Top Picks for Space Studies
- Aerospace Index This link opens in a new windowStart here for searching journal articles related to space studies. Includes scholarly & trade journals, conferences, technical reports, government publications, dissertations, and more.
- AIAA Aerospace Research Central This link opens in a new windowTop pick for searching space studies conference papers. Also includes journals, ebooks, and standards from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
- ADS--Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service [Public Access]NASA-funded database. Offers preprints and full text of articles from many scientific journals and conference proceedings, including those indexed in arXiv. Includes the sections for astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, physics and geophysics, and LANL preprints. 1973-present.
- NASA PubSpaceSearches the full text of peer-reviewed journal articles funded by NASA published in 2016 or later.
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)Provides access to NASA-created and NASA-funded materials including conference papers, NACA documents, images, journal articles, photos, meeting papers, patents, research reports, and technical videos.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science provides indexing, full text linking, and citation tracking for articles from vetted, high quality journals in all disciplines (arts and humanities, social sciences, business and sciences), as well as author and journal metrics. Cited Reference Search includes books, artwork, and other cited works. Analyze results identifies frequent authors, funders, universities, and journals for a search or topic. Subscription excludes SMHS and Law Library Patrons.
Search Guides and Tutorials for Key Databases
- Aerospace Database Research GuideProvides details from ProQuest about searching the Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (Aerospace Database) and its contents.
- Search Guide for Academic Search UltimateUse this search guide for tips on finding articles in any EBSCOhost database, such as Academic Search Ultimate.
- AAIA Research CentralProvides additional information on searching AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and locating full text articles.
- AAIA Aerospace Research Central VideosProvides videos on how to search Aerospace Research Central (ARC) effectively, create search alerts, and more.
Additional Databases
If you are interested in certain aspects of space studies, such as engineering or law, see the subject guides for those areas for additional database suggestions.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
- Elsevier ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to journals published by Elsevier Science.
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowIncludes Compendex, Inspec (Physics, Engineering, and Technology), GeoRef, and GEOBASE.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowIncludes multidisciplinary and legal journals, essential government documents, state & federal case law, and international resources.
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new windowIEEE journals and conference proceedings in aerospace, electrical engineering, computer science, and other technologies.
- Institute of Physics (IOP) Journals This link opens in a new windowSearchable index of journals published by the Institute of Physics. Abstracts and article citations, with fulltext for selected titles the library subscribes to.
- NASA Technical Reports ServerA portal to technical reports and other material produced by, or on behalf of, NASA.
- National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)Provides full-text access to over 700,000 federally-funded technical reports and bibliographic records of more than 2.2 million additional reports from the National Technical Reports Library.
- American Institute of Physics (formerly Scitation) This link opens in a new windowPortal to search physics and engineering journals. Formerly Scitation.
- Federal Science Library -- Government of CanadaThe Federal Science Library (FSL) is a one-stop, self-serve portal where you can access library services and search the print collections and repositories of seven science-based departments and agencies from a single place. Wherever possible, departmental publications, reports, data sets and other content are freely available for anyone to access or download.
Star Search Databases
- ADS--SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data SystemThe SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant.
- Astronomical AlmanacThe Astronomical Almanac is a joint publication of the U.S. Nautical Almanac Office, United States Naval Observatory (USNO), in the United States and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), in the United Kingdom. The printed version contains precise ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, planets, and satellites, data for eclipses and other astronomical phenomena for a given year, and serves as a world-wide standard for such information. The online version extends the printed version by providing data best presented in machine-readable form.
- SIMBAD Astronomical DatabaseThe SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications, bibliography and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system.
Select Electronic Journals
- Aviation Week and Space TechnologyNOTE: Students and faculty can receive a complimentary online subscription, which includes back issue access. Ask the subject librarian for assistance.