Elsevier Engineering Information

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