Compendex is a comprehensive engineering abstracts database and is the online
version of Engineering Index. The database contains more than five million
records, with over 220,000 records added annually. Source publications for
Compendex include engineering-related journals, conference proceedings, and
technical reports. Conference papers and publications comprise approximately 22%
of the database, and 90% of all source documents are in English. The database is
updated weekly, with coverage from 1884 to the present.
Major subject areas in Compendex include mechanical, civil, environmental,
electrical, structural, chemical, and process engineering, as well as materials
science, solid state physics and superconductivity, bioengineering, energy,
optics, air and water pollution, solid waste management, hazardous waste, road
transportation, transportation safety, manufacturing, quality
control, and engineering management.
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