Recommended Resources for ASC

Aerospace & High Technology Database - CSA

THE aerospace database. If you search nothing else, you must search here! Contains abstracts from aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences, and their supporting fields, 1962 to date. Covers all major aerospace journals, conference proceedings, NASA unclassified reports, and AIAA papers.

Aging Systems Knowledge Center

Provides a centralized resource for the information, technological tools, and technical expertise regarding aging systems concerns.

AIAA Journals (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)

We have access to all AIAA journals from 1996+: AIAA Journal, Journal of Aircraft, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets and Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. Older issues are in the Library. Also available via the Aerospace & High Technology database.

AIAA Papers (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)

AIAA covers the design, development, testing, construction, and operation of air and space vehicles, with over 250,000 technical papers. We own all papers from 1963-2000 on microfiche, and from 1988 to date online. Also available via the Aerospace & High Technology database.

Air Force Fact Sheets

Fact sheets cover aircraft, weapons, space, organizations and other topics. The aircraft pages include basic info, characteristics, photos, etc. and in some cases a video. Some of the aircraft and weapons that are supported by ASC are: AC-130H/U Gunship ~ B-1B Lancer ~ B-2 Spirit ~ C-130 Hercules ~ C-17 Globemaster III ~ C-22B ~ C-32 ~ C-37A ~ C-5 Galaxy ~ F-117A Nighthawk ~ F-15E Strike Eagle ~ F-16 Fighting Falcon ~ Global Hawk ~ KC-135 Stratotanker ~LANTIRN ~ MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II ~ RQ-/MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ~ T-1A Jayhawk ~ T-6A Texan II Also SEE Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft below!

Airfoil Coordinates Database

Data on over 1,500 airfoils.

ASME Journals (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

Includes: Journal of Applied Mechanics; Journal of Biomechanical Engineering; Journal of Electronic Packaging; Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Journal of Heat Transfer; Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering; Journal of Tribology; Journal of Turbomachinery; and Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. Older issues are in the Library. For ASME standards - See I.H.S. International Standards

AT&L Knowledge Sharing System (AKSS)

Hundreds of guides, handbooks and documents covering government acquisition. Includes links to the Air Force Award Fee Guide; Air Force Guide to Contract Financing, DOD 5000 series, FAR, DFARS, and more. Produced by the Defense Acquisition University.

Aviation Week & Space Technology

An exception to this list as it is NOT a database, but this is THE most read news magazine covering aerospace.

Cost Data Resources

*NOT online - but of such great importance that they are included here. This set of accurate cost data books covers the major U.S. aircraft and weapon systems. Covers program costs, technical characteristics, programmatics, and historical and statistical data. Published by Data Search Associates.
1. Military Cost Handbook, Call No.: U104 .M52
2. U.S. Military Aircraft Data Book, Call No.: UG1243 .U55
3. U.S. Missile Data Book, Call No.: UG1313 .U54
4. U.S. Weapon Systems Costs, Call No.: UF503 .U54
The latest editions are in the Reference area. Older issues are on the third floor and are available for checkout.

DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) database

https://www2.sti.nasa.gov/login/wt/ - Private DOAC version* THE source for technical reports written by DoD and their contractors. Includes many newer materials as full-text PDFs, including AFRL & AGARD reports, AFIT theses, and many older WADC reports. The library owns about a half million reports on microfiche as “AD” numbered documents. Note that most are NOT listed in our catalog. DTIC’s “Private” version indexes public and limited reports. *DoD and DoD contractors can register at http://www.dtic.mil.

Engineering Index (i.e. Compendex)

THE most comprehensive engineering resource. Covers aerospace engineering; electronics and communications engineering; engineering management; mechanical engineering; nuclear technology; computers and data processing; and applied physics.

Engineering Sciences Data Unit (ESDU)

Provides full-text and graphics for the following series: Aerodynamics; Fatigue-Endurance Data; Fatigue-Fracture Mechanics; Fluid Mechanics-Internal Flow; Metallic Materials Data Handbook; Structures; Tribology; and Vibration and Acoustic Fatigue. Abstracts for all ESDU series are freely searchable. If you are a WPAFB employee click above for access. Be sure to Logoff when you are finished. If you get "Not enough licenses," please try again later.

IEEE Xplore

Provides full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-US) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers-UK) transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE Standards. Some of the most read titles covering electrical, electronics, and computer engineering and science.

I.H.S. Standards

THE world's largest index to industry and federal standards, and military specifications (Mil Specs), such as AIA, ANSI, ARINC, ASHRAE, ASME, ASQ, ASTM, AWS, DoD, DI (DIDs), EIA, FAA, FIPS, IEEE, ISO, JSSG, Mil Specs, NACE, NEMA, NFPA, QPL, SAE, STANAG and UL, etc.

InfoTrac OneFile

An excellent source for millions of full-text periodical and news articles on a variety of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, humanities, law, politics, science, social science, technology, etc. It also has sub files with links that may not be included in “OneFile.”

INSPEC

THE leading index on physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing and technology, as well as manufacturing and production engineering.

NASA Reports

Public reports only.* Indexes reports from various NASA centers. Many reports are full-text. We own thousands of these in microfiche and in paper, many of which are not in our catalog. We also can order many as PDF files or in paper. NTIS and Aerospace databases also index most of these reports. *See a Librarian for other NASA information.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

The public source of U.S. scientific, technical, ASC, Engineering, and business-related public information gathered from hundreds of government agencies and other organizations. Some links to full-text are available. There is a more complete Dialog version - $$

SAE’s Global Mobility Database (Society of Automotive Engineers)

Librarians access (only) via STN - $$ Indexes worldwide literature on all vehicle types, including those for land, sea, air, and space. Has excellent coverage of aerodynamics, aircraft, electric power, engines, tires, UAVs, etc. - usually cited as SAE Paper numbers. For SAE standards - SEE - I.H.S. International Standards

Science Direct

It is one of "the world's largest collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information," and the library connects you to millions of scholarly articles available from 1995+. Includes all journals published by Elsevier, Academic Press, Pergamon, North-Holland and others.

SCIRUS

Searches across 167 million science-specific Web pages including full-text journal sources like: BioMed Central, MEDLINE, Science Direct (Elsevier, Academic Press, etc.), Scitation (AIP, APS, ASME, SPIE, etc.), and the Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, as well as NASA reports, and various e-print and patent databases. Connects to millions of full-text subscription and free files.

Scitation

We have access to most of the journals published by the American Institute of Physics; American Physical Society; Acoustical Society of America; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Vacuum Society; International Centre for Diffraction Data; Laser Institute of America; and MAIK (the Russian Academy of Sciences). Many older issues are in the Library.

Scopus

Scopus accesses scientific information from 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from 4,000 publishers and the scientific portion of the Web as well as worldwide patents. It serves as a simple, single entry point for researchers, with fewer clicks than any other product available to the full text of research articles.

UAV Characteristics Database (NASA)

Includes detailed UAV Categories Chart; UAV Characteristics Database; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Endurance, Payload Weight, Altitude Capabilities, and more. Produced by the NASA Wallops Flight Facility.