New Digital Resources: INSPEC Backfile Available Online
The INSPEC Backfile, covering 1898-1968, is now available for access at UCR.
The current INSPEC file is mounted on Ovid, but the Backfile is only available at the Institution of Electrical Engineers site: http://www.iee.org/inspec/archive/. Ovid indicated they plan to finish mounting the INSPEC backfile by April, 2005.
The INSPEC Backfile corresponds to three print resources: Science Abstracts (1898-1902) and its successors: Physics (Section A), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Section B), and Computer Science (Section C). The Backfile covers original and translated articles, dissertations, conferences, papers and proceedings, books, book chapters, reports and patents published in Europe and America. Figures and tables are included. Articles contain cross-references to other related articles, but are not linked to full-text via UC e-links yet.
The Inspec archive will be of use to everyone but especially:
- Science Academics
- Biographers and historians
- Patent examiners
- Researchers and engineers
Access to this resource is possible from off campus. Click on Connect from Home for more information.
