Guide to Shelfmarks
Journals
Electronic Books
Key Reference Books
Online Bibliographical Databases
Other Useful Library Resources
Useful Web Links

 Guide to Shelfmarks 

The main collections of books can be found on Levels 4 and 5 of the Library.

Books in heavy demand are placed in the Short Loan Collection on Level 1. The Short Loan Collection contains 1 copy of essential reading as 1 day loan books; 7 day loan books are shelved with the ordinary loan books on the upper Levels.

Use the Library catalogue to find the exact shelfmark and location for each book. If you are searching for books on a particular topic, use a keyword search.

The main collection of books for Aeronautical Engineering has shelfmarks beginning 629 and is shelved on Level 5 of the University Library in the George Edwards Building.

 Journals

Printed Journals

These are kept in the library. Search by the journal title on the Library Catalogue to find out where a journal is shelved. Some current issues are shelved on Level 1.

Electronic Journals

The ejournals@surrey portal links to the full-text electronic journals available from the University of Surrey. You can view the full-text articles on screen and save, email, print them, create alerts for searches etc. Collections of Science e-journals are available at these sites (follow links from the ejournals@surrey portal)

 Electronic Books

You can use the Electronic Books page to access eBooks on Aeronautical Engineering. The most useful collections for Aeronautical Engineering textbooks will be EngNetbase. Also relevant books are available via Safari Books online, Ebrary and Knovel.

For dictionaries try Credo Reference.

There are also links from some titles on the Library catalogue to electronic versions of the text - look for "e-link"

 Key Reference Books

• Engineering Tables and Data  62.01 HOW
  Useful figures, values, data, equations.
• Kaye & Laby’s Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants. 53.081 KAY
  Compact and easy to use source of physical and chemical data.
• Kempe’s Engineers Year-Book 62 KEM
• Handbook of Aeronautics 629.13 ROY
  Eshbach's handbook of engineering fundamentals [electronic resource]

 Online Bibliographical Databases

Aerospace and high technology database is a key database in the field. It covers basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality Web sources. It covers all areas of science and technology and is the world's biggest abstract database.

Inspec provides coverage of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, and control engineering.

IEEE Xplore Search journals, conferences and standards from the IEEE. Check to see if your local library provides access to the full text.

Taylor & Francis InformaWorld Journals and ebooks from Taylor & Francis and Routledge. Subjects covered include engineering and technology and military and strategic studies.

Shrivenham index Freely available, this is an index to defence journal literature. The service provides abstracts of articles and access to the full text online where possible.

CAA publications Search or browse by subject and full the view text of many of the CAA's publications.

 Other Useful Library Resources

Newspapers

The Library takes certain daily British broadsheet newspapers. Recent copies are on Level 1 of the Library and older copies are kept on Level 2.

British newspapers and a huge variety of international papers can also be read electronically on Nexis.

Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985: The complete digital edition of The Times (London) capturing the entire newspaper, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Also of interest may be The Times (1910-1999) and The Sunday Times (1970-1999) which are held on microform on Level 2 of the Library.

Statistics

The Library's printed statistics collection is on Level 2. The collection includes statistics from the British Government and international organisations. There are two sequences in the statistics collection, books/monographs all with the shelfmark beginning 31 and also statistical periodicals shelved in A-Z order by title.

Check StatnetBase The full text of 70 books in the field of statistics

Some useful websites are:

National Statistics - The site for the UK's official statistics, it includes information on the economy, population, and society.

ESDS International This is a database only available by using your Athens username and password. ESDS International provides access to a range of datasets including macro data from OECD, IMF, World Bank and IEA.

Eurostat -The EU Statistical Office. It is possible to view structural, long, and short term indicators free of charge as well as the online version of Statistics in Focus which provides information on key statistical surveys.

EDC

The EDC collection is on Level 2 of the Library and contains a variety of materials produced by the Official Publications Office and other agencies and institutions of the EU

Standards and  Patents

The Standards and Patents page tells you which sets of standards are available for use in the Library and on the web and where to find them. The University Library subscribes to the complete set of British Standards Online.

The library does not keep copies of patents. You can search for worldwide patents via the UK Patent Office web site but you cannot obtain the full text online. Once you have identified a patent you want, you can obtain a copy through the InterLibrary Loan service.

Exam Papers

The Exam Papers Database offers past papers from 1998.

Guides to Referencing

Look at the help pages provided by the University of Surrey.

Further guides are available from:

University of Birmingham and Bournemouth University (especially useful for citing electronic references.)

Also look at Pears, R. A and Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 8th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. which is available in the Library at 808.02 PEA

Useful Web Links

Reference Works

Compressible aerodynamics calculator allows you to calculate the standard relations for the compressible flow of a perfect gas. Three sets of relations are included - isentropic flow relations, normal shock relations and oblique shock relations.

Aviation terms glossary Searchable glossary of aviation terms.

Multilingual aeronautical dictionary Provided by NATO, this is a multilingual dictionary covering aerospace terms and acronyms.

DoD dictionary of military terms Dictionary of military terms; acronyms and abbreviations are also available from this page.

Online Books

Aerodynamics4students This online textbook contains information, data tables and computer programs for the study of aerodynamics, gas dynamics, propulsion and aircraft performance.

See how it flies: a new spin on the perceptions, procedures and principles of flight Written by a pilot, this textbook is useful to pilots and anyone else who is interested in how aeroplanes behave.

Gas turbine primer: an introduction to air breathing engines This resource is taken from chapter 1 of Mattingly's Elements of propulsion: gas turbines and rockets (2006).

Fundamentals of ballistics authored by Gunther Dyckmans, a Professor at the Belgian Royal Military Academy. This electronic book is a work in progress and content continues to be added. The content is password protected - access is gained by completion of the registration form.

Command and control research program books Free full text books from the US Department of Defense CCRP which cover aspects of command and control (C2), networking, information warfare, effects based operations and network centric warfare.

Course Materials

Applied aerodynamics: a digital textbook This was developed to support a course in applied aerodynamics at Stanford University in the USA. It includes topics ranging from a review of the basic, governing equations of fluid flow to practical issues related to airfoil and wing design.

MIT open courseware: aeronautics and astronautics provides a list of online courses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which link to full text course materials such as lecture notes, projects, study materials and assignments.

World lecture hall publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language. Materials are organised into subject categories and may include course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc.

United States army training support centre Field, training and technical manuals and courseware for the United States Army, many of which are available to download in PDF format.

Design centred introduction to aerospace engineering Produced by the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Aerospace Engineering, this provides an introductory course plus a number of courses to related sub-disciplines.

E-Learning Materials

Basics of spaceflight A training module developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that you can work through at your own pace.

Fundamentals of aircraft gas turbine engines An online course from the United States Army Aviation Logistics School at Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Tutorial page of aerospace structures Each chapter ends with a 'test your knowledge!' section, with solutions. You need to enter an email address to access the tutorial.

E-Prints

SRE electronic preprint delivery service From ESA's Research and Scientific Support Department, this service provides access to over 1000 full text electronic preprints.

Cranfield CERES Cranfield University's digital repository contains journal pre-prints and peer reviewed journal reprints, full-text digital theses, book chapters, working papers and technical reports.

CERN articles and preprints Articles, preprints, theses and reports from CERN.

OpenDOAR offers access to institutional repositories worldwide and provides a trial search service for the full-text of material held in open access repositories listed in the Directory.

Technical Reports

NASA technical reports server searches NASA and NACA technical reports and allows you to view the full text of many of them.

Defense technical information center seaches its technical reports collection and allows you to view the full text of many of them.

NATO scientific publications Searchable access to full text documents produced by the NATO Research and Technology Organization and its predecessor, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development (AGARD).

MITRE technical papers Full text technical research papers in the fields of aviation, defence and intelligence, and enterprise modernisation.

Statistics

Defence Analytical Services Agency for UK Defence Statistics The official website for UK defence statistics.

Aerospace Industries Association: aerospace statistics presents statistics on the US aerospace industry.

CAA aviation statistics UK airport, airline financial, passenger survey, airline and punctuality statistics in full text.

Boeing current market outlook Annually updated, this is Boeing's statistical analysis of the 20 year market forecast for commercial aeroplanes.

Standards

British Standards online Search and view the full text of British Standards - check to see if your local library subscribes.

Standards expert Search for standards published worldwide by keyword or by issuing organisation. Check to see if your local library subscribes.

DSTAN UK defence standardization UK Ministry of Defence standards and standardisation policy.

IHS aerospace and defense Search for current and historical military specification standards including NATO STANAGS and Joint Technical Architecture (JTA). Full text available to subscribers or to buy individually.

Patents

esp@cenet Searchable full text coverage of European patents, world patents, and those granted by 81 countries.

Engineering Design Data

ESDU (Engineering Sciences Data Unit) This contains validated engineering design data. Subscribers can access the full text, so check with your local library to see if you have access.

Electronic Journals

ICAO journal Available in full text from 1981.

AeroSafety world The full text of the Flight Safety Foundation's monthly magazine.

AMT aircraft maintenance technology Official trade journal from the AMTSociety. Searchable full text back to 1990.

RUSI defence systems Selected full text articles from the Royal United Services Institute journal.

Australian defence science magazine Full text quarterly journal produced by the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

Other Library Catalogues

The Institution of Engineering and Technology: library and archives 

IMechE library online catalogue 

Transportation libraries catalog (US) 

Combined Arms Research Library 

William J. Hughes Technical Center Library Technical Reference and Research Library The library of the FAA.

More generally, key library catalogues for research in the UK are:

COPAC is a union catalogue, giving free access to the merged online catalogues of many of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland plus the British Library. It contains records of over 31 million library resources.

British Library catalogues on the Web The British Library is the national library of the UK and receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland. Their catalogues list over 150 million items held in the collections - most of which can be ordered by inter-library loan from your local library.

ZETOC: electronic table of contents is a searchable database of the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents. This includes around 20,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings published per year dating back to 1993, and is updated on a daily basis. It includes an email alerting service.

Internet Search Tools

AERADE is a collection of quality aerospace and defence resources available on the Internet. It is searchable and browsable by subject area and each resource is described to allow you to evaluate its potential before you visit it.

Intute: engineering is a guide to information on the Internet for education and research. The site features a catalogue of quality engineering resources, with a large section on aerospace and defence engineering.

Organisations

Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) is the UK's national trade association representing companies supplying civil air transport, defence, security and space. The site includes aerospace industry surveys, marketing information and defence industrial strategy resources.

Royal Aeronautical Society (RAES) Multidisciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) works towards providing a safe and efficient US aerospace system. Find US data on airports and traffic, statistics, licences and certificates, regulations and policy and safety.

Federation of American Scientists This provides research information on strategic security including; the arms trade, biological and chemical weapons, intelligence, nuclear weapons, terrorism, weapon systems and defence policy.

Governmental

UK Ministry of Defence News, analysis and official publications from the MoD and UK armed services.

Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport and is responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK. Access the full text of formal reports, bulletins, progress reports and foreign reports.

NASA NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. This is a huge site documenting NASA's activities.

Regulatory

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) develops common safety and environmental rules at the European level; the site provides a lot of full text regulatory information.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the UK's specialist aviation regulator.

Research Organisations

Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) studies all issues of defence and security. The site contains news, analysis and publications on defence and security issues. The majority of publications require a subscription.

RAND Corporation Research and analysis in the areas of national security, international affairs, terrorism, science and technology.

Conferences & Events

AERADE ConferenceBrief Listing of forthcoming aerospace and defence conferences.

Symposia at Shrivenham Conference subjects include military technology, defence engineering and security.

Allconferences.com A directory focusing on conferences, conventions, trade shows, exhibits, workshops, events and business meetings in all areas including science and technology.

Blogs

Defence Social Media hub links to official UK Ministry of Defence and armed forces blogs.

BlogAERADE Aerospace and defence news blog.

Aviation and the environment Debate and news on this very topical issue.

NASA blogs NASA's blogs collected together in one place.

Wikis

CFD Wiki The aim of this wiki is to create a free computational fluid dynamics reference. It is written by thousands of volunteers from around the world.

Video sharing sites

Defence Headquarters YouTube channel UK MoD and armed forces video clips.

DefenseImagery.mil US Department of Defense video clips and still images.

NIX: Nasa Image eXchange Search and browse NASA multimedia - photos and video are available.

Photo sharing sites

Defence image database UK Ministry of Defence online image database.

Defense visual information centre Photos of military hardware supplied by the Air War College.

Podcasts

NASA podcasts The homepage of NASA's audio and video podcasts.

Defence Academy podcasts Audio broadcasts recorded within the Defence Academy.