Libraries Database News:

Researchers using arXiv for discovery will soon be able to search arXiv content as part of the Inspec database, and enjoy the sophisticated search functionality offered by the Engineering Village platform. Description of the Inspec database provided at the end of this posting.

Full press release for Inspec – arXiv integration at http://www.theiet.org/policy/media/press-releases/inspec-arxiv.cfm

13 September 2016

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that over 30,000 pre-print articles available in the online repository arXiv will be indexed in Inspec, the leading abstract and indexing database for physics and engineering. The addition of these articles, which will take place by the end of this year, will substantially increase the content held in Inspec, which currently holds over 16 million records, and deliver even greater access to cutting-edge research.

Inspec is the first engineering and physics database to index arXiv records, which include open-access e-prints in a variety of disciplines such as Applied Optics, Physics, Astronomy, Circuits and Computer Science. By including arXiv content in Inspec, researchers will now benefit from Inspec’s highly-curated, world-leading thesaurus, allowing users to query the records in a way they have not been able to before.

Information about Inspec: [From Inspec Fact Sheet ]

Containing almost 16 million records across multidisciplinary and subject specific research including physics, engineering, communications and computing, Inspec is one of the most definitive abstract and indexing databases available. Inspec indexes abstracts to a wide range of formats including journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, reports, patents, dissertations and even video allowing researchers to discover whatever content suits their needs. The platform is also home to a sizeable collection of unique content from all across the world, not found on any other database, representing a great wealth of potentially untapped information.

Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics.