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Did you know that...

'Get It For Me' is a valuable and time saving service!
GIFM will: (1) scan articles & chapter (<= 50 pages) for you free of charge; (2) borrow material (books, videos, maps etc.) not owned by TAMU from another library; (3) courier material located in a given library (e.g. MSL) to your preferred pick-up library (e.g. Evans); (4) deliver material to faculty offices.
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Click on the subject area (e.g. engineering) on the left for a list of subject and class guides.
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List of library forms
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About the Aerospace Engineering Subject Guide...

Howdy! The purpose of this guide is to enable identification, access and retrieval of information important to study and research in aerospace engineering.

Use the tabs along the top for more details on how to identify, access and retrieve specific kinds of information:

Books, book chapters, etc. — books on a topic, technical reports, etc.
Articles & papers — scholarly, trade, popular magazine, newspaper articles, conference papers, etc.
Data
Theses & Dissertations
Standards & Patents

Use the Searching Tips for information on how to construct a more efficient search
Use the Write & Cite tab above for information on technical writing, citation styles, reference management software, and more...

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Sampling of Book & Article Databases

The list below is a small sample, but use the tabs above ('Find books', 'Find articles', 'Find data') for more comprehensive lists of recommended book and article databases.

AIAA Electronic Library
Full text of AIAA papers and journal articles
Compendex & Inspec
Search simultaneously or separately — together they cover engineering, computer science and physics. They index articles, reports, book chapters dissertations, and more. Use the "Find Text@TAMU" button for document retrieval options.
Safari Tech Books Online
E-book database that contains computer manuals and other books on computer science and technology, including books on C+programming, SolidWorks, MatLab and much more.
ScienceDirect
Elsevier. Provides access to the full text of many books and journals.
SpringerLink books (MetaPress)
Online books published by Springer
Technology Research Database (Proquest)
Includes Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace; Engineering Research Database (includes Mechanical Engineering); Materials Research Database.
Web of Knowledge
Indexes journal articles & conference papers only. The science indexing is from 1900 to present.

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ACCESS Various Types of Databases (article databases, e-book databases, data databases, etc.)

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ACCESS a Specific E-Journal

Enter the title of the journal (or keywords from the title) in the box below.
Find the journal in the list, but NOTICE the "available online" information — it will determine which volumes (years) can be accessed.
Follow the link to the journal.
If the desired journal is NOT on the list, or the volume(s) needed are not included, search LibCat to determine if the library owns a print version, or request specific articles through Get It For Me.

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Optional: change the "choose your search type" from keyword to title keyword, author, subject, etc.
Optional: Use the "limit your search" box to limit results to online material only, material written in a particular language, etc.

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