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Databases

• Business Source Complete (EBSCOHost)
  Useful for finding information on aviation business and management.
• Academic Search Complete
  Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database
• Scopus
  Major database for all engineering disciplines
  
• Academic OneFile
  Peer-reviewed full text articles from leading journals
  
• Science Direct
  Search full text Elsevier journals
• IEEE Xplore
  Access to high quality technology journals
  

Industry information

• Business Source Complete
  Includes Airline Industry Profiles published by Datamonitor
• IBIS Industry Reports
  Two relevant industry reports available: International airlines in Australia (I6401) and Domestic airlines in Australia (I6402)
  

Journals

Selected online journal titles

• Air Transport World
• Aviation Week and Space Technology
• Flight International
• AeroSafety World
• Journal of Air Transport Management
• Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
• Avline
  (Aust) Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government - Avline is a bi-annual summary of data on the Australian aviation industry
• International Journal of Aviation Psychology
• International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
• Intelligent Transport Systems, IET
• Journal of Airport Management

Click here for more online Aviation and Aeronautics engineering journals

eBooks - selected titles

Management and Human Factors

• Human factors in the training of pilots
• Principles and Practices of Aviation Psychology
• Management in the airline industry

Technical

• Avionics development and implementation
• Avionics: elements, software and functions
• The avionics handbook
• Aviation fuel quality control procedures
• Aircraft system safety military and civil aeronautical applications

Click here for more Aerospace engineering titles

Other titles are available via the library catalogue. Use keywords like aviation,
areonautics, aircraft, air pilots, airlines, flight control, digital avionics, aerodynamics

Other Resources

• Airports Act 1996
• Australian Transport Safety Bureau
• Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia (CASA)
• International Air Services Commission
  Legislative Framework and Procedures
• Bureau of Metrology: Aviation Weather Services
• Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK)
• Aviation resouces - Department of Transport (UK)
  contains extensive archive of UK government information eg air traffic forecasts for the UK
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (US) and related organisations
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (US)
  includes aviation accident stastics and material from major investigations
• Airports Council International
  ACI is the international association of the worlds' airports. It is a non profit organization, the prime purpose of which is to advance the interests of airports and to promote professional excellence in airport management and operations.
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Statistics

• Statistics
  from the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (Aust)
• Avline
• FAA
  US Data and Statistics
• Air Transport Association (US)
  Industry statistics
• Aviation Data Unit (UK)
  statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority includes airline and airport data
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  Outlooks and Key Issue Briefings
• Boeing Current Market Outlook 2008

 

Author: Madeleine Bruwer