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Title: BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES: INSPEC ON CD ROM


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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASESINSPEC ON CD ROM
  • BY
  • SHESHAGIRI R. KULKARNI

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CONTENTS
  • What is Bibliographic Database?
  • What is Database ?
  • Components of Bibliographic Database.
  • INSPEC on CD ROM.

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Database
  • A database is collection of data, or information,
    organized in such a way as to make it readily
    accessible and useful.

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Bibliographic Database
  • contains citations for individual resource
  • items  Example an article, book, video or web
    site.
  • It is employed for the storage and retrieval of
  • information about publications that include
  • references to       
  • Papers,Journals (or articles therein), Books
  • (or chapters thereof), Conference
  • Proceedings,    Manuscripts
  •       
  •      

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Components
COMPONENTS
HUMANBEINGS
HARDWARE
SOFTWARE
PC
CD
END USER
INTERMEDIARY
OPERATING SYSTEM
SEARCH SOFTWARE
(HEADFAST/HunterSoftware)
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INSPEC
  • Database for Physics, Electronics and
    Computing
  • Produced by the United Kingdom Institution of
  • Electrical Engineers (IEE).
  • Typical large, commercial, multi-subject
    database.
  • Subject areas physics (including
    astrophysics), electrical engineering,
    electronics, computing, and information
    technology
  • English-language bibliographic database.

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BIRDS EYE VIEW OF INSPEC
  • Published since 1969
  • Contains entries for articles appearing in
    journals and conference proceedings and also for
    books, reports and dissertations (only 2)
  • Accessed Magnetic tape , CD-ROM ,On-line
  • Contents

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INSPEC ON CD ROM
  • Available on CD-ROM, (from 1989 onwards)
  • Searched using HEADFAST/Hunter software.
  • Two subsets are also available
  • INSPEC On disc - Physics
  • INSPEC On disc - Electronics Computing
  • Updated quarterly

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FEATURES
  • Form search - easy to use interface
  • INSPEC Thesaurus, Classification and List of
  • Journals as browsable database search aids
  • Limit search facility for the latest records
  • Enhanced search treatment for Numerical Data,
    Chemical Substance and Astronomical Object
    Indexing
  • Multidisc search capability

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THANK YOU
THANK YOU
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