The source publications scanned for Inspec cover the world's literature in the following fields.

• Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics
• Computers
• Control Engineering

These publications include serials, conference proceedings, books, reports, and theses. The Inspec Journal List provides detailed information about each source publication scanned for Inspec.

Journal Details

From the Inspec Journal List page, you can view the following details by clicking the icon. Details include the following fields. Not all fields are included for every title.

Full Title

The full title of the source publication

Status

Active or Discontinued. If discontinued, the year the title was discontinued is provided. Note that the year the title was discontinued is the year it was deleted from the printed list of journals and not necessarily the year when Inspec stopped covering the publication.

Abbreviated Title

Abbreviated title. Abbreviations follow the standard ISO4-1984(E): Documentation-Rules for the Abbreviation of the Title Words and Titles of Publications. The country of publication follows the abbreviated title in parentheses.

CODEN

CODEN. The unique six-character code assigned by the International CODEN Service.

ISSN

The International Standard Serial Number is a unique eight-digit number that identifies periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications.

Title Cross Reference

Alternative forms of the journal title that are used to provide cross reference entries in the printed list of journals.

Issues Per Year

Number of issues per year.

Publisher

The name and address of the publisher.

Publisher Country

Country of publication.

Additional Address

Addresses of subscription agents, editorial boards, etc.

Language

Language or languages of the articles in the journal.

Language of Summary

Language or languages of the article summaries.

Start of Issue Date

Publication date of the first issue received by Inspec.

Start Issue Volume/Issue No.

Publication volume and number of the first issue received by Inspec.

More About Journal Details

Journal details may include additional information for journals:

• That have had a title change

• That are cover-to-cover translations

• For which there is a cover-to-cover English-language translation

• For which there is a partial English-language translation