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INSPEC is published by The Institution of Electrical Engineers http://www.iee.org.uk IEE is founded in 1871 as one of the largest professional engineering societies with its international membership now of over 130,000 members in all areas of engineering. IEE is one of the major publishers of engineering information sources, including INSPEC (1969-) http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/inspec/inspec.html. INSPEC is available in hard copy, online (via Melvyl® and many other online catalogs and commercial retrieval systems), and on CD-ROM. It is worth noting that the three major files of INSPEC are:
Subfile D on Information technology covers business and financial applications, communication, and computing. Thus, unless instructed differently, when you search Inspec, you are automatically searching all these four files. Physics Abstracts (1969- .) covers the whole field of physics (see classification and contents). PA includes entries derived from journals, reports, books, dissertations and conference papers published in all countries and languages of the world. The number of items included is currently running at about 155,000 per year. Besides the main body of abstracts that are arranged according to the Classification and Contents, other indexes are subject index, author index, as well as subsidiary indexes including bibliography index, book index, corporate author index, and conference index. Each entry consists of a citation and an abstract. Electrical and Electronics Abstracts covers topics ranging from engineering mathematics and materials science, circuit theory, microwave technology, semiconductors, magnetic and superconducting materials, electromagnetic fields, communications, radar, radio, TV and audio, measurement science, medical physics, aerospace facilities and techniques, earth sciences, sonics and ultrasonics, power systems and applications, power utilization, and more. Each entry consists of a citation and an abstract. Computer and Control Abstracts (1940- .) This file covers topics ranging from systems and control theory to knowledge engineering tools, computer software, and networking, to user interfaces and virtual reality. INSPEC database uses both title words as well as thesaurus words. Inspec Thesaurus is a separate volume. See the ATEIS-Articles visual for a general model of finding engineering articles. THESAURUS search words: natural languages UF natural language processing (UF=used for natural language processing) BT languages (BT=broader term is languages) TT languages (TT=top term in a hierarchy of terms) RT artificial intelligence (RT=related term/s) computational linguistic CC C4210L; C6140D; C6180N; C7820(CC=classification code) DI January 1985(DI=date [1985]) PT high level languages (PT=prior term to natural languages)
For illustrations on cell phones and superconductivity from Inspec Thesaurus (1999), see Tables 1-2 below.
This Section is of special interest to people who have access to the University of California Digital Library (CDL) password protected databases, such as Inspec. INSPEC database is searchable via the Melvyl® online library catalog for authorized users; telnet to melvyl.ucop.edu or search the Web. The Web version uses a point-and-click interface and requires no knowledge of commands. If you are a novice or an infrequent searcher, go to the Web version. The telnet version uses the command language and may be more appropriate for frequent searchers. INSPEC database is partitioned into a current file and backfiles as illustrated in Table below:
To get explanation of the INSPEC database on Melvyl® via telnet, type in: exp ins Use the MELVYL INSPEC databases to retrieve citations to articles in over 4,000 scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology. As of 2/28/2001, the current database contains 1,874,887 citations for materials indexed by the Institution of Electrical Engineers from Jan. 1, 1995 to the present. New citations are added weekly. It is also possible to search by title for periodicals held by the UC campuses, and other California libraries. Use the PERIODICALS database to search by other access points. INS-> exp limit You may limit your search to a particular form (e.g., conferences only), data, language, and index (author, title). You can limit or narrow a search in one index by combining it with a search in another index using AND or AND NOT. Combine both indexes in one search, or add on the limit in a separate command. Examples: FIND KW SECURITY AND FORM CONFERENCE (gives 8,352 citations in Inspec) Any index can be used to limit a search. PUBLICATION TYPE, FORM, and SUBFILE searches and some DATE and LANGUAGE searches may be used ONLY to limit another search. Once you have limited a search, if you want to see the records retrieved without the limit, you must reissue the search. Use the BACKUP or REDO commands to reissue the search without retyping it. For more information, type: EXPLAIN INDEXES INS-> e form Use the FORM index with AND or AND NOT to limit a search by the form or type of material--e.g., journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, conference papers, dissertations, and reports. FIND SU RADAR THEORY AND FORM JOUR (583 citations in Inspec) To specify more than one form, separate the forms with commas. The forms are automatically OR'd together--e.g., DISSERTATION OR REPORT. Inspec consists of four different subfiles. To get an explanation, type in: INS-> e subfile Use the SUBFILE (or SF) index with AND or AND NOT to limit your search in the INSPEC database to journals in a specific subject area. For example, FIND SU LASERS AND SF PHYS, ELEC (subfile Physics or Electrical) INS-> e date Use these date options only to limit another search: Year only FIND AU MITCHELL, T AND DATE 1994 |
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Example: display brief citations by a known author (W. E. Kastenberg) INS-> F PA ERCEGOVAC, Z (2 citations in Inspec) INS-> d rev 1. Ercegovac, Z. Learning Portfolio for accessing engineering information for engineers. IN: ASIS'99. Proceedings of the 62nd ASIS Annual Meeting, Vol. 36. Knowledge: Creation, Organization and Use. Washington, D.C., USA, October 31 - November 4, 1999. Edited by Larry Woods. Medford, NJ, USA: Information Today, 1999. p 450-461.
INS-> F PA KASTENBERG (9 citations in Inspec) INS-> d rev 1. Hazards of managing and disposing of nuclear waste. Phys. Today (USA), June 1997, vol.50, (no.6):41-6.
Radioactive waste disposal. Safety. Other subjects: Long-lived nuclear wastes; Geologic repositories; Hazards; Risks; HLW storage; Spent fuel; WIPP; Yucca Mountain; Safety regulations. SEARCH STRATEGY APPLIED: >> find a relevant item
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COMPUTING REVIEWS (1960- .) CR are put out by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) http://www.acm.org/reviews/ It is the world's oldest and largest educational scientific computing society. Since 1947 ACM has provided a vital forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and discoveries. It has a membership of over 80,000 computing professionals in more than 100 countries in all areas of industry, academia, and government. Annual indexes are called ACM Guide to Computing Literature. The Guide has 7 sections: the main section containing reviews, author index, keyword index, category index, proper noun subject index, reviewer index, and source index. What are the reviewed books on fuzzy logic? Look in Index to CR Classification under fuzzy. Heading given is Fuzzy and Probabilistic Reasoning and Fuzzy Set. HOW TO USE ACM GUIDE Familiarize yourself with the CR Classification System. It is divided into 11 sections: general literature Another hint is to know symbols representing different formats: reviews for book, proceedings, dissertation, comparative book review, scholarly review, and rebuttal. Each of these different categories is organized differently. For example, books are arranged alphabetically by first author's last name; journal papers by journal name; proceedings by conference name; reports by publisher; doctoral theses by university. All reviews are signed, critical, and lengthy. CR is available as an online file as well as a CD-ROM product. CR is also incorporated into MathSci. |
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