PASCAL (database)

{{Infobox Bibliographic Database

| title = PASCAL

| producer = INIST

| country = France

| history =

| languages = French, English, Spanish

| providers = Datastar, Dialog, Ovid Technologies, Questel.Orbit, QWAM System, STN International

| cost = Subscription

| disciplines = Science, technology, medicine

| depth = Index & abstract

| formats = Journal articles (88%); conference proceedings (9%); dissertations, books, patents, reports (3%)

| temporal = 1973-present

| geospatial = Worldwide, with emphasis on France and Europe

| number = > 17,000,000

| updates = Weekly

| web = {{URL|1=http://www.inist.fr/?PASCAL-73&lang=en}}

}}

PASCAL is a scientific bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST (CNRS). PASCAL covers the core scientific literature in science, technology and medicine with a special emphasis on European literature.{{cite web |url=http://ds.datastarweb.com/ds/products/datastar/sheets/pasc.htm |title=PASC - Pascal datasheet |access-date=2009-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224035042/http://ds.datastarweb.com/ds/products/datastar/sheets/pasc.htm |archive-date=2009-12-24 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/BF02019275|title=Scientific innovation in bibliographical databases: A comparative study of the science citation index and the pascal database|year=1991|last1=Jagodzinski-Sigogneau|first1=M.|last2=Bauin|first2=S.|last3=Courtial|first3=J. P.|last4=Feillet|first4=H.|journal=Scientometrics|volume=22|pages=65–82|s2cid=2235505}}

{{As of|2012}}, PASCAL maintains a database of more than 17 million records, 90% of which are author abstracts. Its coverage is from 1973 to present. Its source documents are composed of journal articles at 88% (3,085 international titles), proceedings at 9%, and dissertations, books, patents, and reports account combined for 3%.{{cite web |url=http://www.inist.fr/spip.php?article11 |title=PASCAL - Inist-Cnrs |publisher=Inist.fr |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512030157/http://www.inist.fr/spip.php?article11 |archive-date=2012-05-12 |url-status=dead }}