INSPEC
The bibliographical database external page INSPEC is published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The main focus is on aspects of:
- Engineering
- Information Technology
- Physics
A external page detailed list of the areas covered can be consulted on the IET website
Access is provided to the content of abstracts of articles in over 4,000 journals, 2,200 conference proceedings and relevant books, reports and dissertations. The entries are classified by subject area specialists using a thesaurus maintained by the IET. The database contains over 10 million indexed abstracts and covers the period from 1898 onwards.
Note
At the ETH Library, the INSPEC database is accessible via the external page Web of Science portal, meaning that it can be searched at the same time as other databases.
Access
Access to this database is restricted to the ethz.ch domain due to licensing reasons. If you have any technical problems or questions about access rights, please contact the .
Courses
Courses are held by appointment. They explain the various search strategies and features using specific examples.
