ENGR 417/6421: Standards, Regulations and Certification
Here are a few resources to help ENGR 417 and 6421 students with their research on topics related to aviation, law and policy. For further assistance, please contact the Ask a Librarian service.
- Aviation security law (online)
- Encyclopedia of aerospace engineering (online)
- Ethical issues in aviation (online)
- General aviation law (online)
- Implementing safety management systems in aviation (online)
- International aviation law (online)
- Canadian public policy collection: A large collection of electronic monographs and reports from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, university research centres, think-tanks, and other public interest groups.
- Check CLUES the Concordia Library online catalogue to find more books on similar topics.
- PAIS: PAIS indexes books and journals dealing with a wide range of subjects including political science, international relations, human rights, government policy, military conflicts, development issues, and labour conditions. PAIS International indexes over 1,800 journals in six languages.
- HeinOnline Law Journal Library: Contains more than 1,530 law and law-related periodicals.
- Academic Source Complete: A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.
- International Political Science Abstracts: bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Covers political science method and theory; political thinkers and ideas; governmental & administrative institutions; political process including public opinion; international relations; and national and area studies.
- Aerospace database: The Aerospace and High Technology Database covers research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database includes references to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports. It is produced by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
- Sources for news: databases that will lead you to articles in provincial, national and international news publications.
- Some important journals:
- Journal of Air Law and Commerce (Concordia has fulltext access)
- Air & Space Law (Concordia does not have a subscription)
- Annals of Air and Space Law (Concordia does not have a subscription)
- Comprehensive Index (1982-2009)
- Government sites - Canada
- Transport Canada
- Policy, Research and Statistics
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Transport Canada
- Government sites - US
- International organizations
- Research centres
- Laws, regulations, conventions etc.
- Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs):
- Chicago Convention (ICAO)
- Montreal Convention 1999
- Cape Town Convention 2001
- Space related treaties and agreements
- Sources of Law & Criminal Justice information
