Inspec (INSPEC)
Scientific and technical journals, proceedings, books and dissertations
Why select this database?
- Cites scientific and technical journals and proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
communications
computers and computing
control engineering
electrical engineering/electronic engineering
information technology
physics |
| Sources |
3,850+ scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings.
For more information view:
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| Number of records |
Over 9,600,000 |
| Dates covered |
1969 to present |
| Updated |
Weekly |
| Producer information |
For North, South, Central America:
Inspec
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USA
Phone:+1-732-321-5575
Fax:+1-732-321-5702
Web: http://www.theiet.org/publications/inspec/
Email: inspec@inspecinc.com
For Europe, the Middle East, Africa:
Inspec
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For Asia and Pacific Rim:
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Fax: +852 2521 2142
Email: inspecHK@theiet.org
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| Copyright |
Copyright ©
2008
Institution of Engineering and Technology
Inspec data may not be duplicated in machine-readable form without written authorisation from the Institution of Engineering and Technology, except that data may be temporarily stored (for up to one month) in machine-readable form for re-formatting or editing and that limited reproduction of printed output up to twenty-five (25) copies is permitted for distribution within the customer organisation only. Under no circumstances may copies made under this provision be offered for resale |
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an expert search in Inspec
Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign
after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any
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searches.
| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
hard drive ide |
| Abstract |
ab: |
vector bundle+ |
| Abstract number |
nu: |
a9304-1385k-006
[producer's internal control number] |
| Accession number |
no: |
7177230 |
| Astronomical data |
ao: |
AFGL 7009 |
| Author |
au: |
o'hara
ohara |
| Author affiliation |
aa: |
czeochoslovakia acad of cci |
| Author phrase |
au= |
ohara ac jr |
| Chemical indexing |
ci: |
h2o bin
[each of the character strings on either side of the slash is indexed separately,
so the term "h2o/bin" must be searched by combining its two parts, h2o
and bin] |
| Class code |
cd: |
b6
b62
b6220c
[cascades are searchable] |
| Class code phrase |
cd= |
b6220c telephone stations |
| Conference location |
cl:
|
cl:canad* and kw:ascii |
| Conference name |
cn: |
esr |
| Conference name phrase |
cn= |
23rd international esr conference |
| Corporate name |
co: |
esprit |
| Corporate name phrase |
co= |
esprit syst. consulting |
| Country of patent |
cp: |
hungary |
| Descriptor |
de: |
hydrothermal power |
| Descriptor phrase |
de= |
hydrothermal power systems |
| Document type phrase |
dt= |
conference paper |
| First page |
pg: |
456 |
| Host author |
ha: |
husson |
| Host title |
cb: |
cable telev |
| Host title phrase |
cb= |
ieee trans cable telev usa |
| Identifier |
id: |
temporal integration |
| Identifier phrase |
id= |
theories of temporal integration |
| Issue |
is: |
so=polymer and is:5 |
| Language phrase |
ln= |
french
ln=French and kw:water
[use to refine other search terms]
|
| Numerical Data |
ni: |
temperature 3.05e+02 k |
| Patent assignee |
pa: |
north american aviation inc |
| Patent date |
pe: |
10 dec 1971 |
| Patent number |
pn: |
3681557 |
| Place of publication |
pl: |
pl:australia and ti:biomedical |
| Publication date |
pd: |
2000-jan |
| Publisher |
pb: |
mcgraw-hill |
| Report number |
rn: |
rn:epri tr-100952 |
| Source |
so: |
so:avtomatika and ti:form |
| Source phrase |
so= |
avtomatika ukrainian ssr |
| Standard number |
sn: |
0956-716x [use hyphens]
0852969848 [no space or hyphens]
|
| Subject |
su: |
telecommunication |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
telecommunication congestion control |
| Title |
ti: |
structural ceramics |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
structural nonoxide ceramics by hot pressing |
| Treatment Codes Phrase |
tc= |
r
product review
[use exact codes or descriptions
Code words:
a-application
b-bibliography
e-economic
g-general review
n-new development
p-practical
r-product review
t-theoretical or mathematical
x-experimental]
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| Volume |
vo: |
so:chinese science bulletin and vo: 46 |
| Year |
yr: |
1998 |
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