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All Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) journals, magazines, proceedings, and transactions as well as citations from major publishers in computing.
Vendor: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Coverage: 1950 - present Full Text: Partial
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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Journals, standards, ebooks and papers published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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Vendor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Coverage:Journals: Varies by publication |Papers: 1963 - present Full Text: Partial
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Provides citations, abstracts and some full text to journal and bulletin articles published by the American Meteorological Society.
Vendor: American Meteorological Society Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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Open access publications, datasets, citations, and other research documents from fields such as engineering, medicine, physical sciences, and information systems. This free version does not include access to the grants, patent, policy or clinical trial information.
Vendor: Digital Science Coverage: 1665 - present Full Text: Some full text
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Journals, magazines, conference proceedings, transactions and standards in areas such as electrical engineering, computer science, electronics, media and more.
Vendor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Coverage: 1872 - present Full Text: Partial
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Log in using your ERAU email address. Limited to five users at a time. Please click Logout when finished. Provides full-text access to All the World's Aircraft, Aero-Engines, Airport Review, International Defense Review, News Module, and more.
Vendor: IHS Coverage: Varies Full Text: Complete
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Jane's All the World's Aircraft is divided into three sections: Development & Production, In Service, and Unmanned.
All the World's Aircraft: Development & Production contains information on civil and military aircraft. All the World's Aircraft: In Service contains information on aircraft upgrades.
Jane's World Airlines is no longer available within this database.
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Scholarly journals in education, humanities, social sciences, technology, and more.
Vendor: Informa Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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Searches declassified Department of Defense and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related documents from the Defense Technical Information Center.
Vendor: Defense Technical Information Center Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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McGraw-Hill resources and publications including instructional videos and classic books such as Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers and Perry’s Chemical Engineers Handbook.
Vendor: McGraw-Hill Full Text: Complete
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Vendor: Gale Full Text: Complete
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