Research Guides: Aeronautics and Astronautics Resource Guide: Databases

Major Databases

Aerospace Database Provides references to the best combination of aerospace journals, conference papers, and technical reports, including a significant collection of NASA reports (Proquest)
Engineered Materials Abstracts Combines together the majority of leading materials science databases, with specialist content on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites. (Proquest)
Technology Research Database (now ProQuest Technology Collection) Combination of technology related databases, including materials and aerospace. (Proquest)
Engineering Village (Compendex & INSPEC Combined)

Web of Science: All Databases
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Provides access to the most cited journal articles and some conference papers. Also includes special analysis and citation reports.
Scopus
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Indexes peer reviewed journals from 5,000 international publishers. It supports research needs of many disciplines including engineering, science, technology, and medicine. This is a new source in 2012 and permits downloads of many records. It does not cover as many years as Web of Science.
Google Scholar
Is a free service to many online journals and books. Since Purdue pays subscriptions to many online journals, setup your Library Links for Purdue University and Open World Cat - Library Search.

TRID
Combines the records from Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide.

For a more complete description of the topic, review this Purdue Library Guide on Dissertations.

This section below shows two indices that cover many subject areas. Some dissertations are full-text.

Dissertations and Theses (Native ProQuest interface)
Indexes theses and dissertations from U.S. and international universities as early as 1862. There are more dissertations than master's theses.

NDLTD Union Catalog
Provides access to 4+ million electronic theses and dissertations. There are multiple search interfaces. Depending on your needs, start with the VTLS Thesis Search.