AIAA

Books - AIAA publishes a wide range of books covering the  technical, textbook and general interest areas.

Conferences -   AIAA sponsors or co-sponsors a large number of conferences each year. Each year there are approximately 3,500 papers published. Until 2001 the conference papers were generally published individually, collected in the Engineering Library and then bound by conference title.  When bound they are shelved with the circulating books and may be borrowed. AIAA Online provides full text, online access to articles and papers from 2001.

Journals - AIAA publishes numerous journals. Aerospace America (TL501.A688A2501) is a monthly magazine which keeps the reader up on the field.  More technical titles include: Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (TL900.J68) and Journal of Propulsion and Power (TL780.J67).  AIAA Online provides full text, online access to articles and papers from 2001.

Standards - AIAA produces a number of standards.  Most of them are also ANSI standards, with a ANSI/AIAA number.

Their wider range of publications, topics, levels of coverage, quality and  international perspective earn  AIAA a strong reputation and make their publications essential in the field of aeronautics and astronautics.

The CAT - provides access to entire items.  Search by conference title or editor, book title, author or editor, standard title, or journal title. 

Compendex - Coverage includes journal articles and conference papers.  Search by author, title words of the journal article or conference paper, keywords, or  subject terms. When searching for AIAA conference papers in Compendex be sure to note all the conference title information, as well as the paper number. 

Aerospace Database - Covering all areas of the aerospace field, Aerospace Database is on the LIAS Fast Track.  It includes references to books, journal articles, conference papers, and  technical reports, with over 2,000,000 records..
 

The CAT provides access to entire items. Search by book title, author or editor, or journal title.  Conferences are more challenging.  Often the way in which a conference is cited in a database is not the way it is cited in The CAT.  Try the title as you have it  but if that doesn't work, use a partial title and do a key word search on those words.  Conference searching gives additional hints.  

Remember that for print access you will  still need the paper  number to find the paper you want within the volume(s) of the appropriate conference.  For example: 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference has 4 parts, the AIAA paper number will lead you right to correct part.

If the University Libraries does not own the item you need in print or online, use either Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery. 

For more information about the AIAA  see their web site [www.aiaa.org]