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Dissertation
Abstracts International
(DAI published by the University Microfilms
International, UMI) indexes most North American and many
European dissertations. You can obtain copies through
interlibrary loan from your local university library, or at
http://www.umi.com/hp/Products/Dissertations.html. Dissertation
Abstracts International. B: The Sciences and
Engineering. Guide to Theses and Dissertations: An International Bibliography of Bibliographies. Reynolds, Michael M. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1985. Dissertations are also indexes in the Engineering Index and Inspec. The Engineering Index. 1884+. New Jersey, Elsevier Engineering Information Inc. http://www.ei.org This is the major bibliographic resource in main engineering disciplines, including: Chemical engineering Engineering Index is available in several packages: print, CD-ROM, online, Web-based. 1970+ . Compendex, EI on CD-ROM, is the world's largest engineering database, and contains literature for all technical journals and conference papers in many languages. It closely corresponds to the printed index, Engineering Index. INSPEC is put out 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 of over 130,000 professionals in all areas of engineering. IEE is of the major publishers of engineering information sources, including INSPEC http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/inspec/inspec.html . INSPEC is available in hard copy, online via Melvyl®, and on CD-ROM. It is worth noting that the three major components of Inspec are: Physics Abstracts (series A) Thus, unless instructed differently, when you search Inspec, you are automatically searching three abstracting files. |