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The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library contains many resources pertaining to aviation This paper will outline the main tools important in aviation. This document will hopefully help you to understand how many useful resources that pertain to aviation in the Library.
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REFERENCE RESOURCES
Use reference works as a starting point for research. For example, Encyclopedias give short descriptive articles on a topic, plus references that can be used to build a research paper. There are several useful reference resources that pertain to aviation.
| R 629.13009 B17f | Flight and Flying: A Chronology "This book is a detailed an anecdotal chronology of aviation and as such provides a record of achievement in almost 90 years of powered flight." Published in 1994. |
| R 629.13 En1i | Encyclopedia of Flight This is an encyclopedia that designed for undergraduate students that covers a wide range of topics, including birds, balloons, air traffic control, emergency procedures, Boeing, accident investigation, bats, hang gliding, wind shear, and more. |
| R 629.133 J25 | Jane's All the World's Aircraft This respected annual publication, in its ninety-third year of issue, contains "all the known powered aircraft, of which details have been received, currently in, or anticipating, commercial production in all the countries of the world." |
| R 629.13 W89b | World Aviation Directory & Aerospace Database Buyer's Guide This is better known as the WAD, and it contains a program tracker, company index, a non-aerospace defense company index, homeland security index, industry forecasts & trends, government/military index, and product or service listings. |
| R 629.13 B77E | Encyclopedia of Technical Aviation This book provides "useful reference source of information on topics that are being learned for the first time." Terms such as: aerodynamics, meteorology, fog, navigation equipment and more. |
| R 651.6 EN3c | The Complete Weather Resource This book "presents under one title the most comprehensive survey of weather and weather-related topics to date, and it provides the clearest possible explanations for the many complex weather processes." |
| 629.13 W89 | World Aviation Directory & Aerospace Database |
| 629.1341 H15d | Designers and Test Pilots |
| 629.13 C18 | Ferguson's Careers in Focus: Aviation |
Government Documents
The United States government publishes many materials each year. Different agencies of the government publish research, handbooks, how-to-manuals, periodicals maps, statistics and reports. Congress publishes results of Congressional hearings. These are all called Government documents. Our government documents are housed in a special room on Floor 2A of the library.
Many of the government publications are now available online. See the Internet Resources for the address of many online government documents.
Selected Government Documents
| TD 4.408:P 64/5/2003 | Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge This book "provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training." It contains chapters on: aircraft structure, principles of flight, flight controls, aircraft systems, flight instruments, weather theory, weather reports, forecasts, and charts, airport operations, airspace and navigation. It is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/handbook/ |
| TD 4.9 | FAA Aviation News The subtitle to this magazine is "aviation safety from cover". It contains articles on aviation safety. It is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/news/aviation_news/ |
| Internet | Aeronautical Information Manual http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/index.htm This is the official guide to basic flight information and ATC releases. "This manual is designed to provide the aviation community with basic flight information and ATC procedures for use in the National Airspace System (NAS) of the United States. An international version called the Aeronautical Information Publication contains parallel information, as well as specific information on the international airports for use by the international community. This manual contains the fundamentals required in order to fly in the United States NAS. It also contains items of interest to pilots concerning health and medical facts, factors affecting flight safety, a pilot/controller glossary of terms used in the ATC System, and information on safety, accident, and hazard reporting." |
| TD 4.8/2:8083.1 | Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook This book, published in 1999, has two objectives: "to provide the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) with the method of determining the empty weight and the empty-weight center of gravity (EWCG) of an aircraft, and to furnish the flight crew with information on loading and operating the aircraft to insure its weight is within the allowable limit and the center of gravity (CG) is within the allowable range." This document is also available at the FAA site, at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-S-8083-1.pdf |
| TD 4.79 | Airport/Facility Directory This book, published in 1999, contains detailed information on all airports in the United States. It is divided into six regions, the Southeast US, Northwest US, North Central US, South Central US, East Central US, Northeast, and Southeast US. is a pilot's manual that contains data on public use and joint use airports, seaplane bases heliports, VFR airport sketches, NAVAIDs, communications data, weather data sources, airspace, special notices, and operational procedures. The seven volumes cover the conterminous United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. |
| TD 4.8/2:8083-15 | Instrument Flying Handbook This book, published in 2001, is "designed for use by instrument flight instructors and pilots preparing for instrument rating tests. It contains chapters on human factors, aerodynamic factors, flight instruments, airline basic flight maneuvers, navigation systems, the Air Traffic Control system, emergency operations and more. This book is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/instrument_flying_handbook/ |
| TD 4.8/2:8083.9 | Aviation Instructor's Handbook This book is "designed for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors." This book is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/media/FAA-H-8083.9.pdf |
| TD 4.83:2003 | FAA Future Telecommunications Plan This book is also called the Fuchsia Book. A principle objective of the Fuchsia Book is to " provide a single document describing future FAA telecommunication programs." |
| TD 4.8/2:8261-1 | Instrument Procedures Handbook This book is "designed as a technical reference for professional pilots who are conducting instrument flight rule (IFR) operations in the National Aerospace System (NAS)for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors." This book is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/media/Front1.pdf |
| TD 4.8:8083-21 | Rotorcraft Flying Handbook This book is "designed as a technical manual for applicants who are preparing for their private, commercial, or flight instructor pilot certificates with helicopter or gyroplane class rating." It contains chapters on introduction to the helicopter, general aerodynamics, helicopter flight controls, helicopter systems, rotorcraft flight manual, basic flight maneuvers, night operations, and more. This book is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf |
| TD 4.8/2:8261-1 | Instrument Procedures Handbook This book is "designed as a technical reference for professional pilots who are conducting instrument flight rule (IFR) operations in the National Aerospace System (NAS)for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors." This book is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/media/Front1.pdf |
| INTERNET | Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbook "This operational handbook introduces the basic skills for piloting seaplanes, skiplanes, and helicopters equipped with floats or skis....This handbook is primarily intended to assist pilots who already hold private or commercial certificates and who are learning to fly seaplanes, skiplanes, or helicopters equipped for water of ski operations." This book is available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/seaplane_handbook/ |
| INTERNET | Aviation Safety Statistical Handbook "This report presents...monthly aviation statistical information and national airspace incidents and aircraft accidents. Data are presented for near safetybook is "designed as a technical manual to introduce basic pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes." This book is also available online at: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/airplane_handbook/ |
| INTERNET | Air Force Handbook 2007 "This book is designed for clear and easy reference to critical information about Air Force systems." This book is available online at: http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-060626-009.pdf It is located on the U.S. Air force website. |
| INTERNET | Air and Space Power Journal This is "The professional flagship publication of the United States Air Force". It "focuses on active duty and reserve members of the United States Air Force as well as members of the Air National Guard. English-speaking militaries worldwide may find this edition useful for their own purposes. It is designed for professionals who have begun to develop their military thinking beyond the tactical level of their specific weapons systems or specialties." This journal is available online at: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apje.html |
| INTERNET | Airman "Airman is published quarterly by the Air Force News Agency (AFNEWS) for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs. As the official magazine of the U.S. Air Force, it is a medium of information for Air Force personnel. Readers may submit articles, photographs and artwork. Suggestions and criticisms are welcomed. All pictures are USAF photos unless otherwise identified. Opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the Air Force." This magazine is available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/ |
| INTERNET | Citizen Airman "With a distribution of better than 75,000 issues to Air Force Reservists across the United States, Citizen Airman magazine provides a bridge from leadership to the working Airman. Citizen Airman magazine is published in February, April, June, August, October and December." This journal is available online at: http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/ |
| AE 2.106.55 | Federal Register
Published every business day. Contains updates on legislation, rules, and regulations, Presidential documents, proposed rules, notices of hearings, announcements, new federal grants, and much more. |
| AE 2.106/3 | Code of Federal Regulations
This source provides a subject arrangement of current regulations promulgated by federal agencies. Codified text. It is organized by title. It is also available online at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html |
| R 348.7303 W52w | West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Designed to meet the layperson's needs for basic legal information. Contains articles on legal principles and concepts, biographies of important people in legal matters, accounts of famous trials, important documents and laws. |
| R 348.7323 Un3c | United States Code
Codified text of the U.S. laws. This is the official edition of the code containing all the general and permanent laws of the United States. The last complete edition is the 2000 edition. It is arranged by title (subject) and section number and is supplemented annually. Many aviation laws are in Title 49, Transportation. The United States Code is available online at: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/., or the official version of the U.S. Code is at: /http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/ |
| Internet | LoisLaw
Online legal database where you can search by case law, statute law, administrative rules and regulations, or court rules. You can search by state or all states, or federal laws. It is located under Legal Resources on the Electronic Resources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm |
| 3rd floor | The Epic of Flight
This is a multivolume set published by Time-Life Books.
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| R 629.130922 M43P | Pioneer Aviators of the World This is a biographical dictionary of the first pilots of 100 countries. | ||||||||||||||
| 629.1300922 W952M | The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, including the Chantue-Wright papers. | ||||||||||||||
| 629.133 J25 | Jane's All the World's Airships 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| 629.133 J25 | Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 | ||||||||||||||
| 629.133 J25 | Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919 |
| 629.1325217 P93Je | Private Pilot Video "These pilot training tapes review the maneuvers necessary to pass the practical flying test." Part 1. The Fundamentals of Flight. Time: 1 hr 34 min Part 2. Flight Operations. Time: 1 hr 48 min Part 3. Aviation Weather. Time: 1 hr 33 min Part 4: Performance and Navigation. Time 1 hr 41 min Part 5. Integrating Pilot Knowledge and Skills. Time: 1 hr 14 min Vol 1: Maneuvers 1-16. Time: 1 hr 10 min Vol 2: Maneuvers 17-30 Time: 1 hr 8 min |
| 629.130071 W62f | Why Planes Fly and Other Things "Discusses why planes fly, basic physics principles relating to flight, and the factors that must be overcome to allow a plane to fly." 28 minutes. Produced by the BBC. |
| 629.1309 C33m | A Century of Flight This video, published by the American Institute for Education, contains a history of flight from the Wright Brothers to the 1990's. 22 minutes. |
| 629.13252 P94 | Proficient Flying: The Very Best of Barry Schiff v.1. Takeoff techniques. Understanding spins. Engine failure after takeoff. Control failure. Weight & balance. Measuring airspeed. -- v.2. Rejected takeoffs & landings. Slips. How to guide. Pilot-static pitfalls. Flying a taildragger. Accident tracking. v.3. Ditching. Swing your compass. Engine operating hints. Unusual approaches. How to fly a seaplane. How things work. 3 volumes 180 minutes. |
| 629.13251 G74 | GPS: Next Generation Navigation "Explores the applications of the global positioning system in aviation navigation in both the VFR and IFR environments on a simulated cross-country flight. Also examines the potential for use of differential GPS in precision approach applications." |
| 629.13092 E12v | Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air This video is a part of A & E's series Biography. 50 minutes. |
| 629.1300922 W952g | Wilbur & Orville: Dreams of Flying This video is a part of A & E's series Biography. 50 minutes. |
| 629.1309 B32E | Empires of Industry: Battle for the Skies "A study of the history of commercial aviation and of the rivalry between Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airlines and Howard Hughes, founder of TWA." |
Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.
For more information on periodicals and periodical databases that the Library has, see the document called Using Magazines, Journals and Newspapers at: http://www.se.edu/lib/magazines.htm
Also for a comparison of Databases using Aviation Terms, go to: http://www.se.edu/lib/Aviationterms.doc
Some Periodical Indexes/Databases| 1st floor, microform area | New York Times Index This is the index to the New York Times, a major national newspaper. It is located in the microform area of the First floor of the Library in red volumes. Each annual volume contains a subject index to the contents of that year's New York Times articles. The actual New York Times articles are found on microfilm, from 1851- to the present. The paper New York Times index goes back to 1929, and before that, the index is available on microfiche. A much more useful version of the New York Times Index is found online at: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html |
| Online in EBSCOHost | Military and Government Collection "Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles." |
MAGAZINES & JOURNALS ON AVIATION IN THE SE LIBRARY
| basement | Airport Magazine
This bimonthly magazine is published by the Association of Airport Executives, and contains news articles and full length articles on airports, airport management, and airport security. |
| basement | Airport Operations
Published by the Flight Safety Foundation, this small newsletter has a subtitle of "for everyone concerned with the safety of flight" Last issue received: January 2006. |
| basement | AOPA Pilot
This is the official magazine of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and contains articles of interest to aircraft owners |
| basement | Aviation Safety
This is published monthly by Belvoir Aviation Group, and contains articles on risk management and accident prevention in aviation. |
| basement | Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
This is the official journal of the Aerospace Medical Association and contains scholarly articles relating to medical aspects of pilots. Many of the research articles are the results of experimental studies. |
| basement | Aviation Week & Space Technology
This magazine is published weekly by McGraw-Hill, and contains news articles about the aviation and space industries worldwide. The Library contains the last few years in paper copy in the basement and before that it is on microfilm and microfiche back to 1980 |
| basement | Human Factors and Aerospace Safety
This quarterly journal is published by Asgate Publishing in the United Kingdom, and contains scholarly articles on "the human element in the aerospace system, and its role in either avoiding or contributing to accidents and incidents, and in promoting safe operations." |
| basement | Human Factors & Aviation Medicine
This is a bi-monthly newsletter published by the Flight Safety Foundation, and contains short news articles on aviation medicine. Last issue received: Jan 2006. |
| basement | Journal of Air Law and Commerce
This is a publication of the Southern Methodist University School of Law, and contains scholarly articles on all aspects of aviation law. |
| basement | NTSB Reporter
This publication reports on the investigations of the National Transportation Safety Board. |
A to Z Journals
INTERNET RESOURCES
Introduction to Internet Resources
There are
millions of Internet sites now. Each site has an address on the Internet. That
address is called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). After each Internet history
site mentioned in this list, there will be the URL, location, or address of
the site on the Internet. When you want to access a site on this list, type
in the address which appears after the letters URL. You must type in the address
exactly as it appears. If you do not, you will not access the site. DO NOT TYPE
IN URL.
