SUPER MATERIALS - 120

SUBJECT COVERAGE

SUPER MATERIALS covers all kinds of materials – metals, alloys, ceramics, plastics, polymers, composites - as well as enginerring, corrosion, mechanical properties, powder technology, materials science, economic aspects and structural analysis.

DATABASE DESCRIPTION

SUPER MATERIALS is composed of the following individual databases:

ALUMINIUM

PASCAL

CORROSION

RAPRA

ENGINEERED MATERIALS ABSTRACTS (EMA)

TRIBO

MATERIALS BUSINESS

WELDASEARCH

METADEX

 

NB: The databases are also accessible as individual, separate databases on GEM.

DATABASE PRODUCER

The databases included in the group are produced by various individual companies and organizations.

ALUMINIUM, CORROSION, EMA and METADEX are produced by:

PASCAL is produced by:

RAPRA is produced by:

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
7200 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Tel: (+1) 301 961 6700
Fax: (+1) 301 961 6720
Email: services@csa.com

INIST
2, Allee du Parc de Brabois
54514 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex
France
Tel: 83-50-46-64
Fax: 83-50-46-66
Email: infoclient@inist.fr

RAPRA Technology Limited
Shawbury Shrewsbury Shropshire
SY4 4NR United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1939 250383
Fax: +44 (0) 1939 251118
Email: info@rapra.net

SOURCES

See the individual databases Infosheets.

AVAILABILITY ON GEM

Time Span:

Varies according to database

Database Size:

Approximately 1,400,000 references

Database Update:

Approximately 5,000 references monthly

SUPER MATERIALS is available on the GEM Web site www.einsgem.org through the gateway to FIZ-Karlsruhe.

ACCESSING THE DATABASE

To access SUPER MATERIALS with a Begin command in Command Search you can use the database number or database name, ie:
B 120
B SUPERMAT
or B SMATERIALS

OUTPUT FORMATS

You may totally or partially display references using various formats as follows:

Format

Abbr.

Display

Scan

S

Titles

Browse

B

Titles, Indexing Terms (Controlled Terms), Classification Codes etc.

Browse plus abstract

BA

Titles, Indexing Terms (Controlled Terms), Classification Codes etc. plus Abstract

Reference

R

Titles, Authors, Corporate Source, Bibliographic (Source) Details

All

A

Complete reference

Notes:
(1) The format MUST always be abbreviated, eg to display references 3-5 in scan format for set 4 type:
T 4/S/3-5
(2) Not all fields shown in the All format can be searched and expanded, some fields can only be displayed.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON SUPER MATERIALS

More detailed information on searching SUPER MATERIALS, including a sample reference, access codes and limit options can be found on the SUPER MATERIALS Infosheet. If you subscribe to GEM Documentation this is available free of charge. If you do not subscribe to GEM Documentation this is available at a cost, for which we will invoice you. For details of the costs please see your National Centre’s Price List.

See the SUPER MATERIALS Infosheet for detailed information.

NB: You will be charged for this if you do not subscribe to GEM Documentation.

GENERAL INFORMATION

For information on basic search commands, eg Expand, Select, Limit, Zoom, refer to your EINS Quick Reference Guide.

The SDI Alert service is available with results sent by email.

Document ordering is available.

HELP

For more detailed help refer to your National Centre.


Last update: March 2002