February 2012: Compendex has reached 14 Million records:
Compendex has hit the 14 million mark in February. This demonstrates the steep increase in the number of articles that have been indexed in the last few years. In 2011 alone, we have added over 1 million records. Since 2007 Compendex has grown more than 45%, from both journals and conference proceedings. Every record is carefully selected and indexed to ensure a comprehensive source of quality, engineering-specific literature that engineering students and professionals can rely on.
About Compendex
Compendex is one of the most comprehensive engineering literature databases available to engineers. With 14 million records across 190 engineering disciplines, Compendex delivers the comprehensive, precise information and insights that researchers need. Available on Engineering Village, users get results that are consistently accurate. Relevant. Up-to-date. And easy to find. Compendex indexes 1,031 journals that contain articles-in-press.
Users know that when they search with Compendex, valuable information is not overlooked. Thousands of new records are added weekly and are indexed according to the Engineering Index Thesaurus. And with email and RSS alerts on new records in areas of interest, users stay up-to-date on new developments.
Compendex covers subjects in every engineering discipline including:Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Since 1970, Compendex has been the engineering database of choice for researchers, students, faculty and engineering professionals around the world. In fact, 98% of the top 50 U.S. engineering schools currently subscribe to Compendex. To view the 2012 Compendex Source List, click here.
Engineering Index Backfile
The Engineering Index Backfile provides a comprehensive, historical view of engineering developments and innovations described in literature from 1884-1969. Over 1.7 million records have been digitized from the original Engineering Index print indexes. Information is fully searchable, for easy user access to original records chronicling virtually every major engineering breakthrough from the late 19th through 20th centuries. Available on Engineering Village, the combined searching capability of Compendex and the Ei Backfile offers the most comprehensive resource for engineering available anywhere.
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