Why search IET Inspec?

The IET Inspec Database is the world’s leading English-language bibliographic database in physics, electronics, computing and engineering containing over 13 million abstracts and indexing to global non-patent literature. Scanning nearly 8000, non-patent literature sources including scientific and technical journals, conference proceedings, in addition to numerous books, reports, dissertations and electrical patents from 1969-1976, it provides a rich source of bibliographic records to non-patent global literature from 1898 to present. It also includes specialised and subject indexing by experts to ensure fast, accurate search results.

Subject Coverage

IET Inspec provides a comprehensive index of literature in 5 main subjects: physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, information technology and mechanical and production engineering. It is a multidisciplinary resource database that covers a wide range of topics including operations research, materials science, oceanography, nuclear science, geophysics, nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.