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Eva Dimmock
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Searching Scientific Databases
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Presentation Layout• Role of Scientific Databases – comparison
• Inspec Database - Content, Structure and Coverage
• Inspec on various platforms
• Value Added Fields - Bibliographic searching (Exercises) - Special indexing searching (Exercises)
• Support & Contact
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Electronic Resources• Databases
• Full Text Resources– Electronics Journals– Electronic Books– Reports– Dissertations
• Internet Resources – Directories (e.g. Yahoo)– Information Gateways (e.g. EEVL. BUBL)– Subject Catalogues– Usenet News
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Databases vs Web Resources
• Clearly Defined Resources• Comprehensive & Focused Search• Easy or Advanced Interfaces• Advanced Search Aids• Fast & Efficient Search
• Cost
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Databases vs Full Text
• Primary Publishers– Searchable full text journals
• Disadvantage: Need subscription access to each journal – Inspec can be accessed by anyone on pay-as-you-go
• Disadvantage: Need to know the indexing policy and editorial conventions of each journal – Inspec has consistency in approach to all items
– IEEE Xplore• Only IEEE and IEE publications, 1988 to date
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Databases - Important Features
• Quality & Reliability– Continuity
– Identifiable resources
• Size & Coverage
• Added-Value Search Facilities
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• Leading Multidisciplinary Database Physics Electrical & Electronics Engineering Computing & Control Engineering Information Technology for Business Manufacturing & Production Engineering
• Journals, Conferences and Other Documents
• Global Coverage
• International Recognition for High Quality
What is Inspec?
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The IEE/Inspec
• The Institution of Electrical Engineers
• Established in 1871
• Learned Society (Not-For-Profit)
• Largest Professional Engineering Society in
Europe
• 140,000 members worldwide• Primary Publisher
(journals, books, conference proceedings)• Secondary Publisher: InspecInspec
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Other Multidisciplinary Databases
• Secondary Publishers– Ei Compendex
• Covers all engineering disciplines but not Physics
– ISI Web of Science/Science Citation Index• Covers general and applied science• No conference coverage
– Cambridge Scientific Abstracts• No longer on Dialog or DataStar
• 30 databases in Inspec subject areas
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Cardiff
Glasgow
Belfast
DublinINSPEC is produced
in STEVENAGE
IEE is based inLONDON
IEE/nspecIEE/nspec Where are we?Where are we?
London
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• Contains over 8 Million Records
• Nearly 8,000 records added every week
• Covers 35 years of Electronic Data
• Covers research from 140+ Countries
• Over 3,400 Journals & 3,000 Other Publications
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Record Types
Others includes:• Book / Book Chapter• Reports• Patents (1969-76)• Dissertations
• Journal articles 73 %• Conference proceedings 17 %• Conference papers in Journals 8 %• Others 2%
25 %
Journals 73%
Conferences 25%Others 2%
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Inspec Database Subjects
4.7 million
records
2.1 millionrecords
2.7 millionrecords
Physics
Electronics & Electrical Engineering
Computing & Control
65,000 records
IT for Business
600,000 records
Manufacturing & Production Engineering
Figures correct as of Jan 2004
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A0 GeneralA1 Elementary Particles
A2 Nuclear PhysicsA3 Atomic & MolecularA4 Fundamental PhysicsA5 Plasmas & DischargesA6 Solid State, Non-electronicA7 Solid State, ElectronicA8 Cross-disciplinary PhysicsA9 Geophysics & Astronomy
Physics 4.7 million records
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B0 General, Maths and MaterialsB1 CircuitsB2 Components, Electron DevicesB3 Magnetic Devices & MaterialsB4 OptoelectronicsB5 Electromagnetic FieldsB6 CommunicationsB7 Instruments & ApplicationsB8 Power Systems
Electrical & Electronic 2.7 million
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C0 General ManagementC1 Systems & Control TheoryC3 Control TechnologyC4 Numerical & Computer TheoryC5 Computer HardwareC6 Computer SoftwareC7 Computer Applications
Computing & Control 2.1 M million
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traffic controltraffic controlTraffic signal control by Egograms
environmental scienceenvironmental scienceImpact of science and technology on energy and environmental research and development
pacemakerspacemakersParadoxical undersensing at a high sensitivity in dual chamber pacemakers
photographyphotographyColor handling in panoramic photography
computer gamescomputer gamesA principal cognitive precondition of successful child-computer interactions in the information society
laser printerslaser printersLong-haul lasers [buyer's guide]
radarradarFully integrated automotive radar sensor with versatile resolution
radiation effectsradiation effectsModeling natural space ionizing radiation effects on external materials
manufacturingmanufacturingAnalysis of a decentralized production-inventory system
nanotechnologynanotechnologyMolecular motors: nature's nanomachines
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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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• Rapid growth of full text linking infrastructure
• 50 to 60% or current records have DOIs
• XML file for 1969-2003 • Over 1 million of DOIs
• Corrected Data
• New E-section
• XML archival file 1898-1969
• Original and enhanced indexing
• Available for purchase or lease
Inspec Latest Developments
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Inspec Provides (Vendors)
• CEDOCAR• DataStar• Dialog• Ebsco• EI• EINS• Fiz-Technik• Web of Knowledge
(ISI)
• KISTI• OCLC• Ovid• Proquest
Information• Questel-Orbit• ScienceDirect• SilverPlatter• STN
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Typical uses
Technological forecasting
Scientific Research• latest developments• current awareness• state of the art• prior art• reviews
Competitor tracking
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InspecUsers
Universities
Government Establishments
Corporate Organisations
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