Aerospace & High Technology Database
Coverage: Approximately 1962-current. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1910; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1982 or later.
Total Sources Covered: Over 5,775,495 records as of September 2008
Total Sources Covered: Over 5,775,495 records as of September 2008
The Aerospace & High Technology Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms. This database provides comprehensive international coverage as well as numerous non-serial publications.
Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:
- Aerodynamics
- Aircraft Design and Instrumentation
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Communications and Navigation
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering
- Energy Production and Conversion
- Environmental Pollution
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
- Geophysics and Earth Resources
- Lasers and Masers
- Life Sciences
- Materials
- Mathematical and Computer Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Meteorology, Climatology, and Oceanography
- Physics: Solid State, Thermodynamics, Atomic and Molecular, Nuclear and High-Energy, Optics, Acoustics, Plasmas
- Propellants and Fuels
- Quality Assurance and Reliability
- Social Sciences
- Space Sciences
- Spacecraft Design and Systems Engineering
- Structural Mechanics
Update Frequency
Once a month. Approximately 45,000 new records are added per year.
