Research Guides: Aviation: Find Articles

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Select Aviation Journals
Databases

Aviation History
"Aviation History Magazine is an authoritative, in-depth history of world aviation from its origins to the Space Age. Aviation History offers air enthusiasts the most detailed coverage of the history of manned flight".
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Articles on the aviation and aerospace industries, including military and civilian aircraft, weapons, rockets, and space exploration. Print copy available in the Katz Library. Contact librarian for login credentials to online access.
More online journals in Aviation
Link to a list of titles with the word Aviation

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic OneFile with InfoTrac Collections This link opens in a new window
Maine Newspapers This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
UMA Databases (A-Z) This link opens in a new window
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What is a scholarly article?

Vossler, Joshua; Watts, John; and Hodge, Tim, "What is a Scholarly Article?" (2011). Kimbel Library First Year Experience Instructional Videos. 9.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/kimbel-library-instructional-videos/9

Thank you to Vanderbilt University's Peabody Library.
Created by Eli Moody, 2007.

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How to read a scholarly article

Peer-review? and Evaluating articles

What does Peer-Reviewed mean?

A scholarly periodical which requires that each article submitted for publication be judged by an independent panel of experts (scholarly or scientific peers). Articles not approved by a majority of these peers are not accepted for publication by the journal. Peer-reviewed articles are generally considered to be scholarly and reliable resources.

Peer-Review Process Explained:

How do I tell what articles I find are considered scholarly and what are popular or trade resources?

From the University of Maine at Farmington: Guide to identifying scholarly sources

	Scholarly Journals	Magazines	Professional / Trade Journals
Written by	scholars / researchers	journalists	journalists / industry experts
Written for	professors, students	general public	people who work in that field
Looks like	mostly text, may have charts & graphs	glossy covers, many advertisements, & photographs	glossy covers & industry specific ads
Articles	contains original search/analysis usually signed by the author long articles written in scholarly/technical lang. contain bibliographies peer-reviewed	info about current events, trends, pop culture not always signed by the author short articles written for general reader no bibliographies not peer-reviewed	report on industry news & trends not always signed by author short articles written in tech lang. specific to industry may be bibliographies could be peer-reviewed
Examples	Studies in Short Fiction Journal of Chemical Education	Time * Newsweek Ladies Home Journal	RN * Accounting Review Library Journal