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Aeronautics and Astronautics (AA)

Last Updated: 2-Oct-2014

Information and research sources in support of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AA) and affiiated labs and groups. The courses and research activities of the AA department cover most aspects of aircraft and spacecraft design, structures, fluid mechanics, dynamics and control and navigation, with strong emphasis on fundamental principles as well as on systems engineering.

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Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN)
IHS Jane's Intelligence Centres, Defence Equipment and Technology (formerly Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Avionics)
Aerospace Research Central (AIAA Digital LIbrary)
NewSpace Global
Market and company information for the commercial space sector.
AERADE
collection of key aerospace and defence resources from Cranfield University, UK
NASA Technical Reports Server
SAE Digital Library
Aerospace standards, technical papers
Space-Track
Provided by the United States Strategic Command, this site includes orbital elements for just about every man-made object orbiting the earth, including debris. Free to use, but registration is required.
Astrobooks.com
The world's largest collection of technical astronautics books.

Keep Current

NewSpace Global

AIAA Industry News

European Space Agency--Technology and Missions

European Space Agency--top news

IEEE Spectrum Aerospace News

NASA Breaking News

Aviation and Aerospace Databases

Aerospace & high technology database [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
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.
Aerospace research central [electronic resource].
Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Full-text access to AIAA Journal, Journal of Aircraft, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, and meeting papers.
Aviation Week intelligence network [electronic resource] : AWIN.
New York : Aviation Week.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Detailed information on 120,000 aircraft from the commercial, military and business aviation market along with information on products and suppliers for the Aviation Industry.  Data can be downloaded to excel.  Full-text archive of Aviation Week and Space Technology from 1997 to the present.
IHS Jane's defense & security intelligence & analysis [electronic resource].
Englewood, Colo. : IHS, Inc., 2010-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Contents
  • Defence: air and space section: Aero-Engines
  • All the World's Aircraft: Development and Production
  • All the World's Aircraft: In Service (formerly Jane's aircraft upgrades)
  • All the World's Aircraft: Unmanned
  • Defence: C4ISR & Mission Systems: Air
  • Flight Avionics (formerly Jane's avionics)
  • Space Systems and Industry
  • Weapons; Air-Launched.
NASA technical reports server [electronic resource].
[Hampton, Va. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, 1994]
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides access to approximately 500,000 aerospace citations, 90,000 full-text documents, and 11,000 images and videos. An AIAA paper usually is indexed on NTRS if the paper was NASA funded in some way. Full-text of the document may or may not be available. Freely available.
NSG, NewSpace Global [electronic resource] : providing our customers with market data and strategic analyses on the NewSpace industry.
New York, NY : NewSpace Global, LLC, c2013-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Timely, accurate and critical information regarding the commercial space sector. Our subscription includes:
NSG Observer Private Company Database (350+ companies)
Thruster: NSG’s Monthly Market Tracking Report
Three live NSG indices (500+ companies)
NewSpace Watch Database
SAE digital library [electronic resource].
Warrendale, PA : Society of Automotive Engineers.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
The Standards portion of the SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE standards. SAE publishes many new, revised, and reaffirmed standards each year in three categories: Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports); Aerospace Standards; and Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS). Older standards are available in the SAE Digital Library Historical Standards. The Technical papers portion of the SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE Technical Papers covering the latest advances and research in all areas of mobility engineering including ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology. The SAE Global Mobility Database (GMD) contains summaries of more than 177,000 documents--technical papers, standards, regulations, journals, reports, etc.

Related databases

Engineering index.
New York [etc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z5851 .E62 V.95:PT.10 1996
Engineering Index (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.
IEEE Xplore [electronic resource].
[Piscataway, N.J.?] : IEEE, c1998-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
IEEE Xplore is a digital library providing full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. IEEE Xplore contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) publications. NEW CONTENT: IEEE eLearning Library with nearly 200 courses in communications, computing, engineering, power, professional development and dozens of other core and emerging technologies. IEEE-Wiley e-books include all current year titles plus access to the complete backlist of more than 400 titles. Also includes MIT press e-books.
INSPEC [electronic resource].
[United States] : Institution of Electrical Engineers, INSPEC service, [19--]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Contains citations and abstracts to the literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, telecommunications, computers, control technology, and information technology. Covers journal articles, conference papers, significant books, technical reports, dissertations, and patents. INSPEC is the premier database for physics & related disciplines but also covers related areas such as systems management and operations research.
Scopus [electronic resource].
[New York] : Elsevier, 2004-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
The world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Contains 41 million records, 70% with abstracts including 18,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide and over 3 million conference papers. Particularly strong international coverage of medicine, science and technology. Also includes sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Linking between ScienceDirect and Scopus for the fulltext of the article and related research.
SPIE digital library [electronic resource].
Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Covers proceedings in biomedical optics, nano- and micro- technologies, medical imaging and more from 1990-current. NEW CONTENT: E-Books including 120 SPIE Press titles from the Field Guides, Monographs, and Tutorial Texts series
Web of science core collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides for forward or backward cited searching and citation counts for articles in engineering, science and medicine. Also includes Conference Proceeding Citation Index, Book Citation Index and Data Citation Index.

Handbooks and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of aerospace engineering [electronic resource] / editors-in-chief, Richard Blockley, Wei Shyy.
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley, 2010.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Comprehensive encyclopedia published online in 2010 and continuously updated. Topics covered include mechanics, propulsion, guidance and control, electronics and instrumentation, communications, computer science, systems engineering, environmental science, noise and emissions. Contributions from Everitt, Jameson and Ou of Stanford. Online via Wiley Online Library.

Handbooks

The library collection includes thousands of titles for reference and research. To find print books in the library, search our library catalog, SearchWorks. You can also find many e-books in the catalog or you may want to browse our collection of E-Book Resources.

AIAA aerospace design engineers guide.
5th ed. Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2003.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TL551 .A32 2003
Aeronautical engineers' data book [electronic resource] / Clifford Matthews.
Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Aerospace materials : an Oxford-Kobe materials text / edited by Brian Cantor, Hazel Assender and Patrick Grant.
Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics, c2001.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TL953 .O84 1998
Aircraft design / Ajoy Kumar Kundu.
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Engineering Library (Terman) » Stacks » TL671.2 .K76 2010
Aircraft propulsion systems technology and design / edited by Gordon C. Oates.
Washington, DC : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1989.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TL709 .A44 1989
Composite materials for aircraft structures [electronic resource] / [edited by] Alan Baker, Stuart Dutton, Donald Kelly.
2nd ed. Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2004.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Elements of space technology for aerospace engineers / Rudolf X. Meyer.
San Diego : Academic Press, c1999.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TL795 .M48 1999
Rocket propulsion elements / George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz.
7th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2001.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TL782 .S8 2001
Satellite technology : an introduction / A.F. Inglis and A.C. Luther.
2nd ed. Boston, Mass : Focal Press, c1997.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TK5104 .I53 1997
The standard handbook for aeronautical and astronautical engineers / Mark Davies, editor-in-chief.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2003.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TL509 .S664 2003