Search Strategies
What if we don't own it?
Did you find something you need that we don't own? You can request that we borrow it from another library. Just login to your Inter-library services account to request it.
Aviation Information in Government Documents
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USU Library CatalogThe USU Library has a large collection of government documents. The library catalog includes records for government publications 1976-present with incomplete but expanding listing for our pre-1976 publications. Additional databases are necessary to locate documents published before 1976; feel free to ask Government Documents staff for help!Never hesitate to ask librarians and staff members in the Government Documents office for help finding government publications. It is a large collection with a different system, and they can save you time!
Key Databases
Once you have found some background information on your topic, databases are great place to find articles relating to your topic. Here is a list of the databases that I recommend.
- ProQuest Central
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This is a multidisciplinary collection of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and other sources. - Military DatabaseThe Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. An important benefit of the Military Database is its content diversity. Included are scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
- Nexis Uni
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Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis including US Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. - Business Source Premier
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A large collection of business information, including articles from scholarly, business and trade publications, SWOT analyses, and book chapters. - Google Scholar
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Multidisciplinary scholarly search engine. Covers peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, and other scholarly organizations. Includes links to USU resources when on campus. - IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)Search IEEE publications.
Additionally, we have more research databases that focus on the areas above as well as many others . This Articles and Databases page provides access to the hundreds of databases in our collection.
