Databases

Multidisciplinary databases


Full access while connected to the Academy’s network.  Different remote access options are available. For general remote access to all the databases through Proxy server, please contact the librarian (raamatukogu@eava.ee).

• Knovel (TEST it until 13. dets)
  is a digital resource for science and engineering that provides comprehensive references, tools, and interactive resources to solve engineering and technology-related problems. It includes a wide range of e-books, a newsfeed of hot topics, and multifunctional tools for equations, graphs, diagrams etc. 
  
• EBSCOhost  offers a variety of proprietary full text databases (ERIC, Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, MasterFILE, Medline etc). For remote access, request user login details from the librarian or use the Proxy.
  
• ProQuest Ebook Central multidisciplinary e-book platform (previous ebrary). For remote access, request the ProQuest account here.
  
• ScienceDirect offers e-journals published by Elsevier in four major fields - medicine, life sciences, social sciences, and engineering. Remote access possible via institutional login (Estonian Aviation Academy) with @eava.ee email account. 
  
• Scopus (Elsevier) - Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with bibliometrics tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Access is the same as for ScienceDirect. Read more about Scopus from Scopus Quick Reference Guide.
• IEEE Xplore Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers digital library.
• SAGE Journals offers multidisciplinary e-journals published by SAGE.
• Wiley Online Library offers e-journals published by Wiley from 1997. 
  
• Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) offers access to all OUP e-journals from 1996. 
• Cambridge University Press offers e-journals published by Cambridge University Press.
  
• Taylor & Francis Online  offers e-journals published by Taylor & Francis. 

Estonia's largest libraries

• National Library of Estonia
• University of Tartu Library
• The Academic Library of Tallinn University
• Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) library
• Minu Raamatukogu MIRKO (bookloan platform across Estonia , includes also eBooks. Requires an Estonian ID code)

Open Access (OA) databases

• Database of Estonian Articles Index Scriptorum Estoniae (ISE)
  
• Dspace  - Tartu University repository for all electronic materials including theses, e-publications, books, manuscripts, images etc. (Some materials are available only with UT account).
• Digiriiul - provides access to electronic materials (e-books, thesis, reports etc) of Estonian Academy of Security Science.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - index contains almost 17 500 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.
• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)-  over 87 000 academic peer-reviewed books.
  
• Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)- online library of peer-reviewed open access books.
• BASE - a search engine for academic web resources by Bielefeld University project. It provides more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). 
• Google Scholar - a Google search engine for academic resources. Not everything is freely accessed, but it gives a good overview of what is out there.

Aviation related magazines and databases

Teejuht - Digital Magazine of the Republic of Estonia Transport Administration (in Estonian)

Flight International (paper version available in the library and digital access from the user computer)

ICAO eLibrary - selection of ICAO publications

Airlines - IATA magazine

Aviation Week - Aviation Week Network magazine

SKYbrary - an electronic repository of aviation operations, ATM, and flight safety materials

Eurocontrol Library - publications, magazines (Skyway, Hindsight), presentations etc

UNCREWED Systems Technology - a magazine for land, sea and aerospace engineers