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

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Last Update To Bluesheet: December 12, 2008

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Subject Coverage Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort
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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®. The four files cover different time periods with File 8 being the most comprehensive (1884-present). ONTAP® Compendex, File 208, is available for ONline Training And Practice and contains records from 2002-2007.



Tips [top]

USE EXPLODE (!)

to search narrower and related terms:

     SELECT UNDERWATER STRUCTURES!

USE THE ONLINE THESAURUS

to check and select the thesaurus terms:

     EXPAND (COMPUTER APPLICATIONS)

USE /MAJ LIMIT

to limit a search to major descriptors:

     SELECT SOLAR ENERGY/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, technical reports, monographs, conferences.



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 10M records as of September 2008 (File 8)
Approximately 8.5M records (File 278)
More than 5.9M 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
  • 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 Dialog LLC.

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) 1884-2008/Sep W1 
    (c) 2008 Elsevier Eng. Info. Inc. All rights reserved. 
     
  AA=  0018211580    E.I. COMPENDEX No: 20080911114980 
  /TI   Silica on silicon carbide 
  AU=    Presser, Volker; Nickel, Klaus G. 
  CS=,CN=    Corresp. Author/Affil: Presser, V.: Institute for Geosciences, Applied 
    Mineralogy, Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen, Wilhelmstr 56, D-72074 
    Tubingen, Germany 
      Corresp. Author email: volker.presser@uni-tuebingen.de 
  JN=.SO=    Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences ( Crit Rev Solid 
    Statae Mater Sci ) (United States)  2008, 33/1 (1-99) 
  PD=,PY=    Publication Date: 20080229 
  PU=    Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc. 
  SN=    ISSN: 1040-8436   eISSN: 1547-6561 
      Publisher Item Identifier: 790590815 
      DOI: 10.1080/10408430701718914 
  DT=,RT=    Document Type: Article; Journal   Record Type: Abstract 
  TC=  Treatment: L; (Literature review); X; (Experimental) 
  LA=,SL=    Language: English   Summary Language: English 
      Number of References: 653 
  /AB    Silicon carbide (SiC) as both the most important non-oxide ceramic and 
    promising semiconductor material grows stoichiometric SiO2 as its native 
    oxide. During passive oxidation, a surface transformation of SiC into 
    silica takes place causing bulk volume and bulk mass increase. This review 
    summarizes state-of-the-art information about the structural aspects of 
    silicon carbide, silica, and SiC-SiO2 interfaces and discusses 
    physicochemical properties and kinetics of the processes involved. A 
    special section describes the electronic properties of carbide-oxide 
    interfaces, which are inferior compared to Si-SiO2 interfaces, limiting the 
    use of SiC-based electronics. In the oxidation of SiC there is a variety of 
    parameters (e.g., porosity, presence of sintering aids, impurities, 
    crystallographic orientation, surface treatment, and atmospheric 
    composition) influencing the process. Therefore, the kinetics can be 
    complex and will be discussed in detail. Nonetheless, a general 
    linear-parabolic time-law can be found for most SiC materials for passive 
    oxidation, thus indicating a mainly diffusion-controlled mechanism. The 
    pronounced anisotropy of SiC expresses itself by quite different oxidation 
    rates for the various crystallographic faces. Manifold impact factors are 
    reflected by oxidation rate-constants for silicon carbide that vary over 
    orders of magnitude. The understanding of SiC oxidation and silica 
    formation is still limited; therefore, different oxidation models are 
    presented and evaluated in the light of current knowledge. 
  /DE   Descriptors: Growth kinetics; Oxidation; Silicon carbide; *Silica 
  /ID    Identifiers: Crystallographic faces; Oxidation rates 
  CC=    Classification Codes: 
      801.2   (Biochemistry) 
      802.2   (Chemical Reactions) 
      804.2   (Inorganic Compounds) 
     


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S BULK(W)VOLUME
/AB AB Abstract Word S SILICON(W)CARBIDE/AB
/DE DE Descriptor1 Word
& Phrase		 S GROWTH(W)KINETICS/DE
S GROWTH KINETICS/DE
/ID ID Identifier2 Word
& Phrase		 S CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC(W)FACES/ID
S CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC FACES/ID
/TI TI Title3 Word S SILICA(1W)SILICON(W)CARBIDE/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
AA= AA E.I. Compendex Number Phrase S AA=20080911114980
AU= AU Author Phrase S AU=PRESSER, VOLKER
None AZ DIALOG Accession Number
BN= BN International Standard Book Number (ISBN)4 Phrase S BN=978354060
CC= CC CAL Classification Code7 Phrase S CC=804.2
CC= CC CAL Classification Heading Word
& Phrase		 S CC=(INORGANIC(W)COMPOUNDS)
S CC=INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
CD= CD Conference Date Phrase S CD=20080407
CF= CF E.I. Conference Number Phrase S CF=72154
CL= CL Conference Location Word S CL=(SCHAUMBURG(W)IL)
CO= CO CODEN Phrase S CO=KERTA
CS= CS Corporate Source Word S CS=(INSTITUTE(1W)GEOSCIENCES(F)TUBINGEN)
CT= CT Conference Title5 Word S CT=(49TH(W)AIAA(W)ASME(W)ASCE(W)AHS))
CY= CY Conference Year Phrase S CY=2008
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=ARTICLE
JN= JN Journal Name5 Phrase S JN=CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE?
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=20080229
PU= PU Publisher Word S PU=(TAYLOR(1W)FRANCIS)
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=2008
RN= RN IEEE Conference Proceeding Number Word S RN=IEEE 99-00031
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=ABSTRACT
SL= SL Summary Language Phrase S SL=ENGLISH
SN= SN International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) Phrase S SN=1040-8436
S SN=10408436
SO= SO Source Information6 Word S SO=(CRITICAL(W)REVIEWS(F)MATERIALS)
SP= SP Conference Sponsor Word S SP=AIAA
TC= TC Treatment Code Phrase S TC=L
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999

4 Available only for records from January 1985 forward.

5 Also searchable using SO=.

6 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.

7 Truncate the code for the complete retrieval.


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ENG English Language S DT=BOOK/ENG
/MAJ Major Descriptor S SILICA/MAJ
/NONENG Non-English Language S S1/NONENG
/YYYY Publication Year S SILICON(W)CARBIDE/2007:2008


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AA, AU, CD, CS, CT, JN, PY, TI 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]
Cost per DialUnit:                $12.00
Cost per minute:                   $3.17
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