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Eva Dimmock

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edimmock@iee.org.uk

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

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DublinINSPEC is produced

in STEVENAGE

IEE is based inLONDON

IEE/nspecIEE/nspec Where are we?Where are we?

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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

Inspec Database Size

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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

Diverse Coverage

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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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