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INSPEC

INSPEC contains literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering. The database contains nearly 10 million bibliographic records taken from 3,850 scientific and technical journals and 2,200 conference proceedings. Approximately 330,000 new records are added to the database annually.

The INSPEC database corresponds to four printed publications:

• Physics Abstracts
• Electrical and Electronics Abstracts
• Computer and Control Abstracts
• Science Abstracts

• Coverage: 1898-present (and selected earlier literature to 1896)
• Copyright: Engineering Information, Inc.
• Updated: Weekly
• Interface: Web
• Access: Authenticated by IP address