BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES: INSPEC ON CD ROM

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASESINSPEC ON CD ROM

• BY
• SHESHAGIRI R. KULKARNI

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CONTENTS

• What is Bibliographic Database?
• What is Database ?
• Components of Bibliographic Database.
• INSPEC on CD ROM.

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Database

• A database is collection of data, or information,
  organized in such a way as to make it readily
  accessible and useful.

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Bibliographic Database

• contains citations for individual resource
• items  Example an article, book, video or web
  site.
• It is employed for the storage and retrieval of
• information about publications that include
• references to       
• Papers,Journals (or articles therein), Books
• (or chapters thereof), Conference
• Proceedings,    Manuscripts
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Components
COMPONENTS
HUMANBEINGS
HARDWARE
SOFTWARE
PC
CD
END USER
INTERMEDIARY
OPERATING SYSTEM
SEARCH SOFTWARE
(HEADFAST/HunterSoftware)
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INSPEC

• Database for Physics, Electronics and
  Computing
• Produced by the United Kingdom Institution of
• Electrical Engineers (IEE).
• Typical large, commercial, multi-subject
  database.
• Subject areas physics (including
  astrophysics), electrical engineering,
  electronics, computing, and information
  technology
• English-language bibliographic database.

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BIRDS EYE VIEW OF INSPEC

• Published since 1969
• Contains entries for articles appearing in
  journals and conference proceedings and also for
  books, reports and dissertations (only 2)
• Accessed Magnetic tape , CD-ROM ,On-line
• Contents

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INSPEC ON CD ROM

• Available on CD-ROM, (from 1989 onwards)
• Searched using HEADFAST/Hunter software.
• Two subsets are also available
• INSPEC On disc - Physics
• INSPEC On disc - Electronics Computing
• Updated quarterly

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FEATURES

• Form search - easy to use interface
• INSPEC Thesaurus, Classification and List of
• Journals as browsable database search aids
• Limit search facility for the latest records
• Enhanced search treatment for Numerical Data,
  Chemical Substance and Astronomical Object
  Indexing
• Multidisc search capability

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THANK YOU
THANK YOU