1. Technical and scientific literature Ludo Holans STIMULATE 2004

2. I. Introduction A. Historical overview : from TTY tot Internet - apparatus - platforms - information suppliers

3. I. Introduction (2) B. Literature - subject-indexing - classifications - key-words - formal indexing (ISBD, AACR2..) - full-text

4. I. Introduction (3) B. Literature - primary - secondary - tertiary

5. II. Assessment of an I.R.-system - searching possibilities - costs - reliability of data - exhaustivity - browsing - fault-tolerance - level

6. III. Search instruments 1. Classical (not gratis) access via intranet – servers access via internet – hosts All kinds of literature (primary, secondary en tertiary)

7. III. Search instruments 2. Internet (gratis) A. Classification 1. Directories http://www.webbrain.com http://dmoz.org http://www.britannica.com

8. III. Search instruments (2) 2. Search engines (single) http://www.beaucoup.com 3. Meta-search engines a. Metasites http://www.gogettem.com http://www.webbrain.com b. “Human Resource”-website Question Point http://www.about.com

9. III. Search instruments (3) A. Pitfalls - stoplist with keywords - too many keywords and synonyms - alternative spelling - spelling mistakes - Boolean construction too difficult B. Solution : use of filters

10. IV. Literature offer 1. Mathematics - Classical : primary : full-text secondary : Zentralblatt MathSciNet - Internet : repositories or depositories primary Multi-repository marthematics collection http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/mathall/ DML: digital mathematics library http://www.mathematik.uni- bielefeld.de/~rehmann/DML/dml_links.htmlhttp://www.mathematik.uni- bielefeld.de/~rehmann/DML/dml_links.html

11. IV. Literature offer 2. Physics Classical : primary : full-text OIP/AIP secondary : INSPEC Internet : repositories or depositories - primary : Los Alamos http://arxiv.orghttp://arxiv.org institutional : Papyrus http://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/view/subjects/phy s.html http://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/view/subjects/phy s.html CERN

12. IV. Literature offer 3. Chemistry and chemical engineering Classical : primary : full-text ACS AiChE Secondary : Scifinder/ other e.g. Corrosion Abstracts Kirk-Othmer / CRC / Beilstein / Gmelin / Perry /

13. IV. Literature offer 3. (next) Internet : primary : repositories or depositories full-text Secondary : chemical kinetics database on the web : http://kinetics.nist.gov/index.phphttp://kinetics.nist.gov/index.php NDRL/NIST Solution kinetics database on the web : http://kinetics.nist.gov/solution/index.php

14. IV. Literature offer 3 (next) Material Safety data sheets : http://ilpi.com/msds/http://ilpi.com/msds/ Chemfinder : http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/ http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/ Chemcyclopedia 2004 : http://www.mediabrains.com/client/chemcyclop/B G1/search.asp http://www.mediabrains.com/client/chemcyclop/B G1/search.asp Chemical acronyms database : http://www.oscar.chem.indiana.edu/cfdocs/libche m/acronyms/acronymsearch.html http://www.oscar.chem.indiana.edu/cfdocs/libche m/acronyms/acronymsearch.html

15. IV. Literature offer 3 (next) Chemical and physical properties : http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/properties.html http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/properties.html Chemweb.com (scirus search) : http://www.chemweb.com/ http://www.chemweb.com/ IUPAC-NIST Solubility data series : http://srdata.nist.gov/solubility/ http://srdata.nist.gov/solubility/ CCD (ChemExper Chemical Directory) http://search.chemexper.com/main.html

16. IV. Literature offer 4. Geology Classical : primary : full-text secondary : Georef /Geoarchive/ Compendex Internet : primary : full-texts secundary : Geoscan database http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ess/esic/geoscan_e.html Mining environment database : http://www.laurentian.ca/library/medb/medlib_e.p hp http://www.laurentian.ca/library/medb/medlib_e.p hp Geo-Guide : http://www.geo-guide.de/geo-main.shtml http://www.geo-guide.de/geo-main.shtml Virtual earth : http://teachserv.earth.ox.ac.uk/resources/v_earth.h tml http://teachserv.earth.ox.ac.uk/resources/v_earth.h tml

17. IV. Literature offer 5. Biology – Agriculture Classical : primary : full-text secondary : Medline / BIOSIS / CAB / FSTA / Agris Internet : primary : full-text highwire : http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl BioOne : http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=index- html http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=index- html

18. IV. Literature offer 5. (next) secondary : Agricola : http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/ http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/ CDL/LOC environmental : http://www.eip.cdlib.org/eip/isite/keyword.html Entrez nucleotide – PopSet – Protein – Structure – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/ Toxline : http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi- bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi- bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE

19. IV. Literature offer 6. Engineering classical : primary : full-text Secondary : Compendex ISMEC – METADEX – FLUIDEX – APID – WEB OF SCIENCE - + SOCIETIES + previous databases

20. IV. Literature offer 7. Computer sciences Classical : primary : ACM/SIAM secondary : Zentralblatt/INSPEC/MATHSCINET Internet : Collection of computer science bibliographies : http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/ http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/ Decatomb production database : http://www.decatomb.com/database http://www.decatomb.com/database NEC Research Institute Citeseer : http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/

21. IV. Literature offer 8. Mechanical engineering classical : primary : full-text : ASME secondary : Compendex, INSPEC, ISMEC, WELDASEARCH Internet : NTRS : NASA Technical Report Server : http://ntrs.nasa.gov/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/ Bibliotheken : Yale University : http://www.library.yale.edu/science/subject/mecha nical.html http://www.library.yale.edu/science/subject/mecha nical.html

22. IV. Literature offer 9. Electrical and electronics engineering classical : primary : full-text / IEE/IEEE/IEL secondary : INSPEC Internet : Circuits archive - UWEE : http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/ http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/ NTIS : http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.asp?loc=3-0-0 http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.asp?loc=3-0-0 VLSI : www.mrc.uidaho.edu/vlsi/www.mrc.uidaho.edu/vlsi/

23. 10. Others Energy : Energy Citations Database http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/search. adv.jsp/ http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/search. adv.jsp/ Cogprints (also AI, robotics) http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk CE Database (ASCE) http://www.pubs.asce.org/cedbsrch.html

24. 10. Others (2) CORDIS http://dbs.cordis.lu/EN_GLOBALsearch.html Spectra - NIST Atomic Spectra Database http://physicxs.nist.gov/cgi-bin/AtData/main_asd - Database of Raman spectra http://www.models.kvl.dk/users/engelsen/specarb/ specarb.html http://www.models.kvl.dk/users/engelsen/specarb/ specarb.html

25. 10. Others (3) - Patents USPTO Web Patent Database http://uspto.gov/ http://uspto.gov/ Micropatent (not free) disciplinary e.g. : DNA patent database (DPD) http://dnapatents.georgetown.edu/oshtml/os nmain.htm?/ http://dnapatents.georgetown.edu/oshtml/os nmain.htm?/