This guide identifies resources for aviation safety found in Pius XII Memorial Library and on the Web. This guide is not comprehensive; rather it should be supplemented with several other guides for Pius Library such as Aviation and Aviation Safety. Call numbers pertain to locations within Pius XII Memorial Library.
 

Library Catalogs
Dictionaries, Handbooks, And Manuals
Finding Journal And Magazine Articles (Databases)
More Specialized Resources
Crew Resource Management
Human Factors
Medical / Physiological Aspects
Psychology
Stress
Safety and Human Factors Check the Aviation Safety Resource Guide
 

The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available on computers throughout the library, or with unrestricted access via the Internet. Access the catalog through Pius Library's home page. Searching can be expanded to include the MOBIUS holdings, the consortium which includes the Washington University Libraries and most of the other academic libraries in Missouri, as well as the MERLIN libraries.

Books, periodicals and other materials in Pius XII Memorial Library are arranged by Library of Congress classification (call) numbers. The broad classification for Aerospace Engineering and Aerospace Technology is:

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Airplane Flying Handbook.  Rev. 1999	TL712.A577 1999
Flight to the Future: Human Facts of Air Traffic Control	TL725.3.T7 H865 1977
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge	Gov. Docs. TD 4.498:P64/5/2003

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To locate journal articles, reports, and other types of material you will need to use indexes and databases. Selecting the appropriate index or database is an important step in locating the information you need. There are a number of additional databases that you may want to use that cover a variety of aspects of aviation. A number of these are listed and described below. NOTE: On the Pius Library homepage you can find guides for using many of these databases.

ABI/INFORM Global Edition. 1971- . ProQuest. In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily. Indexes and abstracts over 1,500 journals and trade publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus. Full text is available for over 800 of the periodicals. Examples of areas covered are accounting and taxation, banking and finance, economics, government, health care, human resources, labor relations, marketing, etc. Click on 'Search Guide' in upper lefthand corner for assistance with this database.

Academic Search Premier. 1975- .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This multidisciplinary database provides indexing and abstracting for 8,040 journals (6,679 are peer-reviewed) with over 4,060 in full text. Of the peer-reviwed journals 3,529 are full text. Covers subjects found in college and university curriculums.

Aerospace & High Technology Database. 1962- .
     Updated monthly. Provides worldwide bibliographic coverage of published and unpublished scientific and technical literature related to the aerospace industry. Articles from over 1,600 periodicals from world wide sources are scanned in addition to conferences, books, published and unpublished report literature, theses, and patents. This is the electronic equivalent of International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA), published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It also contains reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms.

Air University Library Index To Military Periodicals (AULIMP). 1990- .
     Updated quarterly. Created by the Air University Library and provided by the Defense Technical Information Center, AULIMP provides citations and abstracts to articles, news items, and editorials from military and aeronautical periodicals covering all branches of the military. A few links are provided to full-text items.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts Full Text. October 1983- . WilsonWeb. In-library and remote access.
     Updated weekly. Includes full text of every article from almost 100 publications back to 1997 in addition to abstracts for articles back to March 1993 and indexing for over 480 publications back to October 1983. Subject coverage includes aviation, engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology. Includes articles, interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, and new product reviews/announcements.

ArticleFirst. 1990- .
     Updated daily. Indexes articles from approximately 12,500 journals and magazines covering the subjects of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Most articles are available by mail or fax for a fee using a credit card. However, Pius Library may own the journal article or you may request it through Interlibrary Loan

Aviation Week Newsletters. 1997 - .
    Search or browse the following aviation and aerospace newsletters, published by McGraw-Hill: Aviation Daily; Aerospace Daily ; The Weekly of Business Aviation; Airports; and Overhaul & Maintenance. Go to the Advanced Search to access an archive of these 5 newsletters back to January 1, 1997. Search by word or phrase and limit by date and/or by publication. Navigate to another of the 5 newsletters by clicking on its title in the gray bar.

Ei Compendex* Plus. 1980- . Ovid. In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly. The premier interdisciplinary engineering database in the world, this database provides abstracts and full bibliographic citations from worldwide engineering and technical literature that encompasses all engineering disciplines, as well as related fields in science, and management. The entries are drawn from over 2,600 published journals, conference proceedings and individual conference papers, technical reports, monographs, and other materials. The print counterpart is Engineering Index. On the Pius Library's Homepage under Database Guides, there is a detailed guide to using Ei Compendex.

LEXISNEXIS Academic. Dates vary by publication. LexisNexis. In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously. Excellent source for information on the aerospace/aviation industry that is mostly full text. To search, first select from LEXISNEXIS Academic from the PIUS Library's homepage under Choose a Database K-W . Then select Business from the tab, then Industry & Market, and then Aerospace, Defense and Aviation News . Type your terms into the search boxes provided and select a date range. Then click on the search button. NOTE: The term(s) entered in the first keyword box MUST appear in the title or the first two or three paragraphs. Place one, general search word in the first box and use the next for terms specific to the search desired.

Military & Government Collection.
    Updated weekly. Provides indexing and abstracting for over 350 military and general interest magazines in addition to 245 full-text pamphlets. Full text is available for approximately 290 of these publications

NTRS (NASA Technical Report Server). 1960s - .
     Updated irregularly. "The NASA Technical Report Server is an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Specifically, it is a unified interface to many separate WAIS servers. NTRS is both a superset of the various servers, and a canonical listing of the servers." (Text from site 3/8/02)

PapersFirst. 1993- .
     Updated 24 times per year. Indexes papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, or meeting received at The British Library.

ProceedingsFirst. 1993- .
     Updated 24 times per year. Includes references to every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, or meeting received at The British Library.

PsycINFO. 1967- . Ovid. In-library and remote access.
     Updated weekly. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). This database indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature of psychology and related disciplines. Its coverage is world wide and includes references and of journals in 20+ languages, and books, book chapters, and dissertations in English.

PubMed 1966- . NLM Free Web Database. In-library and remote access.
    PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that "provides access to references drawn primarily from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, HealthSTAR, as well as Publisher-Supplied citations." For electronically supplied journals that are indexed selectively in MEDLINE, PubMed includes all articles from those journals, not just the articles that are included in MEDLINE.

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CREW RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre
     "The mission of the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre is to carry out Research and Development in order to improve Air Traffic Management in Europe."

Airline CRM Training Workshops
     Training Services On Demand, Inc.

Crew Resource Management
     Czech Airlines

Crew Resource Management
     Global Air Training

CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SEMINARS
     Aviation Consulting Services

Crew Resource Management for Flight Testers
     National Test Pilot School

Developing Advanced Crew Resource Management Training
     FAA Human Factors, AAR-100

Flight Safety Journals
     Provides some full text of these journal articles.

Operator Performance and Safety Analysis Division (OPSAD), DTS-79
     "The division resolves problems across all transportation modes by performing research to analyze the relationship between human behavior and transportation safety and productivity."

Real World Applications: Crew Resource Management
     Personal Strengths Publishing

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HUMAN FACTORS

Aviation Safety & Security Association
     "...provides 'doorways' into various Aviation Human Factors websites to promote the prevention of accidents and the continuous improvement of aviation safety. Accidents/Incidents associated with "human error" often reflect the failure to recognize human factors involving sensory, motor, and cognitive performance characteristics used to derive human engineering design criteria."

Director of Aviation Research, AAR-1 (FAA)
    "...duties include: strategic planning and policy formation; program assessment and development; collaborative activities with domestic and international partners; technology assessment; future system requirements and design; and the management of the human factors, aviation security, and airport and aircraft safety research and development programs."

Federal Aviation Administration Human Factors
     "...provides scientific and technical support for the civil aviation human factors research program and for human factors applications in acquisition, certification, regulation, and standards. It develops and assures implementation of human factors policies, regulations, programs, and procedures which promote the safety and productivity of the national airspace system."

Human Factors QMB
     "The Human Factors QMB charter is to reduce human error mishaps and enhance war fighting ability."

NAS Human Factors Group ACB-220 (FAA)
     http://acb220.tc.faa.gov/Default.htm
Mission is to "develop methods and tools for objectively measuring the effects of proposed enhancements to the NAS on air traffic controller and airway facilities system specialist performance and workload; and provide human factors support to air traffic and airway facilities system development and acquisition programs."

Human Factors on Aviation Maintenance and Inspection (FAA)
    "...provides access to products of the Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards Service Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance and Inspection Research Program."

The Human Factors Research and Engineering Division [AAR-100] (FAA)
    "...provides scientific and technical support for the civil aviation human factors research program and for human factors applications in acquisition, certification, regulation, and standards."

Human Factors Research and Technology Division (NASA)
    "...advances human-centered design and operations of complex aerospace systems through analysis, experimentation and modeling of human performance and human-automation interaction to make dramatic improvements in safety, efficiency and mission success."

Personal Strength Publishing
     "Crew Resource Management (CRM) training with the SDI (a motivational assessment tool) helps crew members gain greater influence over the human factors that contribute to critical incidents"

University of Illinois Institute of Aviation
     "...our mission is to conduct research in Aviation Human Factors"
 

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MEDICAL / PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Aerospace Medical Association
     Links to various aviation related medical sites are provided.

Aerospace Medicine and Biology
     "A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles...."

Aerospace Physiology Training
     FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI)

Aviation Medical Examiner Directory (FAA)
    2003 Directory of Aviation Medical Examiners

CHIRP Charitable Trust Home Page
     Links to various sites plus it provides confidential reporting potential for the aviation community

Dougal Watson's Aerospace Medicine Home Page
     Provides many good links

Ears, Altitude, and Airplane Travel
     From the American Academy of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)

FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI)
    Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) and Office of Aerospace Medicine (OAM)

Human Factors and Aviation Medicine
     "...presents information important to the training and performance of all aviation professionals." Free signup required.

Human Factors Research Project (University of Texas)
    "...investigate(s) individual, team, and organizational factors determining performance and safety in aviation, space, and medicine."

Human Factors and Performance
     MARCS Auditory Laboratories Sydney

Index to FAA Aerospace Medical Reports : 1961 - 2002

Industry CRM Course Developers
    Many useful materials and links.

The International Society of Air Safety Investigators
    http://www.aviationnow.com

MedWebPlus
     A few service for medical and health information.

RAeS (Royal Aeronautical Society) Human Factors Group

Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions

University of Texas Human Factors Research Project
     "...aviation safety and human factors...funded under Federal Aviation Administration AAR-100 and through industry funded Research projects"

Useful Tips for Airline Travel
     "Prepared by the Aerospace Medical Association and the Air Transport Association of America for the traveling public."

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PSYCHOLOGY

Australian Aviation Psychology Association
    "...to promote the exchange of information and advancement of knowledge in the fields of aviation psychology and human factors, and to thereby expand
their contribution to the safety and efficiency of the aviation industry in the Asia Pacific region."

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STRESS

Grey Owl Consultants
     "...a team of aviation personnel from various backgrounds providing the aviation public with total aviation regulatory support services and customized service for the operator's needs."

PARC
     Parc is a leading international provider of specialist personnel and Resource Management solutions to the Aviation, Engineering & Technology, and Telecoms industries worldwide

The PILOTS Database: An Electronic Index to the Traumatic Stress Literature
     "...an electronic index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD, and is available to the public on computer systems maintained by Dartmouth College."

Psychology of Stress
     A Guide to Psychology and its Practice

Stress and Fatigue in Flight Operations
     Aeromedical Training for Flight Personnel (FM 3-04.301)

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SAFETY AND HUMAN FACTORS

See the Aviation Safety Resource Guide

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