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Ei Compendex®
Ei Compendex 1970® (File 278)
Ei Compendex 1990® (File 288)
Engineering Index Backfile® (File 988)

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Last Update To Bluesheet: June 15, 2007

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Tips Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options


File Description [top]

The Ei Compendex® database is the machine-readable version of Engineering Index, which provides abstracted information from the world's significant engineering and technological literature. Ei Compendex provides worldwide coverage of more than 4,500 journals and selected government reports and books. Subjects include: civil, energy, environmental, geological, and biological engineering; electrical, electronics, and control engineering; chemical, mining, metals, and fuel engineering; mechanical, automotive, nuclear, and aerospace engineering; computers, robotics, and industrial robots. In addition to journal literature, there are more than 480,000 records of significant published proceedings of engineering and technical conferences formerly indexed in Ei Engineering Meetings®. Ei Compendex 1990® contains records from 1990 forward; Ei Compendex 1970® covers 1970 forward. Engineering Index Backfile® covers the time period 1884-1969. ONTAP® Compendex, File 208, is available for ONline Training And Practice



Tips [top]

USE EXPLODE (!)

to search narrower and related terms:

     S COMPUTER SYSTEMS!

USE THE ONLINE THESAURUS

to check and select the thesaurus terms:

     EXPAND (LASER BEAMS)

USE /MAJ LIMIT

to limit a search to major descirptors:

     SELECT HAND HELD COMPUTERS/MAJ



Subject Coverage [top]

  • Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Applied Physics (High Energy, Plasma, Nuclear and Solid State)
  • Bioengineering and Medical Equipment
  • Chemical Engineering, Ceramics, Plastics and Polymers, Food Technology
  • Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Technology
  • Electrical, Instrumentation, Control Engineering, Power Engineering
  • Electronics, Computers, Communications
  • Energy Technology and Petroleum Engineering
  • Engineering Management and Industrial Engineering
  • Light and Optical Technology
  • Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Ocean and Underwater Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Transportation
  • Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science


Sources [top]

Publications from around the world are indexed, including approximately 2,600 journals, publications of engineering societies and organizations, approximately 600 conferences per year, technical reports, and monographs.



Print Counterparts [top]

  • The Engineering Index


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: 1884 to the present (File 8)
1970 to the present (File 278)
1990 to the present (File 288)
1884-1969 (File 988)
File Size: More than 9.1M records as of February 2007 (File 8)
Approximately 7.4M records (File 278)
More than 4.7M records (File 288)
More than 1.7 million records (File 988)
Update Frequency: Weekly (File 8)
Weekly (File 278)
Weekly (File 288)
Closed (File 988)
Closed (File 208)


Related Search Aids [top]

The following search aids are available in the Dialog Library:



Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Reports
  • Books and Monographs
  • Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
  • Journal Articles
  • Book Reviews


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

  • ERA Available
  • Graduate Education Program
  • KWIC and HILIGHT Available
  • DIALOG Alert Available
  • Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
  • CURRENT Feature Available
  • DIALORDER Supplier (ORDER SRC1, ESL)
  • Online Thesaurus


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
AEROSPAC Aerospace
ARCHITEC Architecture
AUTO Automotive Research
BIOTECH Biotechnology
CERAMICS Ceramics and Composites
CHEMENG Chemical Engineering
CIVILENG Civil Engineering
COATINGS Coatings
COMPOSIT Ceramics and Composites
COMPSCI Computers, Electronics, and Telecommunications R&D
DEFTECH Defense Technology
ECOLOGY Ecology and Conservation
EECOMP Electrical Engineering
ELECTENG Electrical Engineering
ENERGY Energy
ENERGYA Energy Files + Ei EnCompass files
ENERGYP Energy Files + TULSA
ENG Engineering
ENVIRON Environment
GEOLOGY Geology
GEOLOGYP Geology + TULSA Subscriber
GEOSCI Geosciences
INSTRUM Instrumentation and Control
MANUFACT Manufacturing
MATERIAL Materials
MATH Mathematics
MECHENG Mechanical Engineering
MEDDEV Medical Devices
MEDENG Medical Engineering
METALS Metals
METEOROL Meteorology
MINING Mining
NUCSCI Nuclear Science
PAINTS Paints and Coatings
PAPERTEC Paper Technology
PETROL Petroleum, Oil and Gas
PETROLA Petroleum, Oil and Gas
PETROLP Petroleum, Oil and Gas
PHYSICS Physics
PKGTECH Packaging Technology
PLASTICS Rubber and Plastics
POLLUT Pollution
SCITECH Science and Technology
TELECOM Telecommunications Technology
TEXTILE Textiles
TRANSPOR Transportation
WASTE Waste Management
WATER Water and Aquatic Sciences


Contact [top]

Ei Compendex is produced by Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. Questions concerning database content should be directed to:

Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc.
1 Castle Point Terrace
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5996

Telephone: 1-201-356-6800
800 Line: 1-800-221-1044 (Customer Support)
Fax: 1-201-356-6801
E-Mail: eicustomersupport@elsevier.com


Terms and Conditions [top]

Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. has copyrighted the compilation and indexing of Ei Compendex. Ei Compendex(r) is a registered trademark of Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. ONTAP is a registered trademark of Thomson Reuters.

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

Ei Compendex® (File 8): Except as authorized under Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, use or copies of all or part of Ei Compendex for replacing this database, or the lease, license, or purchase of any publication listed in the Engineering Index catalog is not authorized. The use of materials supplied hereunder or any copies thereof for the purpose of loan, resale, rental use, or gift to any third person, organization or corporation is strictly forbidden. No part of Ei Compendex may be copied in machine-readable form for delivery to or made available for the use of any third party.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File   8:Ei Compendex(R) 
    (c) 2000 Engineering Info. Inc. All rts. reserv. 
     
  AN=  02121888   Monthly No: EIM8610-066399 
  /TI    ANALYSIS OF RING, CUBE AND TREE MULTIMICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS. 
  AU=     Venkatasubramaniam, Kumar; Liu, Yu-cheng 
  CS=     Reflectone Inc, Tampa, FL, USA 
  CT=     Conference Title: Proceedings - IEEE 1986 Region 5 Conference. 
  CL=, CY=, CD=     Conference Location: Lafayette, LA, USA   Conference Date: 1986 
     Apr 8-11 
  SP=     Sponsor: IEEE, Region 5, LA, USA 
  CN=     E.I. Conference No.: 08322 
  SO=     Source:  IEEE Region 5 Conference 1986. Publ by IEEE, New York, 
     NY,  USA.  Available  from  IEEE Service Cent (Cat n 86CH2304-4), 
     Piscataway, NJ, USA p 150-155 
  PY=     Publication Year: 1986 
  CO=     CODEN: IRCOER 
  LA=     Language: English 
  DT=     Document Type: PA; (Conference Paper) 
  JA=     Journal Announcement: 8610 
  /AB     The  performance  of three types of interconnection schemes for 
     large  multimicrocomputer systems, namely, ring, binary cube, and 
     tree networks, is analyzed. These systems are modeled as networks 
     of   queues,   and   analytical  results  are  obtained  for  two 
     performance measures: mean queue length at any node and mean time 
     spent  in  system by a random message. The analytical results are 
     then  verified  through simulation. The results are useful in the 
     design  and  performance evaluation of multimicrocomputer systems 
     because   the  need  for  expensive  simulations  is  reduced  or 
     eliminated. 8 refs. 
  /DE     Descriptors:   *COMPUTERS,   MICROCOMPUTER;  COMPUTER  SYSTEMS, 
     DIGITAL--Multiprocessing; COMPUTER NETWORKS 
  /ID     Identifiers:    RING,    CUBE    AND   TREE   INTERCONNECTIONS; 
     MULTIMICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS; QUEUEING NETWORKS 
  CC=     Classification  Codes: 
       722 (Computer Hardware); 723 (Computer Software) 
       72 (COMPUTERS & DATA PROCESSING) 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S DIGITAL(L)MULTIPROCESS?
/AB AB Abstract Word S BINARY(W)CUBE/AB
/DE DE Descriptor1 Word
& Phrase		 S DIGITAL(L)MULTIPROCESS?/DE
S COMPUTER SYSTEMS/DE
/ID ID Identifier2 Word
& Phrase		 S TREE(W)INTERCONNECT?/ID
S QUEUEING NETWORKS/ID
/TI TI Title3 Word S RING(W)CUBE(1W)TREE/TI

1 Also /DF.

2 Also /IF.

3 Does not include Conference Title, which is searchable with CT=.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
AN= AN Ei Accession Number4 Phrase S AN=EIP91110339809
AN= AN Ei Monthly Abstract Number4 Phrase S AN=EIM8610-066399
AU= AU Author Phrase S AU=LIU, YU-CHENG
None AZ DIALOG Accession Number
BN= BN International Standard Book Number (ISBN)5 Phrase S BN=0-8155-0963-4
S BN=0815509634
CC= CC CAL Classification Code8 Phrase S CC=723.1.1
CC= CC CAL Classification Heading Word
& Phrase		 S CC=(DATA(W)PROCESSING)
S CC=COMPUTER SOFTWARE
CD= CD Conference Date Phrase S CD=19860408
CL= CL Conference Location Word S CL=(LAFAYETTE AND LA)
CN= CN Ei Conference Number Phrase S CN=08322
CO= CO CODEN Phrase S CO=IRCOER
CS= CS Corporate Source Word S CS=(REFLECTONE AND USA)
CT= CT Conference Title6 Word S CT=(IEEE AND REGION(W)5)
CY= CY Conference Year Phrase S CY=1986
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=CONFERENCE PAPER
S DT=PA
None II Digital Object Identifier
JA= JA Journal Announcement Phrase S JA=198610
JN= JN Journal Name6 Phrase S JN=IEEE REGION 5 CONF?
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=FRENCH
NO= NO Article Number Phrase S NO=CH06365
PY= PY Publication Year Word S PY=1986:1988
SN= SN International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) Phrase S SN=0001-6160
S SN=00016160
SO= SO Source Information7 Word S SO=(IEEE(W)SERVICE(W)CENT?)
SP= SP Conference Sponsor Word S SP=(IEEE AND LA)
TC= TC Treatment Code Phrase S TC=GENERAL REVIEW
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
YN= YN Ei Yearly Abstract Number9 Phrase S YN=EI84110006

4 Until May 1993, AN= entries are Ei Monthly Abstract Numbers. Numbers beginning only with the letters "EI" correspond to journal articles; numbers beginning with "EIM" correspond to meeting or conference publications. (Prior to 1989, "EIM" meeting numbers have no print equivalent.) Beginning in June 1993, AN= entries are Ei Accession Numbers, unique numbers added to records as they enter the Ei system.

5 Available only for records from January 1985 forward.

6 Also searchable using SO=.

7 Search and Display, depending on document type, may include: Conference Title, Conference Location, Conference Sponsor, Conference Date, Journal Name, Publication Year, Report Number, Volume, and Pagination.

8 Truncate the code for the complete retrieval.

9 The Yearly Ei Abstract Numbers correspond to the record's number in the printed "Engineering Index Annual." Present only in File 8.


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be restricted by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /DE, /DE*, /DF, /DF*, /ID, /IF, /TI (e.g., S S5/TI).
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ DIALOG Accession Number S S3/02154001-99999999
/ENG English Language S S12/ENG
/MAJ Major Descriptor S COMPUTERS, MICROCOMPUTER/MAJ
/NONENG Non-English Language S S12/NONENG
/YYYY Publication Year S BINARY(W)CUBE/1986:1987


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AN, AU, CD, CS, CT, JN, PY, TI, YN SORT S3/ALL/JN
SORT S2/ALL/PY/D


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: CS, DE, ID RANK DE
RANK AU S4


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output. TYPE S3/AU,TI,SO/1-5
PRINT S2/TI, CS, PY/ALL


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Abstract
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation
4 -- Full Record with Tagged Fields
5 -- Full Record
6 Short Title and Publication Year
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 Free Title, Indexing, and Publication Year
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
If the accession number of a specific record is known, it can be used to display the record directly. TYPE 1082931/5
DISPLAY 1029361/AU,TI
PRINT 1020671/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: Ei Compendex®[8]
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