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Documents related to homeland security and cybersecurity policy, strategy and organizational management from sources including federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
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Articles, news feeds, and reports related to security and terrorism issues, including those related to international politics, military, and economics.
Vendor: EBSCOhost Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
Covers key governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.
Vendor: Gale Coverage: 1980 - present Full Text: Partial
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Provides a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.
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Historic and contemporary insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
Vendor: Gale Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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The following are recommended databases for locating technical reports (technical and scientific research) on this subject.
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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Specialized reference sources such as almanacs, encyclopedias, and books on a variety of topics.
Vendor: Gale Full Text: Complete
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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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Full-text ebooks from publishers CRC Press, Routledge, and more, on topics including engineering, technology, international relations, business, and computer science.
Vendor: Informa Full Text: Partial
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Select PBS episodes from series such as Masterpiece, FRONTLINE, American Experience, Secrets of the Dead, Austin City Limits, Need To Know, NOVA, NATURE, and Independent Lens.
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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