Chemical Literature (Chem 184/284)

Important Indexes in Science and Engineering

The following is a list of indexes of significance to researchers in the chemical sciences. It is arranged by the name of the electronic form of the index (most readily available at UCSB if more than one), but contains information on the equivalent printed tool and some other electronic forms as well. The list is not meant to be all-encompassing; the absence of an index from the list below should not be interpreted that its area of coverage is insignificant or that it is poorly constructed. Each record below contains information on the UCSB Library's holdings of that index in all its forms.

• Analytical Abstracts
• Applied Science and Technology Index
• Biological Sciences Database
• BIOSIS
• Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions
• COMPENDEX
• Current Contents
• Digital Dissertations
• Energy Citations Database
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
• Esp@cenet (European Patents Index)
• General Science Index
• GeoRef
• Index Chemicus
• INSPEC
• METADEX
• Methods in Organic Synthesis
• Natural Products Update
• NTIS
• PubMed (MEDLINE)
• SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
• USPTO Patents Database
• Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
• World Ceramics Abstracts

Applied Science and Technology Index	Z 7913 .I5
Publisher:	H. W. Wilson Co.
Print History:	1958-present (UCSB has 1976-1991 at Annex) Published as Industrial Arts Index from 1913-1957. UCSB does not own the latter.
Subject Coverage:	Applied science and engineering
Source Types:	Journal literature
Number of Sources:	About 500 journals
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Controlled subject arrangement of citations using Library of Congress-like subject headings; book review index arranged by author being reviewed.
Cumulative Indexing:	Quarterly and annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	Applied Science and Technology Index (DIALOG, WILSONLINE, Wilson Web) Nov. 1983-present Available on CD-ROM and Web; Applied Science and Technology Index Retrospective covers 1913-1983. UCSB does not own either.
Other Notes:	Same format as the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. Much of the same material is covered by Expanded Academic Index and Science Citation Index for recent years. The web vresion of ASTI contains full text of articles from selected journals from 1997-present.

Biological Sciences Database	Various call numbers, see below.
Publisher:	ProQuest
Print History:	See below.
Subject Coverage:	ProQuest publishes a number of indexes of biochemical interest, including: Cambridge Scientific Biochemistry Abstracts Part I: Biological Membranes (1973-present) QH 601 .B45 Part II: Nucleic Acids (1971-present) QP 551.N82 Part III: Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins (1972-present) QP 551 .A48 CSA Neuroscience and Endocrinology Abstracts (1983-present) QP 351 .C75 Chemoreception Abstracts (1973-present) QP 455 .C4 Biotechnology Research Abstracts (1984-present) TP 248.2 .B57 Note: UCSB stopped getting these in print in 1991; old volumes have been shipped to Annex. UCSB has these indexes on the Web from 1982-present.
Source Types:	Journals, books
Number of Sources:	About 5,000 journals
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly for most of them
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts are grouped by subject headings and subheadings; Author and controlled vocabulary subject indexes.
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual cumulations, with the same indexing.
Electronic Equivalents:	Life Sciences Collection (STN, DIALOG, Ovid, CSA Web) 1982-present; includes several other CSA biological indexes Available on CD-ROM (SilverPlatter), 1984-present; UCSB has access on the Web to Biological Sciences Database.
Other Notes:	While less comprehensive than BIOSIS, there is a surprising amount of non-overlap between the two sets of indexes, and can be useful especially in the specialty areas of the CSA indexes.

BIOSIS	QH 1 .B5
Publisher:	BIOSIS, now a division of The Thomson Corporation.
Print History:	1926-present; A related publication, now called Biological Abstracts/RRM began in 1965 - see below. (UCSB has up to 1979 in print and 1926-present on ISI Web of Knowledge)
Subject Coverage:	"Worldwide research in life sciences"
Source Types:	Journal literature; BA/RRM covers technical reports, reviews, patents and conference papers
Number of Sources:	BA screens about 9000 journals; BA/RRM adds about 240,000 records per year of various types.
Frequency of Issues:	Both BA and BA/RRM are semi-monthly.
Indexing by Issue:	BA arranges abstracts under concept headings and subjeadings, with author, title keyword-in-context and biosystematic indexes. BA/RRM has three separate sections: books, meetings and "content summaries". The latter, for reviews, reports and patents, are arranged by the same headings used in BA. The meetings list groups citations for papers beneath the overall citation for the meeting itself. The books list gives summaries of individual chapters in many cases. BA/RRM has the same indexes as BA.
Cumulative Indexing:	Indexes are cumulated semi-annually; same indexes as in individual issues. Five year cumulations are published on microfiche.
Electronic Equivalents:	BIOSIS Prevews (STN, DIALOG, Ovid, Web of Knowledge, others) Most are 1926-present; it combines BA and BA/RRM. STN version has CAS Registry Number indexing. Available on CD-ROM (SilverPlatter). UCSB has the Web of Knowledge version.
Other Notes:	The big gun of biological indexes. Electronic versions are far more powerful than print, thanks to searchable classification codes and "supertaxa" headings for major groups of organisms.

Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions	None yet.
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Print History:	2001-present
Subject Coverage:	"New developments in catalysis."
Source Types:	Journal literature
Number of Sources:	Over 100 primary journals.
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts arranged in subject sections; controlled vocabulary subject index.
Cumulative Indexing:	None
Electronic Equivalents:	Available on Web directly from RSC, 2001-present: free searching for all, display of records free with print subscription. UCSB does have a subscription.
Other Notes:	The same literature is covered by Chemical Abstracts, but for specific catalysis topics, its focus and indexing can be helpful.

COMPENDEX	Z 5851 .E622
Publisher:	Engineering Information (EI); now owned by Reed-Elsevier.
Print History:	1884 to present (UCSB has 1884-1984 in print; 1884-present on the Web; see below)
Subject Coverage:	"The world's technological literature in all engineering."
Source Types:	Journals, technical reports, conference proceedings
Number of Sources:	"Over 5,000 journals, trade magazines and conference proceedings."
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts are arranged by subject headings and subheadings; author and combined keyword/controlled vocabulary subject index.
Cumulative Indexing:	The abstracts themselves are cumularted annually and renumbered; author and subject indexes cumulated annually, plus an author affiliation index. Multi-year cumulations are issued irregularly.
Electronic Equivalents:	COMPENDEX Plus (STN, DIALOG, Orbit, Ovid) 1969-present Available on CD-ROM (DIALOG, SilverPlatter) 1985-present. Available on the Web, 1884-present as part of Ei Engineering Village. UCSB access is been through Engineering Village.
Other Notes:	This is the most comprehensive index to the engineering literature, but can be difficult to use in print. The electronic versions are far superior.

Current Contents
Publisher:	Thomson Scientific, a division of The Thomson Corporation.
Print History:	Life Sciences edition started in 1958; Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences in 1961; Engineering, Technology and Applied Sciences in 1970; others more recently.
Subject Coverage:	Between the various titles, almost every area of scholarly publication is covered, except the law.
Source Types:	Journals, books
Number of Sources:	Life Sciences: over 1,180 journals; Physical Sciences: over 800 journals; Engineering: over 800 journals; Agriculture & Environment: over 1000 journals; there is overlap among the four editions.
Frequency of Issues:	Weekly
Indexing by Issue:	Each issue contains the tables of contents of journal issues received during the week in question. they are arranged by discipline and there are author and title keyword indexes.
Cumulative Indexing:	None
Electronic Equivalents:	Current Contents Online (DIALOG, Ovid), Current Contents Connect is the Web version, part of ISI Web of Knowledge; CD-ROM and floppy disk versions also available. Some electronic versions now contain abstracts. The UC system had a subscription until 2005; it was then dropped to save money, as all of the content is available in Web of Science (see below.)
Other Notes:	Printed CC also contains original essays on important papers and developments in the Print History of science, and provides the addresses of authors and publications covered in the issue. Time lag ranges from one to several months after publication, which is less that most other printed indexes.

Dissertations & Theses	AS 30 .D53
Publisher:	ProQuest
Print History:	Covers 1861-present (UCSB has 1952-1990; some volumes in storage)
Subject Coverage:	North American PhD dissertations in the sciences and engineering.. (A similar publication, Masters Abstracts covers masters theses from 1962-present. Some European and other dissertations appear in Dissertation Abstracts C: Worldwide
Source Types:	PhD dissertations
Number of Sources:	About 3500 dissertations per month
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Author and title keyword indexes
Cumulative Indexing:	Comprehensive Dissertation Index -- one set of volumes covers 1861-1973, with annual indexes since then. Same indexing as the monthly issues.
Electronic Equivalents:	Dissertation Abstracts (DIALOG, Ovid, ProQuest Digital Dissertations (Web)) 1861-present; includes all sections of DA, plus Masters Abstracts. Available on CD-ROM (UMI.) UCSB has Dissertations & Theses with free Web access to the full text of available UC dissertations since 1997. The electronic versions are much easier to use and more powerful than the print version.
Other Notes:	This is the master source for dissertations. Chemical Abstracts gets its basic information on dissertations from here and adds enhanced chemical and subject indexing.

Energy Citations Database	Z 5853 .P83 U565
Publisher:	Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy
Print History:	1976-1995 (see below) (UCSB has all)
Subject Coverage:	Energy related research
Source Types:	Technical reports, plus books, journal articles, patents, conference papers and dissertations based on DOE sponsored research.
Number of Sources:	Unspecified
Frequency of Issues:	Was semi-monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts arranged by subject heading and subheadings. Controlled vocabulary subject, personal author, corporate author, contract number and report number indexes.
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	ENERGY database (STN, DIALOG) 1974-present. Available on CD-ROM (SilverPlatter) 1987-present; UCSB owns 1987-1994. Now available in part free of charge on the Web, from 1994 to present, as ETDEWeb and as searchable full text form 1995-present at DOE Information Bridge. The newest form is Energy Citations Database (1948-present.)
Other Notes:	The cancellation of the printed product in favor of Internet distribution is a fast growing trend in government information. In some cases (notably DOE and NASA), even the reports themselves are being distributed electronically rather than in hardcopy or microform.

Environmental Science & Pollution Management	Various
Publisher:	ProQuest
Print History:	1981-present
Subject Coverage:	"The impact of humankind and technology on the environment."
Source Types:	Journals, conferences, newsletters, government publications and technical reports.
Number of Sources:	About 4000
Frequency of Issues:	ESPM is a composite of several printed sources.
Indexing by Issue:	Varies.
Cumulative Indexing:	Varies.
Electronic Equivalents:	Portions are available online, such as Pollution Abstracts (1970-present) (STN) Available on CD-ROM (CIS) 1991-present; UCSB has access to the CSA Illumina Web version from ProQuest.
Other Notes:	Includes "Sustainability Science Abstracts" (1995-present). See also Environment Index on the Web.

Esp@cenet	Electronic only.
Publisher:	European Patent Office
Print History:	Most 1960's to present; some as early as 1920.
Subject Coverage:	All areas of invention
Source Types:	Patents
Number of Sources:	Full text from European Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization; other data from INPADOC, Japan Patent Office
Frequency of Issues:	N/A
Indexing by Issue:	Patent number, inventor, assignee, IPC class numbers, title keywords
Cumulative Indexing:	N/A
Electronic Equivalents:	Available as Esp@cenet. Free to anyone.
Other Notes:	Not all patents listed have full-text available, but this can be a good source of recent U.S. patents in PDF format (click on Original Document link when you've found the patent.)

General Science Index	Z 7401 .G46
Publisher:	H. W. Wilson Co.
Print History:	1978-present (UCSB has 1978-1991 at Annex)
Subject Coverage:	Science in general
Source Types:	Journal literature
Number of Sources:	About 110 journals
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Controlled subject arrangement of citations using Library of Congress-like subject headings; book review index arranged by author being reviewed.
Cumulative Indexing:	Quarterly and annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	General Science Index (DIALOG, WILSONLINE, Wilson Web) May 1984-present Available on CD-ROM; UCSB does not own.
Other Notes:	Same format as the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. Much of the same material is covered by Expanded Academic Index for recent years.

GeoRef	Z 6034 .U49
Publisher:	American Geological Institute
Print History:	1907-2006 (under varying titles), coverage 1693-present for North American geology, 1933-present for worldwide geology
Subject Coverage:	All branches of geology, including geophysics, geochemistry and mineralogy
Source Types:	Journal literature, plus books, maps and government reports.
Number of Sources:	Over 3,500 journals
Frequency of Issues:	Formerly monthly in print. (Online biweekly.)
Indexing by Issue:	Detailed subject index based on GeoRef thesaurus.
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	GeoRef (Community of Science, DIALOG, EBSCO, OCLC, Ovid, ProQuestSTN) 1693-present Available on CD-ROM. UCSB has Web access through ProQuest/CSA.
Other Notes:	The premier database for geological research. Note that it has no abstracts of indexed documents.

Index Chemicus	QD 1 .I535 and Z 5523 .C87
Publisher:	Thomson Scientific, a division of The Thomson Corporation.
Print History:	Index Chemicus: 1960-present (UCSB has 1965-1991 at Annex) Current Chemical Reactions: 1979-present (UCSB has 1979-1989 at Annex)
Subject Coverage:	"new organic compounds and new synthetic methods"
Source Types:	Journals
Number of Sources:	Over 100 organic chemistry journals
Frequency of Issues:	Weekly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts are taken from author's abstracts. Structural diagrams of new compounds and important reactions are given, as is a chart providing quick identification of the degree of characterization and techniques used. Each issue has author, molecular formula, keyword subject, biological activity and isotopic labeling indexes.
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	Available on CD-ROM and as a database for MDL's ISIS system; On the Web, the two print sources are combined as a part of the Web of Science product,(see below.) UCSB does not subscribe to the chemistry files of Web of Science.
Other Notes:	The high frequency and detailed indexing of the print tool make it a useful supplement to Chemical Abstracts for organic chemists. The electronic forms are relatively new, but show great promise.

INSPEC	QC 1 .P475
Publisher:	INSPEC (an offshoot of the Institution of Electical Engineers (IEE))
Print History:	Started in 1898 as Science Abstracts, continues to present as Physics Abstracts (and see below.) (UCSB has 1969-present on Ovid and 1896-1968 in Ovid's INSPEC Archive)
Subject Coverage:	Physics, plus electronics and computing
Source Types:	Journals, conference papers, technical reports, books, dissertations
Number of Sources:	Unspecified but large
Frequency of Issues:	Twice a month
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts are arranged according to a detailed subject classification scheme; author index in each issue; book, conference and corporate author indexes published irregularly.
Cumulative Indexing:	Semi-annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	INSPEC (STN, DIALOG, Orbit, Ovid) 1896-present Available on Web (SilverPlatter, Engineering Village, Ovid Web of Knowledge). The INSPEC database is available for UC users on Ovid, INSPEC backfiles (1898-1968) as the INSPEC Archive.
Other Notes:	IEE also publishes Computer and Control Abstracts (T 3 .C6) 1966-present, and Electrical and Electronics Abstracts(T 1 .E425) 1898-present. These publications are also a part of INSPEC. There was a rival publication called Physics Briefs published by FIZ Karlsruhe from 1979-1994, which has since been absorbed by INSPEC.

METADEX	Various call numbers, see below
Publisher:	Materials Information (ProQuest)
Print History:	Metals Abstracts: 1968-present (UCSB has 1968-1994, T 1 .M4275) Alloys Index: 1974-present (UCSB has 1975-1993, TN 1 .A3) Engineered Materials Abstracts: 1976-present (UCSB has 1976-1994, TA 401 .E47)
Subject Coverage:	Literature of metals, polymers, ceramics composites
Source Types:	Journals, conference proceedings, technical reports
Number of Sources:	Unspecified
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts are arranged in subject sections. Indexes (author and controlled vocabulary subject) are published in a separate monthly issue.
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	METADEX (STN, DIALOG, Orbit, CSA Web) 1966-present Available on CD-ROM (DIALOG, SilverPlatter); UCSB does not own.
Other Notes:

Methods in Organic Synthesis	QD 241 .M59
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Print History:	1984-present (UCSB has all.)
Subject Coverage:	"Important new developments in organic synthesis."
Source Types:	Journal literature
Number of Sources:	About 100 primary journals.
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts arranged in subject sections; controlled vocabulary subject index.
Cumulative Indexing:	None
Electronic Equivalents:	Available on Web directly from RSC, Late 1999-present: UCSB does have a subscription.
Other Notes:	The same literature is covered by Chemical Abstracts, but for specific synthesis topics, its focus and indexing can be helpful.

Natural Product Updates	QH 415 .A1 N37
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Print History:	1987-present. (UCSB has all.)
Subject Coverage:	"New developments in natural products chemistry."
Source Types:	Journal literature
Number of Sources:	Around 115 primary journals.
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts arranged in subject sections; controlled vocabulary subject index.
Cumulative Indexing:	None
Electronic Equivalents:	Available on Web directly from RSC, Late 1999-present: UCSB does have a subscription.
Other Notes:	The same literature is covered by Chemical Abstracts, but for specific natural products topics, its focus and indexing can be helpful.

NTIS	Z 7405 .R4 U8
Publisher:	National Technical Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce
Print History:	As Government Reports Announcements & Index: 1946-1996 (UCSB has 1946-1993. Volumes after 1966 are at Annex; also has microfiche 1964-1996)
Subject Coverage:	U. S. government technical reports
Source Types:	Technical reports
Number of Sources:	About 100,000 reports per year
Frequency of Issues:	Was semi-monthly.
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts arranged by subject category and subcategory; Keyword subject, personal author, corporate author, contract/grant number and report number indexes.
Cumulative Indexing:	Semi-annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	NTIS (STN, DIALOG, Orbit, Ovid) 1964-present Available on CD-ROM (SilverPlatter) 1983-present; Available on Web from several sources including free access at the NTIS web site, (1964-present.) UCSB has access from NISC, 1990-present.
Other Notes:	The premier index to the technical report literature. The printed version has ceased due to the government shift to electronic distribution of information. The GreyLit Network incorporates much of what you'd find in NTIS (especially DOE and NASA) for recent years.

PubMed (MEDLINE)	Z 6660 .I52
Publisher:	National Library of Medicine
Print History:	Published in some form since 1879; current form started in 1960 (UCSB has 1960-1965 in print, 1966-present on via PubMed)
Subject Coverage:	"The literature of biomedicine"
Source Types:	Journals
Number of Sources:	About 3200 journals
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	No abstracts are given in print form. Citations are indexed by a complex hierarchical system of subject headings (MeSH). Author index.
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual cumulations
Electronic Equivalents:	MEDLINE (NLM, STN, DIALOG, Ovid) 1966-present Available free on the Web as PubMed, including PreMedline for the most recent articles. Available on CD-ROM from numerous vendors; MEDLINE (including OLDMEDLINE (1958-65) is also searchable via SciFinder Scholar. Electronic versions have abstracts.
Other Notes:	MEDLINE is searchable as part of SciFinder Scholar (the default search includes both Chemical Abstracts and MEDLINE.) MEDLINE in its many forms is the big gun of biomedical indexes, comprehensive and well-indexed, though it is hotly rivaled by Excerpta Medica (EMBASE in electronic form), a publication of Elsevier Science Publishers.

SciFinder Scholar	QD 1 .C43
Publisher:	Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society.
Print History:	1907-present (UCSB has 1907-2000 in print in storage at the Annex.) Note: CAS is now retrospectively adding selected pre-1907 materials to its electronic files.
Subject Coverage:	Chemistry in the broadest possible sense; includes chemical engineering, biochemistry, materials science, chemical physics.
Source Types:	Journals, patents, technical reports, conference papers, dissertations, books
Number of Sources:	About 14,000 journals, 50 patent issuing authorities. Currently, over 700,000 total records per year.
Frequency of Issues:	Weekly issues alternate subject coverage; effectively biweekly.
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts are grouped in 80 subject sections; author, keyword subject and patent number indexes.
Cumulative Indexing:	Volume indexes and cumulative indexes every ten volumes; author, controlled vocabulary subject, chemical substance index (separate since 1972), molecular formula index, patent index and concordance.
Electronic Equivalents:	CAS Online (STN) 1907-present; Less complete versions available on DIALOG, Orbit, Ovid and others. Web interface available as STNEasy and STNWeb. CD-ROM versions available of selected subject areas (CASurveyor), 12th and forthcoming 13th collective indexes, and full CD version since 1996. UCSB does not own these. SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar offer an easy end-user interface via client-server technology, and includes linked access to CAS's substance, reaction, commercial availability and regulatory databases. UCSB has access to the SciFinder Scholar.
Other Notes:	Chemical Abstracts is arguably the single most powerful scientific bibliographic resource, and is covered in much greater detail elsewhere in the course. As noted above, SciFinder Scholar incorporates the MEDLINE database in addition to the Chemical Abstracts databases.

USPTO Patent Database	See Govt. Info. Center
Publisher:	U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Print History:	Patent indexing goes back to 1790's; most printed info on microform.
Subject Coverage:	Inventions patented in the United States
Source Types:	U.S. patents
Number of Sources:	N/A
Frequency of Issues:
Indexing by Issue:	Patent number, inventor, assignee, keywords.
Cumulative Indexing:	N/A
Electronic Equivalents:	Similar U.S. Patents fulltext databases (with varying features) (STN, DIALOG, ORBIT) Available free on the Web as USPTO Patent Databases.
Other Notes:	Competing patent databases with value-added features include Derwent's World Patents Index, and IFI CLAIMS

Web of Science	Z 7401 .A1 S36
Publisher:	Thomson Scientific, a division of The Thomson Corporation.
Print History:	Covers 1900-present (UCSB has 1955-1979 in print, 1980-1998 on CD-ROM, 1945-present on Web of Science) There is also a 1900-1944 backfile available as part of Web of Science, but UCSB does not hav access to this part. Index Chemicus (see above) data is available as a separately purchased adjunct to Web of Science, but UCSB does not subscribe to this part.
Subject Coverage:	All of science, technology, medicine.
Source Types:	Journals, books
Number of Sources:	About 3,600 journals
Frequency of Issues:	Bimonthly
Indexing by Issue:	Printed version has no abstracts; author, author affiliation, keyword subject, citation indexing
Cumulative Indexing:	Annual and five-year cumulations.
Electronic Equivalents:	SCISEARCH (STN, DIALOG, Orbit) 1974-present Online versions have abstracts and wider journal coverage than the print version. ISI Web of Science includes SCI as one of its components. Available on CD-ROM (ISI) 1980-present. Available to UC users as part of ISI's Web of Science product (1945-present).
Other Notes:	Science Citation Index covers only the "most important" journals in each field of science and technology. Its most important and unique feature is its citation index, which enables the user to locate papers which cite a specific previous paper. Specific subject subsets are also available on CD-ROM, such as Chemistry, Biotechnology and Materials. Web of Science can be cross-linked to other ISI products: ISI Proceedings (conference papers), Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Derwent Chemisty Resource (structure searchable data from patents and Journal Citation Reports (journal evaluations by citation analysis.), BIOSIS and INSPEC, all parts of the ISI Web of Knowledge.

World Ceramics Abstracts	TP 785 .C47
Publisher:	Formerly American Ceramics Society, now by ProQuest
Print History:	1975-present as independent publication; was published 1922-1974 as part of other Amer. Ceram. Soc. publications. (UCSB has 1922-present.)
Subject Coverage:	Ceramics
Source Types:	Journals, trade magazines, conference paper, patents, technical reports, books
Number of Sources:	Over 3,000 journals, plus conference proceedings, books, etc.
Frequency of Issues:	Monthly
Indexing by Issue:	Abstracts for journals and patents are arranged separately by subject headings; separate section for book reviews; no indexing in bimonthly issues.
Cumulative Indexing:	Sixth issue of each year has cumulative author and controlled vocabulary subject indexes for the year.
Electronic Equivalents:	Ceramics Abstracts (STN, DIALOG, ORBIT) 1976-present. Available on the CSA Illumina platform merged into World Ceramic Abstracts (1975-present).
Other Notes:

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