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About AERADE
What is
AERADE?
AERADE provides integrated access to a collection of key
aerospace and defence resources that can be browsed or searched independently
from their home pages. The three main services - Aerospace and defence
resources, DEVISE and ESDU Series can also be cross-searched from the home
page.
- Aerospace and defence resources
- This is a free collection of nearly 5,000 quality assessed
resources that have been created worldwide. The resources are selected,
evaluated, regularly monitored and updated by information specialists according
to AERADE's Statement of Quality. The service also
contains records for over 1,700 full text technical reports which have been
harvested from the NASA Langley Technical Reports Server using OAI.
- DEVISE
- The Defence Virtual Information Service is a special
collection of quality military and defence resources focussing directly on the
information needs of the armed forces. It forms a subset of the main aerospace
and defence resources database.
- ESDU Series
- ESDU provides subscription based validated and
authoritative design data and methods for aerospace, chemical, mechanical,
process and structural engineering. Each series is produced and validated by
committees of experts coming from a broad range of industrial, academic and
research backgrounds. There is a strong emphasis on the use of unpublished
information taken from sources only available to ESDU committees. AERADE
provides access to over 1,600 ESDU data item abstracts. For information on how
to subscribe to the full-text, please contact your
local ESDU representative.
- Reports Archive
- The Reports Archive is a historical collection of over
10,000 significant technical papers and reports produced by the Aeronautical
Research Council (ARC) and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
(NACA). The collection has been digitised so all items are available in full
text.
- Shrivenham Index
- Produced by the Barrington Library at Shrivenham, Shrivenham
Index is a bibliographic subject index to articles on military science,
technology, management, defence policy, strategic studies, and international
affairs journals that are held by the Library. It provides abstracts of
articles and access to the full text online where possible, or alternatively
via links to document suppliers.
- ConferenceBrief
- ConferenceBrief is designed to provide notification of
forthcoming conferences and events in the areas of aerospace and defence that
are hosted and organised by third parties.
- JobsBrief UK
- JobsBrief UK provides links to the most recent jobs
listings made available by jobs.ac.uk and MatchTech plc. The listings cover UK
jobs in the academic and commercial sectors.
- NewsBrief
- NewsBrief is designed to enable access to the latest news
stories in the areas of aerospace and defence. The links provided in NewsBrief
invoke news feeds from the Yahoo news service, or alternatively you can choose
to search Yahoo news using the box provided.
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Origins of AERADE
AERADE is an initiative developed by Cranfield University to
enable aerospace and defence experts to find quality, relevant information on
the Internet. The service is a joint venture between information specialists
within the Library and Information Services at the Cranfield campus (aerospace)
and the Barrington Library at Shrivenham (defence).
The need for more effective tools for the identification and
location of relevant information sources was highlighted in a major DTI-funded
study of the UK aerospace industry, which was carried out by a team from the
Kings Norton Library on Cranfield campus. The Aerospace Information
Management-UK (AIM-UK) project (Hanley, Harrington and Blagden, 1998) found
compelling evidence of under-utilisation of electronic information resources by
aerospace engineers and scientists. It recommended a number of initiatives to
raise awareness and improve access to useful resources, and to reduce the
threat of information overload. In particular, there was a call to establish an
Internet gateway for the aerospace and defence community that would act as a
"jumping-off point" for effective exploration and retrieval of information on
the World Wide Web. AERADE is specifically designed to meet this need.
Launched in November 1999, AERADE was initially a gateway to
quality aerospace and defence information sources available on the Internet. In
August 2000, AERADE was enhanced by the addition of three new services - ESDU
series abstracts, DEVISE and the Internet Aviator. NewsBrief was added in April
2001, and ConferenceBrief in December 2001. JobsBrief UK and the Reports
Archive were both added in October 2004.
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Team members
AERADE resource discovery and evaluation is managed
by:
- John Harrington - Head of Information Services at the
Cranfield campus
- Emma Turner and Cathy Carr - Information Specialists for
Aerospace, Engineering and the Environment at the Cranfield campus (job
share)
- Lynne Seddon - Team Leader, Specialist Services at Cranfield Defence and Security at Shrivenham
- Anna Barefoot - Information Specialist at Cranfield Defence and Security at Shrivenham
AERADE was created and is maintained by:
- Karyn Meaden - Internet Developments Officer at the
Cranfield campus
- Paul Needham - Electronic Information Specialist at the
Cranfield campus
AERADE development is steered by:
- Hazel Woodward - University Librarian and Director of
Cranfield University Press
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AERADE in the community
- Intute
- AERADE records that are heavily focused on engineering
topics form the aerospace and defence engineering section of Intute, the UK
portal to the very best Web resources for education and research. Records
within Intute that have been provided by AERADE are stamped with the AERADE
logo.
- ESDU
- ESDU (Engineering Science Data Unit) provides subscription
based validated and authoritative design data and methods for aerospace,
chemical, mechanical, process and structural engineering. Significantly used by
international aerospace companies, it is widely considered to be the most
accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive collection of validated data and methods
of its kind.
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NASA LaRC Technical Library
Digital Repository
- Over 1,700 records from the Langley TRS have been
integrated into the aerospace and defence resources database of AERADE using
OAI metadata harvesting.
- Books Express
- Books Express is a leading supplier of specialist official
and commercial publications. The inclusion of Books Express in AERADE is an
endorsement of the quality of the service it provides.
- Internet for Aeronautical
Engineering
- This is an interactive tutorial designed to enable you to
effectively discover, select and use high quality Internet resources in the
areas of aerospace and defence. It is part of the
Intute Virtual Training Suite.
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AERADE in the
press
- John Harrington and John Blagden. The neglected asset:
Information management in the UK. Business Information Review. 16(3), September
1999, pp128-136.
- John Harrington, Karyn Meaden and Emma Turner. AERADE.
Ariadne. Issue 22,
December 1999.
- John Harrington and Emma Turner. AERADE warning! Aerogram.
9(4), December 1999, pp37-38.
- John Harrington and Emma Turner. AERADE warning! Aerospace
and Defence Librarians' Group newsletter. 11(2), November 1999, pp12-13.
- Nick Moore. The Internet Column. MCB Library Review. April
2000.
- Emma Turner and Karyn Meaden. Top sites on the Web for Air
Transport. Free Pint.
Issue 61, April 2000.
- John Pullin. Knowledge takes flight. Professional
Engineering. 13(14), July 2000, p51.
- Emma Turner and Karyn Meaden. Top sites on the Web for
Aeronautics and Aerospace Science and Technology.
Free Pint. Issue 70,
September 2000.
- Emma Turner. AERADE - Free flight to the information you
need. ESDU Engineer. October 2000, p3,9.
- Emma Turner. Flying not surfing: the Internet Aviator. ADLG
newsletter. 13(1), July 2001, p10-11.
- Purificación García Delgado. ROADS. Software
y conjunto de normas para la gestión recursos electrónicos en
Internet. La experiencia en un caso concreto: AERADE portal temático
aeroespacial (Translation:
ROADS : Software and standards for electronic resources management on the
Internet. My experience in a case : AERADE, aerospace subject-based
portal). II Jornadas Españolas de Bibliotecas Digitales (Spanish
digital libraries congress). November 2001.
- Review in
On
Christina's Radar. 27 February 2004.
- "Nice Web site" in the
Internet Resources
Newsletter. Issue 121. October 2004.
- The NSDL
Scout Report for Math, Engineering and Technology. Volume 3, no. 26. 17
December 2004.
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Testimonials
Testimonials from members of the CILIP Aerospace and Defence
Librarians Group (ADLG):
- "It's excellent. It's a model of a well-designed gateway
with really good content."
- "I always check AERADE before going to one of our
commercial (and expensive) sites - because it's free!"
- "The level of categorisation of web sites is brilliant - so
detailed!"
- "The summaries are excellent"
- "The site is very well presented and organised"
- "Clean and well organised - easy to read. Colours are easy
on the eye."
- "Abstracts: clear, concise, with just enough info. I know
it's hard work, but please keep it up."
- "Easy to navigate."
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Copyright statement
© Cranfield University 1999 - 2009. Copyright and
Database right in this material are reserved by Cranfield University. Use of
the AERADE or DEVISE names, branding or logos is strictly prohibited without
the University's written consent. No part of this service may be reproduced,
resold, redistributed or downloaded, wholly or in part, in any way, without
obtaining written consent from Cranfield University. The data item abstracts on
AERADE have been reproduced with the kind permission of ESDU International.
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Disclaimer
AERADE provides links to Internet sites and information
maintained by third parties. Neither AERADE nor Cranfield University is
responsible for, in any respect, any information, content, products or services
on these third-party sites. Although all our resources are selected by subject
experts and descriptions are checked regularly for currency, the AERADE team
cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any Internet resource listed
on its web site for the reasons stated above. Cranfield University, its
employees, servants and agents shall have no liability for any injury or damage
caused directly or indirectly by any inaccuracies, defects or omissions in any
information provided in connection with or as a result of using this site.
To help us maintain our high quality, please alert the AERADE
team if you suspect the information contained within a resource description is
inaccurate or significantly out of date.
AERADE also provides details of forthcoming conferences /
events hosted or organised by third parties. These are provided without
warranties of any kind and do not imply endorsement from either AERADE or
Cranfield University.
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