INSPEC on EV2

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INSPEC on EV2
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IEE/INSPEC

• IEE - Institution of Electrical Engineers
• Established in 1871
• UK-based Learned Society (not-for-profit)
• 140,000 Members world-wide
• Primary publisher - books, journals, conferences,
  colloquia distance learning
• Secondary publisher - INSPEC Database

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INSPEC Database

• Bibliographic Database for Science Engineering
• Physics
• Electrical Electronics Engineering
• Computing Control Engineering
• Information Technology
• Wide range of cross-disciplinary topics
• Journals, Conferences and Other Documents
• Global Coverage
• International Recognition for High Quality

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INSPEC Database size

• Over 7.2
• Million Records
• Over 350,000 records p.a.
• Over 30 years of Electronic Data
• Over 3,000 Journals 3,000 Other Publications
• 80 Countries of Publication
• 140 Countries of Author

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Source Documents
Journals 72.6
Other 2.1
Conference in Journal 8.5
Conference Articles 16.8
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World-Wide Coverage
Percent
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World-Wide Coverage
Percent
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INSPEC Top 25 Publishers

• Academic Press Japanese Journal Appl.
  Physics
• ACM Kluwer Academic Publishers
• AIP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing
• Allerton Press Opt. Soc. America
• American Geophys. Union Plenum
• APS Science Press
• Astron. Soc. Pacific SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt.
  Eng.
• Elsevier Springer-Verlag
• Gordon Breech Taylor Francis
• IEE Univ. of Chicago Press
• IEEE Wiley
• IOP Publishing World Scientific
• Inst. Electron. Inf. Commun. Eng.

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INSPEC Database Subjects
4.3 million
2.5 million
1.9 million
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Physics - 4.3 Million Records
A0 General
A1 Elementary particles
A2 Nuclear physics
A3 Atomic molecular
A4 Fundamental physics
A5 Plasmas discharges
A6 Solid state, non-electronic
A7 Solid state, electronic
A8 Cross-disciplinary physics
A9 Geophysics astronomy
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20
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Electrical Electronic - 2.5 M
B0 General, maths and materials
B1 Circuits
B2 Components, electron devices
B3 Magnetic devices materials
B4 Optoelectronics
B5 Electromagnetic fields
B6 Communications
B7 Instruments Applications
B8 Power systems
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Computing Control - 1.9 M
C0 General management
C1 Systems control theory
C3 Control technology
C4 Numerical computer theory
C5 Computer hardware
C6 Computer software
C7 Computer applications
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Information Technology - 59,000
D1 General management
D2 Applications
D3 General Systems
D4 Office automation/communications
D5 Office automation/computing
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INSPEC Interdisciplinary Subjects
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Quick Search

• This screen is suitable for basic searching by
  end users
• A limited number of search fields is available
• Session History is not available (results
  cannot be gradually modified)

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Expert Search

• A number of specific fields and
• limits can be used to improve your
• search
• Search results can be modified
• using the Session History

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Added-Value Subject Fields
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INSPEC Controlled Terms on EV2
Alphabetical Index of Controlled terms can be
browsed in both the Quick and Expert screens
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INSPEC Controlled Terms - Example

• Thesaurus enables you to find many other
  additional terms
• INSPEC 2002 Thesaurus will have well over
  16,000 terms
• The INSPEC Thesaurus is available in Print or
  on the CD

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INSPEC Classification Codes CLS

• A - Physics
• B - Electrical Electronics
• C - Computers Control
• D - Information Technology

• INSPEC Classification Codes always start with
  one of the A, B, C, D
• letters
• At the most specific level they have six digits,
  e.g. B7230G
• The INSPEC Classification is available in print
  and on CD

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INSPEC Classification Codes on EV2
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INSPEC Document Types

• Specific Document Types can be searched using
  the appropriate code
• The Document Types can selected as a Limit in
  the Quick Search

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Serial Title ST

• Use Index to browse
• Use Coden or ISSN if known

• Search tip
• Coden and ISSN can change over the years

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Serial Title Index
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EV2 Village - Additional Services
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