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• Data from 1969 – over 8 million records

• Updated weekly

• User friendly Interfaces

- Basic or Advanced Search

- Thesaurus, Classification and Journal Listing

• Wide range of Search Fields and Limits

• Easy to use Indexes

• Search History in Advanced Search

• Links to full text, Opac and other resources

Inspec on EBSCOhost features

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For more refining features and

Search History use Advanced Search

EBSCO Basic Search Screen

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EBSCO Advanced Search Screen

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Advanced Screen Field Codes

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• As in Basic Search

• Additional limiters

Advanced Screen Limits

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Search Screen with Results

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Links from Inspec Records

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Added Value Subject Fields

From InspecThesaurus

From Ti, Ab &indexer’s expertise

From InspecClassification

From 9 available codes that indicate the type of research

Numerical data from Ti, Ab using Numerical Thesaurus

Inorganic substances indexed using special roles: ‘el, bin, ss’... .

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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 Added Value FieldsIn-depth

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• Key Phrase Headings• Inspec Headings• Classification • Treatment Codes• Chemical Data • Numerical Data• Astronomical Object Data

Added-Value Subject Fields

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Key Phrase Headings

Keywords and Phrases from• Title, Abstract, Full text, Indexers’ expertise• Reflect the most important concepts

What

are they?

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Key Phrase Headings

• Include implied concepts• Additional information from full text• Include topics not yet in Thesaurus• Search general but relevant topics (GaP, trees, impact…)• Search topics very common on Inspec (data, computers…)• Exclude topics that are only mentioned

Key

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Free Language SearchSearching Title, Abstract, Key Phrase Headings

Problems: Variations in spelling, acronyms and abbreviations

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Spellingcolour color defence defenseatomisation atomizationaluminium aluminumfibre fibercatalogue catalogsulphur sulfurmodeling modellinghaemodynamics hemodynamicsdisc diskprogramme programgrey gray

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Acronyms & Terminology

• One acronym is often used for more subjects

PC (microcomputers or printed circuits or

programmable controllers)

FEA (finite element analysis or field emitter arrays)

• There are often several terms for one topic

PC, desk-top computer, microcomputer

Internal combustion engines, diesel engines, IC

engines, petrol engines

• Thousands of acronyms are used, e.g.RAM, NVRAM, DRAM, SRAM (RAM variations)

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• Key Phrase Headings• Inspec Headings• Classification • Treatment Codes• Chemical Data • Numerical Data• Astronomical Object Data

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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

What

are they?

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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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Using Inspec Headings

Search Example: asynchronous motors

Display several records and browse Inspec Headings:

Repeat the search using Inspec Headings

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Thesaurus Terms

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Inspec Thesaurus

• 2004 edition contains 17,300 terms

• 9,000 are preferred terms (Inspec Headings with full

relationships)

• 8,300 are lead-ins (known

as ‘pointers’ to preferred terms)

Note: approximate numbers are given

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Improving Search Accuracy

The records in the set 1 include a number of false drops: transport of radioactive material (RAM) ram pressure stripping of dwarf galaxies ram force of hydraulic cylinder radar absorbent material (RAM)

Smaller but more accurate result is obtained

Search Topic: RAM

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• Key Phrase Headings• Inspec Headings• Classification • Treatment Codes• Chemical Data • Numerical Data• Astronomical Object Data

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Classification SubfilesClassification Subfiles

A - Physics

B - Electrical & Electronics

C - Computers & Control

D - Information Technology for Business

E - Manufacturing & Production Engineering

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Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Instrumentation & Applications

Measurement Equipment

Image sensors

Sensing devices and transducers

Classification Structure

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Classification Browsing

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Classification Search Example Search Topic: Algol – Software (C6 section)

Algol – Variable Star (A9 section)

Search for astronomy topics

Search for computing topics

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Astronomical subject with strong computing bias

Classification - Algol search

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Finding Classification Codes

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Record - Astronomical Topic

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• Broad Classification Codes, e.g. C61.cc. are useful particularly for setting context (e.g. when searching terms with multiple meanings (Algol, SDI…)

• Narrow Classification Codes, e.g. b7230G are useful particularly when searching repeatedly specific subjects (e.g. in alerts)

Classification Search - Tips

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• Key Phrase Headings• Inspec Headings• Classification • Treatment Codes• Chemical Data • Numerical Data• Astronomical Object Data

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• Applications• Bibliography• Economic • Experimental• General or review• New developments• Practical• Product Review (1985)• Theoretical or Mathematical

Treatment Codes

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Treatment Codes - Overview

• Reflect the authors approach to the topic– theoretical, practical, economic……..

• Nine codes are available• Multiple treatment codes are often

assigned • Treatment codes are subjective, use at

the end of the search

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Search Topic: Multimedia - (hardware) 1. Bibliography

2. Economic 3. Product Review

Treatment Codes - Example

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Treatment Codes - Bibliography

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• Key Phrase Headings• Inspec Headings• Classification • Treatment Codes• Chemical Data • Numerical Data• Astronomical Object Data

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Chemical Indexing

• Controlled indexing for inorganic compounds and systems

• Applied to records from 1987-

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Problems:

• CO vs Co ? (also co-ordinated……)

• GaP vs gap

• Semiconductor materials - many variations of the same compound, e.g. gallium aluminium arsenides– GaAlAs– AlGaAs

– AlxGa1-xAs

– (GaAs)0.5(AlAs)0.5

Chemicals search problems

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Imprecise:• Thesaurus terms, e.g.

vanadium / vanadium alloys / vanadium compounds

• Cannot distinguish– vanadium trioxide from vanadium pentoxide– sodium chloride from sodium bromide

Chemicals in Descriptors

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Chemical Indexing Roles

Basic roles• el element• bin binary system• ss 3 or more

components

Additional roles• dop dopant• int interface• sur surface/substrate• ads adsorbate

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Chemical Indexing Examples

• Co/el

• CO/bin C/bin O/bin

• V2O3/bin V2/bin O3/bin V/bin O/bin

• V2O5/bin V2/bin O5/bin V/bin O/bin

• H2SO4/ss H2/ss SO4/ss H/ss S/ss O4/ss O/ss

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Chemicals Search Format

Search format:

substance (adjacent) role

proximity operator

substance (adjacent) role ....

Examples:H2SO4 ci h2so4/ss

He-Ne ci he/bin n3 ne/bin

GaAlAs ci ga/int n5 al/int n5 as/int

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From the set S2 (Si as element):

Chemical Data: Si/int Si/el

From the set S5 (Si as dopant):

Chemical Data: C:Si,N/ss Si/ss C/ss N/ss Si/el C/el N/el Si/dop N/dop

Chemical Search - Silicon

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• Key Phrase Headings• Inspec Headings• Classification • Treatment Codes• Chemical Data • Numerical Data• Astronomical Object Data

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Numerical Indexing

• Controlled indexing for numerical data

• Applied to records from 1987

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Numerical Data Search

• Variations in quantities

velocity, speed

• Variations in units

C, Celsius, °C, K, Kelvin, F. ...

• Variations in values

27,500 kW 27.5 MW 2.75 E07 W

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Numerical Indexing Format

Search topic: temperature of 100 ºC

From Numerical Thesaurus

quantity unit

temperature K

Exponential (Floating) notation (Explained in the Thesaurus)

3.73E+02

value

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Exponential Notation

• Notation Especially Helpful for Very Large and Very Small Numbers:

1,952,000,000,000 = 1.952E+12

0.000000000753 = 7.53E-10

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• wavelength 1.16 m ni wavelength 1.6e-06

• current 3mA ni current 3.0e-03

• power 2mW ni power 2.0e-03.

• temperature 20 to 85°C ni temperature 2.93e+02 n3 3.58e+02

Numerical Search Examples

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• Author (incl. Editor) AU• Author Affiliation (Company) AF• Publication Language LA• Publication Year YR• Document Source SO• Accession Number AN • Publication Type PT • Journal Name JN • CODEN, ISSN, ISBN CO, IS, IB• Volume, Issue VI, IP • Conference Details CF • Number of References RF

Bibliographic Indexes

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All are includedFormat is standardised

Frey, D.R.Dornberger, J.F., JrPrivorotskii, I.V.Muller, G.Van der Hart, W.F.M.

Lee Fo Long Chon Yu-Taik

Search tip: Start your search by browsing the Index

Author

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Record display:

Search topic: Zahn, M

Author - Index

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• Affiliation is given for the first named author only

• Abbreviations are used (e.g., Co., Inc. Corp., Univ.)

• Includes city, state, and country of institution (country name is standardized throughout

Author Affiliation

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Search tips:

• This field is not standardised (except for the Country)

• Include the Town in your search

• Include spelling and abbreviation variations!

Author Affiliation Index

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From Record 1 of 8:

Search topic: Philips and MBLE

Author Affiliation - Search

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Language Index

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Publication Type Index

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Search topic: • 3G mobile communication• Find Journal & Conference articles

Publication Type Search Example

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Search Topic: Optical Materials

Journal Index Display

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Journal Record

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Source Field

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Journal Name JNJournal Word SO

• Browse through Publications or Journal Name Index via Search Fields

• Search Journal in SO field - use proximity operators

• Use Coden or ISSN if known

Search tip:Coden and ISSN can change over the years

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Use cf field to search conference data

Conference Title cf neural net?

Conference Location cf Italy Conference Year cf (1999-

2002)

Conference Field CF

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Search topic: • Conference on neural nets • Held in Italy between 1999 and 2001

Searching Conference Data (1)

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Search Topic: • Conference meetings on the topic of ‘induction motors’ • Sponsored by IEE

Searching Conference Data (2)

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Search Topic: Conference meetings on the topic of ‘induction motors’ sponsored by IEE

Conference Search - Titles

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Conference Proceedings Record

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Use ‘Conference Proceedings’ publication type: to identify meetings to get an overview about the meeting topics to find out the main topics of the meeting(s)

Notes:• Conference Proceedings records have full bibliographic details• The Abstract reflects the main topics of the Conference meeting and has the format ‘The following topics are dealt with:...

Conference Proceedings Overview