Databases for the

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Inspec Inspec Archive via EBSCOhost
Academic Library
Databases for the
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Inspec Database

• Almost 8.5 million records
• 405,000 added in 2004
• 450,000 to be added in 2005
• 1969 to date
• Over 3,740 journals
• 3,000 other publications
• Full text linking via DOIs (50-60 of current
  records) Digital Object Identifiers

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• 207 journals indexed in Inspec are available in
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• 197 journals indexed in Inspec are available in
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• 363 journals indexed in Inspec are available in
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Full text available in ASP BSP
of Journals that will linkto full text in ASP
BSP
Database
AGRICOLA Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) CINAHL Econ
Lit ERIC GeoRef Inspec MEDLINE MLA International
Bibliography PsycINFO RILM SPORTDiscus
386 533 444 293 790 331 767 1,754 559 907 373 682
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Find related records. Lateral link on
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Search Fields on Inspec

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Added Value Subject Fields Overview

• Identifiers improve your results providing you
  with a more relevant set of records
• Inspec Headings (Thesaurus Terms) enable you to
  broaden your search in any Inspec subject
• Classification Codes are useful for navigating
  your search to broad research areas or for
  repeated search of very specific narrow topics
  (e.g. for alerts)
• Treatment Codes refine your search by the type of
  research you are interested in
• Chemical, Numerical and Astronomical data can be
  searched when these are significant to your search

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Inspec Headings

• Key Words and Phrases from the Inspec Thesaurus
• Standardized Spelling, Punctuation, Terminology
• Reflect the most important concepts in Title and
  Abstract

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Inspec Headings

• Overcome problems with free language
• Increase search precision
• Allow you to broaden your search
• Allow you to explore any subject of your
  interest within
• the Inspec subject areas

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Explode to also find records indexed with
narrower term(s)
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Classification Subfiles
A - Physics B - Electrical Electronics C -
Computers Control D - Information Technology
for Business E - Manufacturing, Production
Mechanical Engineering
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Inspec Headings ISBN / ISSN Journal Keyword Langua
ge Location Numerical Data Organizations Publicati
on Type Publisher Year of Publication
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1. Enter terms and select appropriate field
codes, if desired.
2. Apply Limiters, if desired.
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Introducing Inspec Archive

• Over 873,700 bibliographic records
• From journals, conferences, reports, books
  dissertations
• January 1898 to December 1968
• Includes images, tables and long abstracts
• Available via EBSCOhost and fully
  inter-searchable with Inspec

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Database shares Classification Codes
Thesaurus plus many limiters
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Further Information Free trials
Tuomo Leppikangas Tel. [phone] email tl
eppikangas_at_ebsco.com Anna Lundén Tel. [phone]
email alunden_at_ebsco.com
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