Library Guides: Air Transport for Distance Learning: Key resources

Key resources

These are the key resources you will be using for your assignments and in your research.

Use the menu on the side to explore some of the other resources available for you. You can also use links on this page to book an appointment with your Subject Librarian, and find out about other services available to you from CityLibrary.

ArXiv
ArXiv provides open access to 700,931 e-prints in the subjects of Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.

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British Standards Online
BSOL provides access to British standards and international and European standards that have been adopted as British standards in the subjects of civil engineering, fluid mechanics, energy, etc.

Limitation - BSOL have recently implemented DRM that prevents downloaded files from being opened without a plug-in. Please use the 'Quick view' option to view standards while we implement a fix.

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It also includes ASTM standards and ISO standards that haven't
been adopted as British standards. BSOL also holds BSI Publicly Available Specifications, as well as BSI books.The Eurocodes are a new set of European structural design codes for building and civil engineering works. They will be used for European public works and are set to become the de-facto standard for the private sector - both in Europe and worldwide.Please follow the link on the BSI homepage and click on BSOL subscribers in the yellow box on the right hand side of the page to access documents from the BSI construction module
Cite them right online
Is a comprehensive online guide to referencing. It will help you to reference books, journals, articles, websites and other materials for your studies or research and understand how to avoid plagiarism. It includes guidance and examples for a number of different referencing styles, especially Harvard.

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Nexis UK
Is a news database which offers national, regional and international news from a range of sources on various subjects emphasising on business and industry, including company and industry reports. Its content is updated daily and many titles have a 20 year archive.

Limitation - You may only download a single copy of insubstantial portions of those Materials included in any individually searchable file or content source in the Online Services. Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 90 days only. See details below for more information.

Nexis cannot be used for any non-academic purposes. Text data mining is not permitted within our Nexis UK licence.

Accessibility information for Nexis UK
The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 90 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.

Remote access to Ch-Aviation

Ch-Aviation is a leading global airline intelligence resource which provides detailed information about the aviation industry, including latest news, airline profiles, global airport access data, fleet ownership and fleet production statistics.

To access Ch-Aviation remotely, you will need to connect to a computer at City and use a remote desktop. Follow these instructions to access Ch-Aviation.

If you have any queries about accessing this resource, please contact the Aviation Programme Office directly at pgaviation@city.ac.uk.

Air Transport for Distance Learning

Your Subject Librarians

Verena Price

Andrew Medder

Key resources

Remote access to Ch-Aviation