Aviation: AERO 3012: Aviation Project

Read all the information related to your assessment to understand exactly what you need to do.

For your research paper you will need to develop a research question.

Watch the following video for help developing your research question (Please note that while the example is not an aviation specific example the same techniques apply).

Once you have developed your research question:

• Identify the content words or main ideas in your question
• Consider what the parameters of your research are e.g.
  • date range
  • type of evidence

Table or map out terms

Think about how ideas can be represented in the literature and table or map out possible alternative keywords or synonyms:

Tip: Scoping searches in the Library Collection, Google Scholar and Access Engineering can be a good way to discover key terms i.e look at the terminology used in other articles for ideas for keywords

Combine concepts to form your search strategy

Watch the following video for help building a search strategy including joining concepts using AND and OR

The Library holds range of search tools to help you find scholarly and industry information.

For more help watch:

To find Australian aviation industry information use IBISWorld

Search example:

Once in a report choose the Navigation bar on the left hand side

To find Global aviation industry information try the database Passport GMID

It is recommended that you also search for relevant academic (scholarly) literature using Library databases.

Depending on your research question you may not need to search on every concept. 

Search example in ProQuest Technology Collection - this includes the Advanced Technology & Aerospace and Materials Science & Engineering Databases

• Start by typing each different concept into a new search field. Connect these using AND. Choose to search anywhere except full text.

Tip: Use double quotation marks around around phrases to keep them together

• Add synonyms or alternative concepts to broaden your search. Connect these using OR.

• Add truncation in to broaden your search

• Select search. You can then use the left menu to limit your search further.

More Aviation databases

Use the following help resources to put your paper together:

• Abstract and introduction template for aviation
• Literature review template for aviation
• Methodology example for aviation
• Research project: literature review
• Writing research projects
• APA referencing style
• Searching for your literature review guide