ProQuest Advanced Tech & Aerospace Professional
Date revised: 29 July 2021

Description
Coverage of more than 3,000 periodicals covering diverse hightech and aerospace domains, including communications andnavigation, lasers, fluid mechanics, mathematics andcomputers. Additionally includes extensive collections of patentand conference information.
Included Databases•
Aerospace Database•
Computer & Information Systems Abstracts•
Electronics & Communications Abstracts•Solid State & Superconductivity Abstracts

Subject Coverage• Aeronautics• Artificial intelligence• Atomic and molecular physics• Communications and networks• Electronics and electrical engineering• Nuclear and high energy physics• Optics• Robotics• Software engineering• Telecommunications

The following thesauri are available:• NASA Thesaurus• Technology Terms Thesaurus
Date Coverage
1962-present

Update Frequency
Monthly

Geographic Coverage
International

Document Types
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Books
Conference Papers
Dissertations and Theses
Patents
Reports
Scholarly Journals

PublisherThis database contains a collection of ProQuest’s quality technology and engineering products. Questions concerning filecontent should be directed to:
ProQuest LLC
789 E. Eisenhower Parkway
P.O. Box 1346
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346
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Sample document

ABSU, SUBT

TI
AU,AUFN,AULN
AFLA
DTYPE
PUB
PD, YR
SRC
VOISS
PG
PCT
ISSN
PB
SFL
DOI
NR

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Search fields
ProQuest Advanced Tech & Aerospace Professional is comprised of four sub-databases – see Included Databases, above.
Note that not all databases contain every field listed here.
Field Name

Field CodeExample

Description and Notes

AbstractABab(“smith predictor”)

Use adjacency and/or Boolean operators to narrowsearch results.

Abstract present

ABANY“teleoperation controlarchitectures” ANDabany(yes)Add: AND ABANY(YES) to a query to limit retrieval
to records with abstracts.
A unique document identification number assignedby the information provider.

Accession numberANan(200707-53-420841)

all(“machine learningalgorithm*”)

All fields

ALLAll fields + text--Author1
Author First Name
Author Last Name

AUAUFN
AULN“machine learningalgorithm*”au("hashtrudi, k*")aufn(jack)auln(baker)

First author

FAU

fau("smith, a*")Corporate authorCAca(lockheed OR Marietta)

Author affiliation

AFaf(“queen's university")

Cited author2
Cited document title2
Cited publication date2

CAU, REF
CTI, REF
CYR, REF
CPUB,REF

cau(thomas harris)cti(glucose and xylose)cyr(2009)
cpub("biotechnology forbiofuels")cf(international P/2aeronautics)

Cited publication title2Conference information

CFA record can display multiple accession numbers –depending on the products within which it is stored.
Searches all fields in bibliographic files. Useadjacency and/or Boolean operators to narrowsearch results.
Same as ALL field code: searches all fields inbibliographic files.
Includes all authors.
See also First author.
First name listed in Author field. It is included inAuthor browse, but its position cannot be specified
in the Author browse.
Where available, includes data such as department,organization, address, city ,state, country, authoremail, etc.
Authors of cited works.

cf(glasgow)
cf(sweden)
cf(2008)

Date revised
3DREV

drev(>20070331)

Date that the Information Provider revised therecord.

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Field Name

Field Code

ExampleDescription and Notes

DOIDOIdoi(doi.org/10.1177/027836
4906068393)

Digital Object Identifier

Document featureDF

df(graphs)

Indicates presence in original article of availability ofgraphics, tabular data, illustrations, etc.

Document title

TITitle only

TIO

Alternate title
Document type

OTI
DTYPE

Date range searching is supported.

ti(“Constraint-BasedSystem for GenomicAnalysis”)
tio(aeronautic* N/10 “opensource”)
oti(energiedissipation)
dtype(“case study”)
fav(2014-06-30)

First availableFAV

fav(>20121231)

Includes Alternate (OTI), but not Publication title(PUB).
Searches only the Title, not Alternate title orSubtitle.
Usually the original, non-English title
Indicates the first time a document was loaded in aspecific database on PQD. It will not change
regardless of how many times the record issubsequently reloaded, as long as the accession
number does not change.

fav(20120101-20120630)
Date range searching is supported.
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From databaseti("jet propulsion") AND
fdb(advancetechaeroprof)
FDBISBNISBNISSNISSNIssue

ISS

Journal title

JN

ti("jet propulsion") AND
fdb(10000195)
isbn(9781267839718)
issn(0278-3649)
issn(02783649)
iss(8)
pub(International Journal
P/1 Information P/1
Education Technology)

Useful in multi-file searches to isolate records froma single file. FDB cannot be searched on its own;
specify at least one search term then AND it withFDB.
Also retrieves electronic ISSNs.
Hyphens are optional.
Also searchable via the Look Up Citation tool.
Journal names only. For complete Publication
name types, use PUB.
Displayed in Publication title field.
Also searchable via the Look Up Citation tool for
Publication name.
The language in which the document was originallypublished.

LanguageLAla(english)

Notes
Page count
Pagination
Patent application
numberNTPCT
PG

nt(reprint*)
pct(22)pg(797-818)

See also Start page.

PA, PATpa(“09/523128”)

Displayed in Patent information field.

pad(20101201)
Patent application datepad(2010-12-01)

Displayed in Patent information field.

pad(>20101231)

Date range searching is supported.

PAD
pad(20110101-20110630)

Patent application
numberPatent assignee
Patent publication country
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PA, PATpa(“d/372,641”)

Displayed in Patent information field.

AP, PATPC, PATap(boeing)pc(us)

Displayed in Patent information field.
Displayed in Patent information field.

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Field Name

Field CodePatent publication
numberPN, PAT

Publication datePD

Publication title1

PUB

Publication type

PT, STYPE

Publication year

YR, PY

ExampleDescription and Notes

pn(d638085)
pn(us d638085)
pd(20120726)

Displayed in Patent information field.

pd(20120726)

Also searchable via the Look Up Citation tool.

pd(>20120630)

Date range searching is supported.

pd(20120701-20120831)
pub.exact(“InternationalJournal of Information andEducation Technology”)
pt(“scholarly journals”)
yr(2012)

Title of publication where document originallyappeared. Also searchable via the Look Up
Citation tool.
Single year or a range of years may be searched.

yr(>2011)
Displayed in Publication date field.

Publisher

PB

References

REF

Source type

PT,STYPE

Start pagePAGE

yr(2011-2012)
pb("sage science")
ref(“patent citationanalysis”)
pt("conference papers &proceedings")

Searches references cited in the original document.
Also searchable on the Look Up Citation page.

page(797)
Displays in Pagination.

SubfileSFL

sfl("Electronics andCommunications
Abstracts")
sfl(ea)su("mathematica models")

Subject

SUsu(delay)

Main subject1

SUBT

UpdatesUDsubt("neural networks")ud(>20121231)
ud(20130101-20130630)

VolumeWord countVOWC

vo(25)
wc(>5000)

The individual database(s) in which the record
appears.
Also searchable using two-letter codes.
Descriptor terms describing the subject matter ofthe original record.
SUBT searches terms from the Subject display fieldonly.
The date(s) the record was loaded as a result of an
update provided by the supplier.
Date range searching is supported.
Also searchable via the Look Up Citation tool.

1A look-up/browse feature is available for this field in the Advanced Search drop-down.
2
Cited reference data – though searchable - does not currently display in records.
3
Click the “Field codes” hyperlink at the top right of the Advanced Search page. Click “Search syntax and field codes”, then click on “FDB command” to get alist of database names and codes that can be searched with FDB.

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Search tools
Field codes are used to search document fields, as shown in the sample document. Field codes may be used in searches
entered on the Basic Search, Advanced Search, and Command Line search pages. Limit options, Look up lists,
Thesaurus, and “Narrow results by” filters tools are available for searching. Some data can be searched using more thanone tool.

Limit options
Limit options are quick and easy ways of searching certain common concepts. Check boxes are available for:Peer reviewed, Scholarly journals
Short lists of choices are available for:
Source type, Document type and Language
Date limiters are available in which you can select single dates or ranges for date of publication and updated.

Look up lists
You can browse the contents of certain fields by using Look Up lists in the fields drop-down for:
Author, Publication title, Subject heading (all)“Narrow Results By” filters
When results of a search are presented, the results display is accompanied by a list of “Narrow results by” options shown on
the right-hand panel. Click on any of these options and you will see a ranked list showing the most frequently occurring terms
in your results. Click on the term to apply it to (“narrow”) your search results. Narrow results by limiters in this databaseinclude:Peer reviewed, Scholarly journals, Source type, Publication title, Document type, Record type, Subject, Classification,Language, Database, Publication date.

Look up citation
If you need to trace a particular bibliographic reference, use the Look Up Citation feature. Find a link to this toward the top leftof the Advanced Search page, or in the drop list under Advanced on any search form; click this and you will go to a page
where you can enter any known details of the citation, including: Document title, Author, Publication title, ISSN, ISBN, Volume,Issue, Page, Publication date, DOI.

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Document formats
Pre-defined document formats are available for viewing and download. Search results can be downloaded with the Download
all results, Email, Print and Export/Save options, and when creating an alert. To design your own download format, choose
the “Custom” format option and check the fields to be displayed.
Document Format

FieldsBrief view

Title, Author, Publication title, Volume, Issue,
Supplement, Pagination, and Publication date.

üDetailed view

Brief view plus a 3-line KWIC window.

üKWIC (Keyword in Context)

Preview

OnlineDetailed view plus all occurrences of your searchterms, highlighted within the fields where theterms occur.
Title, Author, Publication title, Pagination,Publication date, Abstract, Subject terms.

Export /DownloadüüüBrief citation

Complete record minus Abstract and IndexingüüCitation / Abstract

Complete record with Abstract

ü1üCustom

Choose the fields you want

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1In Online-view mode, PQD gives access to two Document Formats only: Brief citation, and the ‘most complete’ format available. Depending on thedatabase, or the amount of data available for a record, the most complete format may be any one of Citation, Citation/Abstract, Full text, or Full text – PDF.

2Custom export/download format is available in the following mediums only: HTML, PDF, RefWorks, RTF, Text only.

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