Research Guides: Aviation & Aerospace Forecasts: Articles

Databases

We recommend searching the following databases that index journals as well as many other scholarly publications, documents, and conference papers:

Airline Monitor
Compiles trend data in the airline and commercial jet aircraft industries, including financial, traffic, fleet, and manufacturing data and forecasts.
Vendor: Airline Monitor
Coverage: 1968 - present
Full Text: Complete

Video Tutorials

Good to Know
- Click the Online Edition tab to view documents.
- Find the Traffic, Fleet & Financial Data for Leading 82 Airlines of the World report in the October issue.
- Data is available in PDF and Excel spreadsheet formats.
- Click the Industry Tutorial tab for the full text ebook, Airlines 101: A Brief History of the Airline and Commercial Aircraft Industries.
Search Tips
- Browse documents to find information instead of using the website's Search function.
- Use your browsers find feature (Ctrl + F) to search within documents.
- Click the Historical Data or Document Archives buttons to view legacy data.

At the top of the page, click on Online Edition.
Forecasts and updates are located in either the June or July and February issues.
Click on PDF to view the issue.
Forecasts may include:
- Commercial Jet Transport Market
- Commercial Jet Engine Market
- World Traffic Forecast
- Retirement & Delivery Forecast
- Regional Traffic & Fleet Forecasts
Click on Publication Archives to view forecasts back to 2004. Older years are available in the Reference area of the library, Call Number: HE9782 .A4.

Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN)
Full-text aviation, aerospace and homeland security news articles from AWIN.
Coverage: 1997 - present
Full Text: Complete

Good to Know
- Some AWIN Features and content are not included with the Hunt Library's subscription.
- Register for an optional MyAWIN account to create a profile, save articles and searches and to create unlimited personalized alerts.
- To print an article, use the printer icon located to the side of the article title, rather than the browser print function.
- Browse specific publications like Aviation Week & Space Technology through the View Past Publications & Market Briefings area on the right side of the screen.
  Click the View Edition button below the View Past Publications & Market Briefings area to browse all publications available.
  
  For either browsing option, continue to scroll down the page to load more results.
- To browse all issues in Aviation Week & Space Technology, access the 100+ Archive from its icon in the Search By banner towards the top of your screen.
Search Tips
- Search the entire database using the magnifying glass next to the ERAU logo.
- Search the archive separately from the 100+ icon in the Search By banner.
- Search for company, fleet or articles using the icons in the Search By banner towards the top of your screen.
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "alternative fuels"
- Mouse over the Markets category at the top of the screen to access a drop down menu full of featured and recent content on a range of topics.
- For help using and searching this database, contact Ask A Librarian.

In the Quick Search box, type in a search.
Sample searches:
- Boeing and forecast
- fleet and forecast
Click on Articles or View All Articles Now for the complete results.
Click on a title to view the article.

ProQuest Central
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

Help Guide
Video Tutorials

Search Tips
- Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: automat* will find automate, automated, automatic, and automation.
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "crew resource management."
- To locate a complete issue of a journal, click on Publications at the top of the screen.
- Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "flight crew" AND fatigue.
Requesting Items
- If full text is not available, mark the records you want on the results page by placing a checkmark in the box to the left.
- When you have finished marking all the items you want, click the Email link at the top right of the results page.
- Select Citation, abstract, indexing from the drop-down menu next to "Content"
- Enter your own email address and click on Continue
- After you receive the email containing your records, forward 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

Type in your search terms.
Sample searches:
- aerospace and forecast*
- "business jets" and forecast*
Click on Full-text, Full Text - PDF, or Text+Graphics to view.

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