| Producer | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
|---|---|
| History | 1967 - present |
| Access | |
| Access Providers | Inspec Direct, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO Publishing, Elsevier, FIZ-Technik, Thompson Innovation, Thompson Web of Knowledge, Ovid, Questel.Orbit, STN |
| Access Cost | Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Physics, Computer science, Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Communications, Control engineering, Information technology, Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering |
| Record Depth | Index & abstract |
| Format Coverage | Journal articles |
| Temporal Coverage | 1969 - present |
| Geospatial Coverage | Global |
| Number of Records | Over 10,000,000 |
| Update Frequency | Weekly |
| Links | |
Inspec is a major indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and formerly by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), one of the IET's forerunners.
Inspec coverage is extensive in the fields of physics and computer, control, and mechanical engineering. Its coverage in applied mathematics includes many practically oriented mathematical articles that are excluded from MathSciNet and Zentralblatt MATH, which limit themselves to mathematics and some of computer science.
Inspec was started in 1967 as an outgrowth of the Science Abstracts service. The electronic records were distributed on magnetic tape. In the 1980s, it was available in the U.S. through the Knowledge Index, a low-priced dial-up version of the Dialog service for individual users, which made it popular.
Access to Inspec is currently by the Internet through various resellers. Because Inspec is not as expensive as some other online databases such as Web of Science, it has become a standard online resource at universities and libraries.
Inspec Direct is a web-based portal for the Inspec Database, available directly from the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
External links
- Inspec page at the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Inspec Direct page
- Intellogist report about Inspec
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