Elsevier Engineering Information
Engineering Village 2Compendex, INSPECCRC Press Handbooks
IATULJune 2003
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AgendaAgendaAgendaAgenda
• What is EV2 ?• Compendex & INSPEC• Records and Links• Compendex Usage• Ei Thesaurus• CRC Press Handbooks• CHEST Consortia• 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• CRC Press Handbooks• 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• 6000 journals• 1500 conference reports /
proceedings• 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 million+ records• From 1969+• Weekly updates
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• Broadest possible range of topics within scientific, applied science, engineering and technical disciplines
• 14 million records, from 1969+• Up to date information every week• International journal coverage• Thesaurus terms, helping end-users
to explore more
Searching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPEC
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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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Searching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPECSearching Compendex & INSPEC
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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 Science DirectLink to Science DirectLink to Science DirectLink to Science Direct
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Link to Science DirectLink to Science DirectLink to Science DirectLink to Science Direct
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Thesaurus
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Ei ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi ThesaurusEi Thesaurus
• New unique thesaurus for Compendex and INSPEC
• June 2003• 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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Compendex BackfilesCompendex BackfilesCompendex BackfilesCompendex Backfiles
• Digitize Ei Index (backfiles)• 1884 - 1970• Option to subscribe or purchase• Access only on EV2• Unique to Ei• 4TH QUARTER 2003
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CRC Press HandbooksCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press Handbooks
• ENGnetBASE full-text handbooks• Available online via EV2• Searchable PDF full-texts• 171 titles
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CRC Press HandbooksCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press HandbooksCRC Press Handbooks
• CHEMnetBASE• ENVIROnetBASE• MATHnetBASE• STATSnetBASE• FOODnetBASE• FORENSICnetBASE• POLYMERSnetBASE• ITKnowledgeBASE• InfoSECURITYnetBase
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SUMMARYSUMMARYSUMMARYSUMMARY
• Engineering Village 2• Compendex and INSPEC• CRC Press Handbooks• Backfiles – 1884• Thesaurus