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File Description [top]

Ei EnCompassLit^TM provides comprehensive coverage of the literature related to the petroleum, petrochemical, natural gas, and energy related industries. It corresponds to the following bulletins of technical literature abstracts available electronically: Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals, Health & Environment, Transportation & Storage, Petroleum Substitutes, Catalysts/Zeolites, Tribology, Reformulated Fuels, and Oilfield Chemicals. The file also includes relevant index records to five secondary sources. From June 2001 forward, Ei EnCompassLit also includes current business/economic news, formerly included in API EnCompass: News.

File 354 is the public access file; non-subscribers are limited to two hours per year of combined time in Ei EnCompassLit (File 354) and Ei EnCompassPat (File 353). File 954 is available to subscribers only.

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Subject Coverage [top]

The subject coverage of Ei EnCompassLit includes:

• Air, land, and water pollution control
• API Standards and specifications
• Catalysis
• Corrosion
• Energy conservation and alternate energy sources
• Environmental issues
• Fuels, lubricants, and other petroleum products
• Government regulations
• Health and safety
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Natural gas
• Oilfield chemicals
• Petrochemical processes and products
• Petroleum refinery processes and engineering
• Pipelines, tankers, and storage
• Process control
• Refining
• Supply and demand
• Synthetic fuels
• Transportation and storage

Sources [top]

Ei EnCompassLit contains information from approximately 365 English- and non-English-language sources, including technical journals and reports; meetings, papers, and preprints; trade magazines; and dissertations. Additional information is selected from these secondary sources:

• Chemical Abstracts
• Petroleum Abstracts
• British Maritime Technology Abstracts
• Aqualine Abstracts
• Gas Abstracts

For a complete source list, contact the Ei EnCompassLit Marketing Department.

Print Counterparts [top]

Ei EnCompass Technical Literature Abstracts is available in electronic format.

Dialog File Data [top]

Database Content [top]

• Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Reports
• Journal Articles
• Theses and Dissertations

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• Nonsubscribers are limited to two hours per calendar year of combined time in EnCompassLit (File 354) and EnCompassPat (File 353).

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
• CURRENT Feature Available
• eLinks Enabled Database
• MAP Available
• DIALOG Alert Available only in File 954

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Terms and Conditions [top]

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

These databases are copyrighted by the Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. and are based on the information found in the cited source documents. "Author" abstracts that are reproduced verbatim are used with permission of the publisher. While Ei EnCompassLit(TM) strives to provide unbiased factual coverage, the accuracy of documents used as sources cannot be guaranteed. Elsevier Engineering Infromation, Inc. makes no warranty, either express or implied, with respect to the use of any information contained in these databases and assumes no liabilities for loss or damage resulting from the use of any information contained in these databases whether such loss or damage is caused by error or omission by Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. in these databases. The staff of Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. Subscriber companies, including subsidiaries, have unrestricted access to Ei EnCompassLit and Ei EnCompassPat. For this section, the term "subsidiaries" shall mean any organization in which Subscriber companies own more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding stock. Non-Subscriber access is restricted on Ei EnCompassLit and Ei EnCompassPat to a total of two hours of connect time per calendar year on all hosts by all facilities of the non-Subscriber and its subsidiaries, worldwide. For further information on access and Ei EnCompass subscription, contact Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc., 1 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5996, USA. Telephone: (201) 356-6800 Fax: (201) 356-6801. E-mail: eicustomersupport@elsevier.com

In any event, downloading, as offered in Dialog's Electronic Redistribution and Archive Policy, of the Ei EnCompassLit and Ei EnCompassPat databases, shall be limited to no more than five percent (5%) of each database per calendar year. Downloading more than five percent (5%) requires the prior written permission of Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. Subscribers may store data as long as they remain Subscribers. Information Brokers may not download without the prior written permission of Elsevier Engineering Infromation, Inc. Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. reserves the right to restrict the access of any entity to these databases.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Any chemical term in the Basic Index can be restricted to a full word using /FW, e.g., S OLEFIN/FW.

² Abstracts are searchable and displayable in both Files 354 and 954, as of January 1996.

³ Also /DF.

⁴ Use /DE* or /DF* for major descriptors.

⁵ Role indicators assigned to materials in chemical reactions are: -A indicates a starting material in a chemical reaction, e.g., S PROPENE-A; -P indicates a product in a chemical reaction, e.g., S PROPENE-P; -N indicates that no role was specified, e.g., S HYDROCARBON-N. Role indicators are also assigned to CAS Registry Numbers, e.g., S RN=74-99-7A.

⁶ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁷ From January 1991 forward.

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Rates [top]

Rates For File: Ei EnCompassLit™[354]
Cost per DialUnit:                $16.69
Cost per minute:                   $4.93
Rank Elements                      $0.00

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REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

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ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

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REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

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       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