Articles with tag: "database"

Hard to find publications

"The documents were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems, and some of these documents were out of print." ¹

Several people using a library.
Many are seated at tables reading books.
There are book shelves, file cabinets for index cards,
and a microfische reader.
NACA Cleveland library, circa 1945.

Summary

I can usually get even rare and obscure publications through inter-library loan from my public library, but these were reported as having no loanable copies available.

Discussion

I have tried the many excellent search tips at Gwern's Internet Search Tips, and now I am at the "request help" stage.

I would appreciate any help anyone can offer finding them as loanable print copies or digitally.

Recently made available

Heat Transfer Calculation for Aerofoils RAE Rep. No. Aero. 1783, Nov. 1942. Reprinted as NACA MRR No. 3E29, May 1943.
I requested it through airsciences.org.uk and they sent me a scanned pdf copy (not sharable, so you will have to request your own copy).

Could only …

"The documents of that period were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems" ¹

Several people using a library.
Many are seated at tables reading books.
There are book shelves, file cabinets for index cards,
and a microfische reader.
NACA Cleveland library, circa 1945.

Summary

210 NACA icing publications were identified, and the references were included in a database.

Discussion

I have assembled a database of 210 NACA-NASA* icing publications. 132 were cited in “Selected Bibliography of NACA-NASA Aircraft Icing Publications” ¹. I also identified 78 additional NACA icing publications in the NTRS ² that were not cited in ¹.

The format of the citations in the NACA publications varies over the years. For the database, the citations were updated to a consistent format similar to MLA format (similar to that used in current NASA publications).

The document identifiers such as “NACA TN 1907” were updated to the format used in the NTRS, such as “NACA-TN-1907”.

Some publications were written concurrently with other publications, so the citation …

Blast from the Past: NACA Icing Publications

Articles with tag: "database"

Hard to find publications

"The documents were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems, and some of these documents were out of print." ¹

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Recently made available

Could only …

NACA Icing Publications Database

"The documents of that period were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems" ¹

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Articles with tag: "database"

"The documents were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems, and some of these documents were out of print." 1

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Recently made available

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"The documents of that period were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems" 1

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"The documents were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems, and some of these documents were out of print." ¹

"The documents of that period were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems" ¹