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Database: COMPENDEX

COMPENDEX (Ei COMPENDEX), the joint COMPuterized ENgineering InDEX and EI Engineering Meetings database, is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering the worldwide literature in engineering and technology. Citations, with abstracts, are in English. If a title is in a language other than English (about 10% of citations), both the original title and the English translation are available.

COMPENDEX contains two online thesauri: The Engineering Index Thesaurus, English version, is available in the Controlled Term (/CT) field; the EI Thesaurus, Deutsch-Englische Ausgabe (German-English edition), is available in Controlled Term in German (/CTDE) field.

COMPENDEX corresponds to The Engineering Index.

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Sources

Database Producer

Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc.
1 Castle Point Terrace
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5996
USA
Phone:  800-221-1044
	201-356-6800
Fax:    201-356-6801
E-mail: customer.support@ei.org
Copyright Holder

Database Supplier

FIZ Karlsruhe
STN Europe
P.O. Box 2465
D-76012 Karlsruhe
Germany
Phone:   (+49) 7247/808-555
Telefax: (+49) 7247/808-131
e-mail:  helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de

Usage Terms

    The following database producer's special conditions for use of
    his database(s) apply to your use of the 90COMPENDEX file on
    STN.

    I. General Part
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    1. Scope
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    Section 2 to 4 of these conditions apply to all databases
    offered via STN Karlsruhe as far as no differing regulations are
    specified under II. Special Part.

    2. Customers
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    A customer is an individual or an institution (i.e. a legal body
    such as a university, public authority, company) for whom online
    access has been ordered.

    3. Search Results
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    All rights are reserved. Search results delivered online or
    offline are only for internal (own) use of the customer. No
    written permission of the database producer is required if
    search results delivered to the customer in computer-readable
    form are used only for internal purposes of the customer, i.e.
    printed, processed, modified, or linked with other data (e.g.
    for creating a database). The customer must observe the
    copyright of the database producer.

    Results from searches carried out by the customer on request, or
    on behalf of individuals or institutions (see under 2.) outside
    his own institution (third parties) may only be given to them
    for explicit internal use. The transmitted search results must
    include the database producer's copyright. For safety purposes,
    the customer may keep a copy of the results obtained from a
    search carried out for third parties.

    The customer must obtain database producer's specific written
    permission for any further uses of search results obtained for
    third parties, particularly for the transmission of search
    results in electronic form or their distribution in hardcopy,
    e.g. sale, loan, license, or free charge.

    The customer must do his/her best efforts in preventing a theft
    or inadvertent illicit dissemination of the records.

    4. Warranty and Liability
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    The database producers shall use their best efforts to deliver
    correct information in their databases, however, they do not
    accept warrenty and liability for completeness, accuracy and
    timeliness unless set out differently in II. Special Part.

    II. Special Part
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    Use or copies of all part of Ei 90Compendex for replacing the
    database is not authorized. No part of Ei 90Compendex may be
    copied in machine-readable form for delivery to or made
    available for the use of any third party

For more detailed information, view the STN Database Summary Sheet.