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Provides citations, abstracts and some full text articles to aeronautics, astronautics, computer & information technology, meteorology, communications and space sciences journal articles, conference proceedings, NASA documents, and technical reports.
Vendor: ProQuest Coverage: 1962 - present Full Text: Partial
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Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "flight crew" AND fatigue.
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Reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, etc., covering art, history, law, psychology, science and technology.
Full Text: Complete
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Part of the Smithsonian Collections Online, this database contains primary documents such as photographs, diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, draft technical specifications and government documents related to early flight, inventions, the military and the commercial airline industry and much more.
Vendor: Smithsonian Collections Online by Gale Full Text: Complete
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Specialized reference sources such as almanacs, encyclopedias, and books on a variety of topics.
Vendor: Gale Full Text: Complete
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Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text items covering all subject areas including business and economic journals, magazines, trade, and journals in psychology and computing.
Vendor: ProQuest Coverage: 1905 - present Full Text: Partial
A digital repository of over 10 million volumes of searchable books, journals, and government documents with more than 3 million available full text online.
Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "crew resource management."
Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "flight crew" AND fatigue. Connectors must be capitalized.
Use an asterisk (*) at the end of a word root to find all variants: automat* will find automate, automated, automatic, and automation.
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A digital repository of over 10 million volumes of searchable books, journals, and government documents with more than 3 million available full text online.
Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
Good to Know
Embry-Riddle is not considered a partner institution of HathiTrust. This may affect access to certain works and download availability.
Download options become available once you enter into the Full View.
Downloads may be restricted to one page at a time.
Search Tips
Use an asterisk (*) to search for variant word endings: safe* will find safe, safer, safety, safely, etc.
Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "pilot fatigue."
Connect search terms with AND: "flight crew" AND fatigue.
Place a check mark in the box labeled "Full view only" below the search to limit your search to full text items.
For help in searching or using this database, click on the Help link located along the top.
Requesting Items
If full text is not available, copy and paste the records into an email and send the email to library@erau.edu. Please include:
Your name
Daytime phone number
Course number
Whether you’re an undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student
Whether you’re a Daytona Beach or Worldwide student
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