Research Guides: Aerospace Engineering: News and Industry Information

News Resources

Military and Intelligence Database This link opens in a new window
This database includes science and technology magazines and news sources.
Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. The database offers content in key subject areas including governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications. It includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.
New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue (1851-2006). The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Formerly National Newspapers.
Provides access to the Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

Google Site Searching

Limit your Google search to a specific domain, such as .mil, .gov or .edu, to ensure you are accessing quality information from trusted sources.

Simply add: site:. and the domain to the end of your search in the Google search box. For example: robots site:.mil will return only information about robots from U.S. military websites.

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You can also use this type of search on a specific website; adding site:.navy.mil will return information specifically from Navy military websites.

Industry Information

Thomas's Register
Use ThomasNet for locating parts and product information, drawings and industry news.
GlobalSpec
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION - GlobalSpec provides information on products and suppliers.
Aviation Week
The Aviation Week website has some free articles. We subscribe to Aviation Week & Space Technology in print. Find the newest issue in the first floor Current Journals area.