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File Description [top]

PASCAL is produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) of the French National Research Council (CNRS). It provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature and includes about 450,000 new citations per year. Available in machine-readable form since 1973, PASCAL corresponds to the print publication Bibliographie internationale (previously Bulletin signaletique).

Each citation includes the article's original title, and, in most cases, a French translated title; for material since 1973, an English translated title is also provided. Most abstracts are in French. Analyzed documents come from all over the world, in 100 different languages. French journals are particularly well represented. The file's breakdown by language is as follows: English 63%, French 12%, Russian 10%, German 8%, and other lanuages 7%.

Controlled descriptors from a vocabulary of more than 80,000 terms are provided in English, French, and, in some cases, Spanish; German descriptors are also provided in the area of metallurgy.

Subject Coverage [top]

PASCAL is multidisciplinary, covering the core of the world's scientific and technical literature. The principal subject areas covered are: the fundamental disciplines of physics and chemistry; life sciences (including biology, medicine, and psychology); applied sciences and technology; earth sciences; and information sciences.

In addition, a number of fields are covered exhaustively, often in cooperation with a variety of specialized research organizations. These fields are: energy; metals and metallurgy; building and public works; earth sciences; biotechnology; fundamental and applied zoology of invertebrates; agricultural sciences (specifically plant production); tropical medicine; and information science documentation.

Fields not covered by PASCAL include: nuclear physics (study of the nucleus); military applications of aeronautics and space techniques; pure mathematics; veterinary pathology (except infectious aspects); animal husbandry (since 1979); and odontology (since 1982).

Sources [top]

Literature of all types is abstracted in PASCAL: journal articles (about 93% of the file), theses (mainly French, 5,000 per year), conference proceedings, technical reports, books, patents (until 1980, and in biotechnology since 1983). The number of journals scanned regularly is over 8,500; 4,500 of these are abstracted completely.

Print Counterparts [top]

• Bibliographie internationale (previously Bulletin signaletique)

Dialog File Data [top]

Related Search Aids [top]

The following search aids are available in the Dialog Library:

• Multilingual Descriptors in Dialog File 144 "Pascal"

• Multilingual Titles in Dialog File 144 "Pascal"

Database Content [top]

• Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Reports
• Books and Monographs
• Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
• Journal Articles
• Theses and Dissertations
• Patents

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
• eLinks Enabled Database

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

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Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online.

Database copyrighted by INIST.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Also /DF.

² Descriptors in any language may be searched using /DE.

³ Title words in any language may be searched using /TI. Each record includes the article's original title, as well as a French translated title; for material since 1973, the English-language titleis also included.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁴ Beginning with 1983.

⁵ Patent Application Number is searchable with AN= or AP=.

⁶ CODEN is searchable with CD= or CO=.Available only for material from 1987 forward.

⁷ In addition to individual display codes CL, CT, and CY, complete conference information is displayable with CF.

⁸ Also searchable with SO=. Some titles may be retrieved by searching either their abbreviated form or their full spelled-out title.

⁹ Also searchable with CS=.

¹⁰ Codes are cascaded to allow for broad subject retrieval, based on the PASCAL classification scheme.

¹¹ Search field includes journal name; display includes journal name, publication year, volume, issue, and pagination information.

¹² This field represents first 2 digits of Pascal Accession Number field.

¹³ Truncation is recommended for complete retrieval.

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USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

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Rates [top]

Rates For File: PASCAL[144]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $6.28
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REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

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     26-100       3.00
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