Cranfield University (Cranfield Defence and Security)

Telephone: (01793) 785743

Fax: (01793) 785555

Website Address: diglib.shrivenham.cranfield.ac.uk/

Contact Name 1: Iain McKay

E-mail Address 1: i.mckay@cranfield.ac.uk

E-mail Address 2: libraryenquiry.shrivenham@cranfield.ac.uk

Usual hours of opening:

Nature of the organisation, its services, products etc: Defence College of Management and Technology of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. It is a leading world centre for education and research in defence management and technology offering postgraduate courses and PhD level research. It has a student body which is a mix of civilian and military. The Library supports the teaching and research activities of the college and has a wider role as a national information source in defence management and technology.

Library Staff:

Special services available to Wilco members: Loans and photocopies. Reference and Information Services.

Subject fields covered: The main subject coverage is defence management and technology. There are about 120,000 books, 400 current printed journals, 900 audio-visual items and 50,000 reports. Subjects covered are: Aeronautical engineering, Chemistry, Civil engineering, Computing science, Defence, Economics, Electrical engineering, General science, Information technology, International relations and international security, Librarianship, Management, Materials technology, Mathematics, Mechanical engineering, Military science, Operational research and Statistics.

Full text online journals: ABI Inform, ACM Digital Library, American Chemical Society, EBSCO Business Source Premier, Emerald, IEEE Xplore, Jane's Online, JSTOR, Oxford Journals Archive, Proquest Newspapers, Proquest Science, ScienceDirect (Elsevier journals), SIAM Journals Online, Springer Journals, Synergy (Blackwell Science journals), Taylor & Francis, Wiley Interscience.

Databases: British Defence Standards, British Standards Online, Business Insights, CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online, Digimap, Education Image Gallery, ESDU, Fame, Film & Sound Online, Global Insights, Global Market Information Database, Investext, Journal Citation Reports, Kompass, Landmap, Mil Standards (NATO), Mintel Market Intelligence, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.

Electronic Abstracting and Indexing services: CSA Illumina, Compendex, Index to Theses, Inspec, Lancaster Index, TRILT, Web of Knowledge, ZETOC.

Electronic full text books: Britannica Online, CRC Press, EBook Library, Knovel Books, NetLibrary, Oxford Reference Online Premium, Praeger Security International, Reerex, WIley Encyclopaedias, Xreferplus.

Publications: Shrivenham Index: journal articles in military science areas; Current Contents Bulletins; Defence News (Press cuttings service); Educaton News (Press cuttings service)

Periodical holdings lists available: Online via Library Webcat

Organisations and services subscribed to: Library and Information Groups: ADLG, ASLIB, NAG, UKSG. Learned and Professional Societies: membership, journal subscriptions or reported series from organisations including ACM, ACS, AIAA, AIP, AMS, APS, ASCE, ASLE, ASM, ASME, ASTM, BCS, BRE, ChemSoc, ConcSoc, DMA, ICE, IEE, IEEE, IMA, IME, IOP, NASA, ORSA, RSC, RUSI, SAE, SIAM, TRRL, Welding Institute

Co-operatives and Information broking services: DSTL, MOD Libraries, WILCO

Online Hosts: Dialog

Specialised Services: Reports Section contains about 50,000 research and technical reports.

Equipment and Facilities: All library functions are automated using Unicorn. A range of pcs are available throughout the library for users to access the Internet, databases, word-processing, e-mail and other software packages. There is a collection of vhs video and dvds with individual or group viewing facilities. Microfiche and film readers are available, plus reprographic facilities for print, microfilm and microfiche.

Any other relevant information: None