Starter Guide for more eBook databases.

Web Directories

• Swinburne Aviation links
• Thirty Thousand Feet Aviation Directory
• AERADE- Aviation resources Cranfield (UK)
• Intute - Science, Engineering and Technology
• Argus Clearing House - Engineering
• AviationNow.com
• Scirus - for scientific information
• TechXtra

Government organisations

• Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK)
• Aviation resouces - Department of Transport (UK) - contains extensive archive of UK government information eg air traffic forecasts for the UK.
• Australian Transport Safety Bureau
• Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia (CASA)
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (US) and related organisations.
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (US) - includes aviation accident stastics and material from major investigations

Associations

• Airports Council International
  ACI is the international association of the worlds’ airports. It is a non profit organization, the prime purpose of which is to advance the interests of airports and to promote professional excellence in airport management and operations.
• Air Transport Association
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Working papers

• Boeing Current Market Outlook 2007
• Flightsafety Foundation Special Reports includes other publications
• NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server search for reports on research conducted by NASA.
• STAR - List of Scientific and Technical Reports from NASA

Statistics

• Avline - (Aust) Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics - The Avline Journal reveals key statistical information about aviation sector performance and is targeted to Government and industry working with public policy issues in aviation.
• Aviation Data Unit (UK) statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority includes airline and airport data.
• FAA - US Data and Statistics
• Industry Statistics - Air Transport Association (US)
• Statistics from the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (Aust)

Author: Madeline Bruwer (mbruwer@swin.edu.au) and Jo Gillespie