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File Description [top]

PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts) provides comprehensive coverage of the literature of the pulp and paper, packaging, printing, publishing, imaging and nonwovens industries.

Both the scientific and business aspects of these industries are covered. Business information accounts for 30% of the current input to the database, with the exception of Imaging Abstracts. Technical questions, market statistics, company profiles, production processes, machinery and equipment, environmental issues, new products, and end uses are covered in depth. PIRA's coverage is worldwide, giving a unique view of international business and technology as they pertain to pulp and paper, packaging, printing, publishing, and nonwovens. Each record contains an informative abstract in English. PIRA corresponds to the following print abstract journals: International Packaging Abstracts, Paperbase Abstracts, Printing Abstracts, World Publishing Monitor, Nonwovens Abstracts, and Imaging Abstracts (added 1995). Paperbase Abstracts is produced by Paperbase International, a joint venture partnership bringing together the expertise and experience of leading pulp and paper institutes: CTP (France), KCL (Finland), Pira International (UK) and STFI-Packforsk (Sweden).

Subject Coverage [top]

Packaging

• Company Information
• Distribution
• Operations and Machinery
• Environmental Issues
• Market Information & Statistics
• Package Design
• Packaging for Specific Products
• Packaging Materials
• Retail and Transit Packs

Printing and Publishing

• Company Information
• Direct Mail
• Distribution
• Electronic Media
• Finishing
• Market Trends and Statistics
• Prepress and Desktop Publishing
• Printed and Published Products
• Printing Processes
• Publishing Office

Pulp and Paper

• Biotechnology
• Coating and Finishing
• Company Information
• Instrumentation and Control
• Machinery and Equipment
• Market Information and Statistics
• Non-wood Fibers, Byproducts
• Papermaking
• Pulping
• Raw Materials
• Recycling and Waste Paper
• Testing
• Water and Effluent
• Wood

Nonwovens

• Company Information
• Composites
• Environmental Issues
• Fibres
• Market Information
• Process Technologies
• Products and End-Uses

Imaging

• Cinematography
• Digital Imaging, Video, and Printing
• Electron Microscopy
• Emulsion Vehicles, Supports, Types and Properties
• Equipment, Materials, Accessories and Techniques
• Holography and Interferometry
• Lithography
• Medical Photography and Radiography
• Microfilm
• Processing Chemicals and Solutions
• Space and Aerial Photography, Remote Sensing, Infrared Photography

Sources [top]

Relevant items from over 1000 journals, as well as newspapers, books, market reports, conference proceedings, standards, and technical reports, are abstracted for the PIRA database. Half the records in Imaging Abstracts are based on patents. Coverage is international.

Print Counterparts [top]

• International Packaging Abstracts
• Paperbase Abstracts
• Printing Abstracts
• World Publishing Monitor
• Nonwoven Abstracts
• Imaging Abstracts (added 1995)

Dialog File Data [top]

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Books and Monographs
• Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
• Journal Articles
• Standards
• Newspaper Articles
• Patents (Imaging Abstracts only)

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]

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

No part of the PIRA database may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without permission in writing from Pira International.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

SAMPLE JOURNAL RECORD

SAMPLE PATENT RECORD

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

² Also /DF.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

³ Beginning January 1995.

⁴ Prior to January 1995.

⁵ Search field may include journal title words, volume, issue, and page numbers, report numbers, and patent numbers. Display varies depending on document type.

⁶ Records with LA=UNSPECIFIED (mostly dating from 1975 to 1982) are not included in a limit to /ENG or /NONENG.

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ACCESSION NUMBER LIST [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)[248]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.80
Cost per minute:                   $1.85
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $10.00
ALERT (Monthly)                   $10.00
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $7.00
ALERT (Weekly)                     $3.75
ALERT (Daily)                  *   $3.50
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $3.75
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $3.50
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $3.50    $3.50
     3    $3.50    $3.50
     4    $3.50    $3.50
     5    $3.50    $3.50
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $3.50    $3.50
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.50    $3.50
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00