Elsevier Engineering Information

Engineering Village 2Compendex, INSPEC, NTISE-Books

Slovak Technical University BratislavaMay 17th 2004

Nick Turner, Regional ManagerSandra Grijzenhout, Product Sales

Manager

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AgendaAgendaAgendaAgenda

• What is EV2?• Compendex & INSPEC• Records and Links• Ei Thesaurus• Engineering Index Backfiles• E-Books, CRC, and Referex• NTIS Database• Promoting your electronic resources• Demo• Questions

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What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?

• Engineering Village 2 is Ei’s interface for engineering & technical resources

• Compendex, INSPEC• E-Books• Patents, US and European• Standards• Scirus - web search interface• Links to full-text journals

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What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?• Personal Profile

– email alerts, save searches, save results– print, email and export results

• Reference services, ask a librarian, ask an engineer• Thesaurus terms, look up tables• Links via Cross-Ref to full-text publishers• Link to local library holdings, OPAC’s

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What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?What is EV2 ?

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CompendexCompendexCompendexCompendex

• Comprehensive, interdisciplinary database for engineering

• All fields of engineering• 5000 journals• 1500 conference reports/proceedings• 7.7 million records• From 1970+• Weekly updates

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INSPECINSPECINSPECINSPEC

• Leading international database covering physics, electronics, computing and IT

• 3500 journals• 1500 conference proceedings• 7.8 million+ records• From 1969+• Weekly updates

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• Broadest possible range of topics within scientific, applied science, engineering and technical disciplines

• 15 million records, from 1969+• Up to date information every week• International journal coverage• Thesaurus terms, helping end-users

to explore more

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Searching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPEC

• EV2 offers individual database searching and cross-searching of Compendex and INSPEC

• View results online, de-duplicate results

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RecordsRecordsRecordsRecords

• Bibliographic information• 200-300 word abstract• Keywords highlighted in RED• Ei controlled terms - thesaurus

terms• Full-text links via Cross Ref, Science

Direct etc etc...• Links to local library holdings,

OPAC’s• Other links, e.g. google author

search• Document delivery link

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RecordsRecordsRecordsRecords

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Link to Publishers website/ELink to Publishers website/E--JournalJournalLink to Publishers website/ELink to Publishers website/E--JournalJournal

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RecordsRecordsRecordsRecords

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Link to full-text on Science Link to full-text on Science DirectDirectLink to full-text on Science Link to full-text on Science DirectDirect

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Link to Science Direct PDFLink to Science Direct PDFLink to Science Direct PDFLink to Science Direct PDF

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Thesaurus

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Ei ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi Thesaurus

• New thesaurus for Compendex and INSPEC

• Search and browse terms• View and select within hierarchy,

broader, narrower and related terms• Transfer to search database

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Ei ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi Thesaurus

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Ei ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi Thesaurus

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Results ListResults ListResults ListResults List

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Result & AbstractResult & AbstractResult & AbstractResult & Abstract

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Engineering Index

Backfiles

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Engineering Index BackfilesEngineering Index BackfilesEngineering Index BackfilesEngineering Index Backfiles

• Digitize Ei Index (backfiles)• 1884 - 1970• Option to purchase & own• Access only on EV2• Unique to Ei

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CRC PressHandbooks

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CRC Press HandbooksCRC Press Handbooks: : www.crcnetbase.comwww.crcnetbase.comCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press Handbooks: : www.crcnetbase.comwww.crcnetbase.com

• ENGnetBASE full-text handbooks• Available online via EV2• Searchable PDF full-texts• 207 titles

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CRC Press HandbooksCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press Handbooks

• CHEMnetBASE• ENVIROnetBASE• MATHnetBASE• STATSnetBASE• FOODnetBASE• FORENSICnetBASE• POLYMERSnetBASE• ITKnowledgeBASE• InfoSECURITYnetBase• NANOnetBASE• MATERIALSnetBASE• NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE

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www.engnetbase.comwww.engnetbase.comwww.engnetbase.comwww.engnetbase.com

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ReferexHandbooks

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Referex E Books – from ElsevierReferex E Books – from ElsevierReferex E Books – from ElsevierReferex E Books – from Elsevier

• Referex Engineering aims to be the leading electronic reference collection in engineering with unparalleled breadth and depth

• Fully utilizes search technology from market leading discovery platform, Engineering Village 2

• Comprised of over 350 reference titles in 3 core collections

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ReferexReferexReferexReferex

• Each collection is comprised of 100+ handbooks, monographs and professional reference texts– Mechanical and MaterialsMechanical and Materials– Electronic and ElectricalElectronic and Electrical– Chemical Petrochemical and ProcessChemical Petrochemical and Process

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Top TitlesTop TitlesTop TitlesTop Titles

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Searching Referex E BooksSearching Referex E BooksSearching Referex E BooksSearching Referex E Books

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Results listResults listResults listResults list

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Subject AreasSubject AreasSubject AreasSubject Areas

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NTISDatabase

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NTIS DatabaseNTIS DatabaseNTIS DatabaseNTIS Database

• National Technical Information Service• US Federal Government Database• Summaries of Gov sponsored research,

development and engineering• International contribution:

– Japan Ministry of Trade & Industry– UK Dept of Trade– German Min. Research & Technology– French Center for Sci Research (CNRS)

• 2.1 million records• Link to full-text reports on US Gov website

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Cross-SearchingCross-SearchingCross-SearchingCross-Searching

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Promoting your electronic Promoting your electronic resourcesresourcesPromoting your electronic Promoting your electronic resourcesresourcesCommunication is key!

• Training/workshops – on site/WebEx• Library webpages• Promotional material – print/electronic

(e.g. QRG’s)• Newsletter• Usage statistics• Contact me when you need help!

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Online Help Online Help Online Help Online Help

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Nick TurnerElsevier Engineering Information Inc.Nick.Turner@elsevier.comTel: 020 7611 4552

Sandra GrijzenhoutS.grijzenhout@elsevier.comTel: 0651 820 137

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