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Michael Kwok Sales and Training Manager mkwok@theiet.org

A new powerful precision information tool for research success …. Inspec on Ebscohost. Michael Kwok Sales and Training Manager mkwok@theiet.org. Content. The IET – Background Content and Coverage of Inspec Inspec via Ebsco Summary Support & Contact. The IET – Background.

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  1. A new powerful precision information tool for research success… Inspecon Ebscohost Michael KwokSales and Training Managermkwok@theiet.org

  2. Content The IET – Background Content and Coverage of Inspec Inspec via Ebsco Summary Support & Contact

  3. The IET – Background The IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology • Largest Engineering professional organisation in Europe • The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has more than 150,000 members worldwide • Formed in March 2006 by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) • We have active networks of members in 37 countries around the world

  4. The IET – Background The IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology • The IET produces Inspec, the leading English language bibliographic information service for scientific and technical literature. • The IET organizes more than 120 conferences and events every year. • The Institution of Engineering and Technology is registered as a Charity in England & Wales (no 211014) and Scotland (no SC038698).

  5. The IET – Background The IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology • The IET is licensed to award the professional qualifications Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) by the Engineering Council UK. • More than £433,000 worth of scholarships are awarded to students each year. • The IET accredits more than 160 undergraduate courses in the UK.

  6. The IET – Background IET Activities Professional Registration • Chartered Engineer - CEng • Incorporated Engineer - IEng • Engineering Technician - EngTech • ICT Technician - ICTTech Standards and Wiring RegulationMeetings and ConferencesPromoting the professions

  7. The IET – Background IET Activities Primary Publications • Books • Conference Proceedings • Distant Learning • Journals • Magazines • The IET Digital Library (Online platform for all IET journals, magazines and conference publications)

  8. IET Digital Library (IDL) IET Digital Library • 22 Research Journals • 2 Letters Journals (Electronics Letters and Micro & Nano Letters) • Conference Proceedings • Seminar Digest • IET Magazines

  9. IET Digital Library (IDL) Journals Magazines Conferences Electronics Letters Micro & Nano Letters IET Circuits, Devices & Systems IET Communications IET Computers & Digital Techniques IET Computer Vision IET Control Theory & Applications IET Electric Power Applications IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution IET Image Processing IET Information Security IET Intelligent Transport Systems IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation IET Nanobiotechnology IET Optoelectronics IET Power Electronics IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation IET Renewable Power Generation IET Science, Measurement & Technology IET Signal Processing IET Software IET Systems Biology IET Synthetic Biology Computing and Control Engineering Communications Engineer Electronics & Communications Engineering Journal Engineering Management Engineering Science and Education Journal Electronic Systems and Software Engineering & Technology IEE Review Information Professional Manufacturing Engineer Power Engineer IET Conference Publications IET Seminar Digests http://www.ietdl.org/

  10. IET Digital Library (IDL) New titles every year in exciting areas of emerging research • New research journals launching in March 2011 • IET Electrical Systems in Transportation • IET Wireless Sensor Systems

  11. IET Digital Library (IDL) IET Digital Library Archive • Complete collection of research journals and magazines published by the Institution from 1872-1993 • Over 70,000 peer reviewed articles • Articles from Electronics Letters from 1965-1993 available • Subjects include electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computing, power, control, radar, circuits, materials, and related research in IT

  12. IET Digital Library (IDL) IET Digital Library Archive • Your gateway into the history of science and technology as published by the Institution • Groundbreaking research from scientists such as Charles K. Kao, the “Father of Fiber Optics” • All articles have fully searchable PDFs • Linked HTML references and citations (where available) • A range of purchasing and subscription options to suit your needs • Now available online www.ietdl.org/archive

  13. IET eBooks IET eBooks Library • Delivered by IET Digital Library (IDL) • Lounge in 3rd Quarter of 2011 • 24/7 access to 300+ titles, with approximately • Backlist to 1979 with more than 50% of titles published since 2000

  14. IET eBooks Comprehensive Coverage • Control Engineering • Circuits, Devices and Systems • Electrical Technology • Electromagnetic Waves • History of Technology • Manufacturing • Management of Technology • Power and Energy • Professional Applications of Computing • Radar, Sonar, Navigation and Avionics • Renewable Energy • Telecommunications

  15. IET eBooks Instant access to a variety of technologies • Inspec empowers search capabilities by title, keyword or subject to quickly find and download relevant chapters within larger eBooks • Includes content overviews, bibliographic information, book abstracts, cover scans and tables of contents with links to chapter PDFs • MARC records available

  16. The IET – Background IET Activities Secondary Publications – Inspec

  17. The IET – Publication

  18. Content and coverage World’s most definitive bibliographic database • World’s leading bibliographic database produced by the major European engineering professional body • High quality and integrity • Achieved ISO 9001:2000 accreditation for the quality of its production process for several years running • Quality Award, by the UK Online User Group • Comprehensive coverage • Intellectual selection - By engineers for engineers • Intellectual classification & indexing - By subject specialists

  19. Content and coverage World’s most definitive bibliographic database • Over 12 million records (from 1969) • Updated weekly • 700,000 records added each year • Over 1000 publishers • Scans over 5,000 quality journals, 2,500 conference proceedings, numerous books, reports, dissertations • Full text linking via DOI (80% of current Journals records) • Optional Archive file (1898-1968)

  20. Content and coverage Annual Increase of Inspec record

  21. Content and coverage Inspec Top Publishers • ACM Japanese Journal Appl. Physics • AIP Publishing MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica • APS Opt. Soc. America • Allerton Press Plenum • American Geophys. Union Science Press • Astron. Soc. Pacific Taylor & Francis • Elsevier Wiley • Gordon & Breech Springer • IET SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. • IEEE IOP Publishing • Inst. Elect. Inf. & Comm. Eng. Univ. of Chicago Press • World Scientific

  22. Content and coverage Opt. Soc. America • Taylor & Francis Science Press Allerton Press Wiley Elsevier Plenum Researchers/Scientist IET Springer APS AIP Publishing World Scientific IEEE ACM Japanese Journal Appl. Physics Never have enough time and resources to access large number of full text journals Useful information would be missed

  23. Researchers/Scientist Secondary Database: Inspec Content and coverage • ACM Japanese Journal Appl. Physics • AIP Publishing APS • Allerton Press Plenum • Science Press Taylor & Francis • Elsevier Wiley • Springer Univ. of Chicago Press • IEEE IOP Publishing • IET SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.

  24. Content and coverage Specialised subject indexing Indexed by scientists for scientists to ensure swift and accurate retrieval • Thesaurus - dynamic vocabulary of over 10,000 terms • Classification codes • Treatment codes - document types • Numerical data indexing • Chemical substance indexing

  25. Content and coverage Key resource for global, quality and comprehensive science and engineering information spanning 110 years for: • Physics • Electrical and electronic engineering • Communications • Computer science • Control engineering • Information technology • Production and manufacturing engineering • Mechanical engineering • Plus many interdisciplinary subjects such as nanotechnology, oceanography, environmental science.....

  26. Content and coverage • Journal articles: 70% • Conference proceedings: 20 % • Conference papers in Journals: 9 % • Others: 1% 29 % Journals 70% • Others include: • Books/Book Chapters • Reports • Patents (1968/9-1976) • Dissertations Conferences 29% Others 1%

  27. Content and coverage Physics Electronics & Electrical Engineering Computing & Control Mechanical, Manufacturing & Production Engineering IT for Business 6.61 million records 4.3 million records 6.4 million records 3.1 million records 961,000 records 102,000 records

  28. Electrical & Electronic Engineering(32%) Physics (58%) B A Mechanical & Production Engineering (7.5%) E C Information Technology(8%) D Computing & Control (28%) Content and coverage

  29. 5 Most Frequently Found Titles: 1. Proceedings of the SPIE 2. AIP Conference Proceedings 3. Journal of Magnetism & Magnetic Materials 4. Physical Review Letters 5. Materials Science & Engineering Content and coverage Physics (6.61 Million records) A0 General A1 Elementary Particles A2 Nuclear Physics A3 Atomic and Molecular A4 Fundamental Physics A5 Plasmas & Discharges A6 Solid State, Non-electronic A7 Solid State, Electronic A8 Cross-disciplinary Physics A9 Geophysics & Astronomy

  30. Content and coverage Inspec Physics Journals • High Energy Physics 266 • Atomic & Molecular Physics 149 • Fluid Dynamics & Plasma & Optics 125 • Solid State Physics 193 • Materials & Mechanics 146 • Biophysics & Biomedical Journals 129 • Astronomy & Astrophysics 220 Note: Approximate number of Journals is given

  31. Content and coverage Electrical & Electronic (4.3 Million records) 5 Most Frequently Found Titles: 1. Proceedings of the SPIE 2. Materials Science & Engineering B 3. Acta Electronica Sinica 4. Automation of Electric Power Systems 5. Journal of Magnetism & Magnetic Materials B0 General, Maths and Materials B1 Circuits B2 Components, Electron Devices B3 Magnetic Devices & Materials B4 Optoelectronics B5 Electromagnetic Fields B6 Communications B7 Instruments & Applications B8 Power Systems

  32. Content and coverage Computing & Control (3.1 M records) 5 Most Frequently Found Titles: 1. Proceedings of the SPIE 2. Journal of Software 3. Transactions of the Info Proc. Society 4. Robot 5. Automation of Electric Power Systems C0 General Management C1 Systems & Control Theory C3 Control Technology C4 Numerical & Computer Theory C5 Computer Hardware C6 Computer Software C7 Computer Applications

  33. Content and coverage InspecEngineering Journals • Electronics & Telecommunications 380 • Instrumentation/Aerospace 60 • Power Engineering 300 • Control & Systems Engineering 300 • Computing 800 Note: Approximate number of Journals is given

  34. Content and coverage Information Technology (102,000 records) D1 General & Management D2 Applications D3 General Systems D4 Office automation/Communications D5 Office automation/Computing Most Frequently Found Titles: 1. Network Computing 2. Wall Street & Technology 3. Manufacturing Computer Solutions 4. Health Management Technology 5. Computer Electronics Report

  35. Content and coverage Inspec IT Journals for Business No. of Journals Information Technology Journals 150 • Accounting Technology • Information Management & Computer Security • Technology in Banking & Finance • Health Management Technology • What to buy for business • Computer Fraud and Security • Home Office Computing • PC World • EDI Forum: The Journal of Electronic Commerce • IT Notes for Banking • Training & Development • Computers & Finance • Network Computing

  36. Content and coverage Mechanical & Production Engineering (961,000 records) E0 General topics in Manufacturing & Production Engineering E1 Manufacturing and Production E3 Industrial Sectors Most Frequently Found Titles: 1. Journal of Productivity Analysis 2. Control Engineering 3. Greener Management International 4. Ironmaking & Steelmaking 5. Asia Pacific Journal of Management 6. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

  37. Content and coverage: multidisciplinary Laser printers Long-haul lasers [buyer's guide] Computer games A principal cognitive precondition of successful child-computer interactions in the information society Traffic control Traffic signal control by Egograms Photography Color handling in panoramic photography Radar Fully integrated automotive radar sensor with versatile resolution Pacemakers Paradoxical under sensing at a high sensitivity in dual chamber pacemakers Radiation effects Modeling natural space ionizing radiation effects on external materials Nanotechnology Molecular motors: nature's nanomachines Environmental science Impact of science and technology on energy and environmental research and development Manufacturing Analysis of a decentralized production-inventory system

  38. Search fields on Inspec Subject Fields Bibliographic Fields Author Title Abstract Author Affiliation Subject Terms Uncontrolled Controlled Publication Year Document Type Language Added Value Fields Publication Country Classification Codes Treatment Type Source Conference Details Chemical Indexing Accession Number Numerical Indexing Coden/ISSN Digital Object Identifier Astronomical Indexing

  39. From Primary Source Free Language Value Added Fields Controlled Language Inspec Search fields • Title • Abstract • Subject Terms • Uncontrolled Index • Controlled Index • Special Indexes • Classification Codes • Treatment Codes • Chemical Indexing • Numerical Data Indexing

  40. Bibliographic details Abstract Inspec sample record Value-added indexing

  41. Inspec Search field Code Title TI Abstract AB Subject Terms Uncontrolled Index UI Controlled Index CI Special Indexes Classification Codes CC Treatment Codes TC Chemical Indexing CX Numerical Data Indexing ND International Patent Classification IPC

  42. Inspec Search field – Title and Abstract Boolean/ Proximity Operators • AND, OR, NOT • Link up search terms or fields Truncation / Wildcards • * unlimited right/left-hand truncation • (e.g. manag* = manager, management, managing. *oxide = dioxide, hydroxide, Peroxide.) • ? exactly one character (e.g. wom?n = woman, women) • Auto-stemming function key for variations of a word

  43. Inspec Search field Code Title TI Abstract AB Subject Terms Uncontrolled Index UI Controlled Index CI Special Indexes Classification Codes CC Treatment Codes TC Chemical Indexing CX Numerical Data Indexing ND International Patent Classification IPC

  44. Inspec Search field – Controlled Index

  45. Inspec Controlled Index (CI) • Key Words and Phrases from the Inspec Thesaurus • Also Known as: Thesaurus Terms • Standardised Spelling, Punctuation, Terminology • Subject Meaningful; High Relevance • Terms are assigned at the most specific level possible • 2006 edition contains approx. 17,300 terms, of which some 9092 are preferred terms, and 8275 are lead-in terms.

  46. Inspec Controlled Index (CI) Check out the Thesaurus Terms of Inspec

  47. Inspec Controlled Index (CI)

  48. Inspec Controlled Index (CI)

  49. Inspec Controlled Index (CI) Advantages: • Standardised Spelling (e.g. analysers -- analyzers) • Standardised Punctuation (e.g. online -- on line, on-line and online) • Standardised terminology (e.g. Internet – Web Servers/World Wide web/www/3w; Air pollution – Acid rain, atmospheric pollution, global warming, greenhouse effect; Television – colour /business television, TV.)

  50. Inspec Controlled Index (CI) Advantages: Capable to search results with same meaning but different terminology

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