Ei Compendex
{{Short description|Database of citations about engineering}}
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Ei Compendex is an engineering bibliographic database published by Elsevier.
The name "Compendex" stands for COMPuterized ENgineering inDEX.[http://www.ei.org/evhistory EI History]. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed May 6, 2009.
It covers scientific literature pertaining to engineering materials.
It started in 1884 under the name Engineering Index (Ei) and its first electronic bulletin was issued in 1967.
Elsevier purchased the parent company Engineering Information in 1998. Hane, Paula J. [http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Elsevier-Science-Acquires-Engineering-Information-18017.asp Elsevier Science Acquires Engineering Information]. Information Today, Inc. 06 February 1998
Coverage
Ei Compendex currently contains over 20 million records as of December 2020 [http://www.ei.org EI Welcome]. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed December 19, 2020. and references over 5,000 international sources including journals, conferences and trade publications. Approximately 1,000,000 new records[http://ei.org/compendex-ei-backfile Compendex & EI Backfile]. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed February 20,2013. are added to the database annually from over 190 disciplines within the engineering field. Coverage is updated every week and covers the years 1970 to the present.[http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf File summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230185530/http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf |date=2019-12-30 }}. STN.FIZ Karlsruhe. Accessed June 16 2014.
Coverage of engineering subjects include nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as multiple subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.ei.org/compendex Compendex and EI backfile]
- [http://www.stn-international.com/index.php?id=176 Compendex on STN]
- [http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf STN Compendex file summary.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230185530/http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf |date=2019-12-30 }}. PDF download. January 2014
- [http://www.ei.org/evhistory Ei and Compendex History]
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