SpecializedDatabases

Making sense in a chaotic world wide web

InspecDirect ImprovingResearch Productivity

Suresh Narayanan

Agenda
About IET Needs of Researchers/Challenges Differentiating between generic A&I databases and specialised databases About Inspec Sample search on DSP Overview of IET Digital Library How to publish with IET

AboutIET
Erstwhile (IEE) merged with IIE Europe's largest professional body of knowledge Not for profit, registered charity What IET Does:
Accreditation of academia & research Primary research publishing Secondary information sources

Challengesin Research

Quality of paper Finding the right topic Finding the right journals to publish Need to identify right references Peer collaboration Newness of paper Have a broad picture of the area See more relevant data than basic web
Fact: 88% of indian papers are rejected by international journals for quality and newness issues.

Thechanging pardigm
Information is now more electronic than conventional. Users are shifting their research pattern.

Asia is the largest internet traffic creator globally. India though on No.3 has only 7.2% penetration of Web users.

Whats wrong with generic web?

Growing internet also poses challenges
Revenue based retrieval Anybody and everybody can write Anybody can tag and optimize search criteria!! Unfocused, herd activity of disowning quality shaking conventional research fundamentals Plagiarism (knowingly or unknowingly)
Absence of a clear cut quality process Lacking criteria of inclusion

What is searched? And What is not? (Sources Unclear) How much of my subject am I really exposed to?

SecondaryResearch Tools
Cover larger basket of Scholarly resources
Journals References Books Conferences Patent & Other Technical Literature

Scholarly in nature and not based on generic web Globally accepted source of reference Easy to access and currency of information Helps Increase
Quality (Higher citations, uniqueness, technical superior) Productivity (Researchers ability to deliver more) Outputs quantity (number of effective paper published)

Inspec Database

Inspec Database
12 million records (1969 - Present) sourced from:
Publications from 80 countries Authors from 140 countries 4,000 journals & 2,000 conferences >2000 Publishers Materials Updated weekly Back archive from 1898-1968

600,000 records added per year 9000 record a week.

Inspec Database Subjects

Physics Electrical & Electronics Engineering Computing & Control Mechanical & Production Engineering Information Technology

6.7 million records

3.7 million records

3.1 million records

800,000 records

1,65,000 records

Figures correct as of Jan 2004

Benefitsof usingInspec
Keep abreast of developments in your area Faster access to full text Find the most appropriate references Source the right author to collaborate Differentiate what is studied from what is covered Increases productivity Reduces chances of plagiarism Provides a window to have better chances of getting papers published

SampleSearch
Digital Signal Processing Chips

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InspecDirectOffer
FREE trial for 30 days email us today Available via INDEST for NITs For self financedengineering college, special prices of $ 2500/ Available on site-wide unlimiteduser access

IETDigital Library(IDL)
High Impact INDEXed Journals

Journals
Electronics Letters Micro & Nano Letters IET Circuits, Devices & Systems IET Communications IET Computers & Digital Techniques IET Computer Vision IET Control Theory & Applications IET Electric Power Applications IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution IET Image Processing IET Information Security IET Intelligent Transport Systems IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation IET Nanobiotechnology IET Optoelectronics IET Power Electronics IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation IET Renewable Power Generation IET Science, Measurement & Technology IET Signal Processing IET Software IET Systems Biology IET Synthetic Biology

Magazines
Computing and Control Engineering Communications Engineer Electronics & Communications Engineering Journal Engineering Management Engineering Science and Education Journal Electronic Systems and Software Engineering & Technology IEE Review Information Professional Manufacturing Engineer Power Engineer

Conferences
IET Conference Publications IET Seminar Digests

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Scitation Features
Bookmark titles in My Publications Save abstracts in My Articles Email articles to colleague Table of Contents email alerts Download article citations EndNote & Refworks Plain Text, BibTex Medline formats

Download or view citations in most popular formats

TOC Alerts

Table of contents alerts by email

Inspec Integration
Article abstracts with Inspec indexing terms in the Additional Information including classification codes and thesaurus terms 2. Search across IET Digital Library or by a specific publication, for Inspec classification codes Inspec thesaurus terms Inspec uncontrolled terms 3. Links to the Inspec record from the article abstracts 1.

IDLKey JournalPackages
INDEST package
Entire IET Journals, magazines and conference proceeding Site-wide unlimited users $ 2500/- (Discounted 88%)

Whypublish withus?
One of the most respected societies globally High quality Peer Reviewed journals Indexed in SCI, INSPEC, Ei, Scopus etc; Your paper gets seen in IEL, IDL and other aggregated full text providers A high focus on emerging economies A charitable, not for profit society for development of research in S&T

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Support& Contact

Suresh Narayanan Business Development Head, India Publishing & Inspec The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Board: +91-80-41498080 GSM: +91-9449065113 Email: snarayanan@theiet.org website: www.theiet.org/publishing