Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings
Encyclopedia
Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP) is a scholarly, literature database, established in 1978. It has indexed material pertaining to international conference proceedings titles, locations, and dates. In addition, indexing terms, references, and abstracts contained within the database are searchable items. It appears that ISTP is combined with an index entitled Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP).
, natural sciences, and applied sciences in the ISTP, ISSHP, and ISTPB databases. Social sciences
, beginning in 1998 are found only in the ISTP and ISSHP databases. Unable to determine how the ISTPB database relates to these other databases. The sources are listed as conference proceedings, published in: journals, books, and book series. The above databases are listed within superbases known as: XBIOTECH, XMEDALL, XMEDPROD, XPHARMALL, XPSYCH, XTOXLITALL, XVET.
As of December 2008, there are 7,558,203 database records in the combined databases of ISTPB, ISTP, and ISSHP. These are updated weekly.
Searchable data fields are abstracts, book title only as far back as 1998, conferences, document type, index terms, section headings, series, title, and uncontrolled term.
Content
The subject coverage is life sciencesLife sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
, natural sciences, and applied sciences in the ISTP, ISSHP, and ISTPB databases. Social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
, beginning in 1998 are found only in the ISTP and ISSHP databases. Unable to determine how the ISTPB database relates to these other databases. The sources are listed as conference proceedings, published in: journals, books, and book series. The above databases are listed within superbases known as: XBIOTECH, XMEDALL, XMEDPROD, XPHARMALL, XPSYCH, XTOXLITALL, XVET.
As of December 2008, there are 7,558,203 database records in the combined databases of ISTPB, ISTP, and ISSHP. These are updated weekly.
Searchable data fields are abstracts, book title only as far back as 1998, conferences, document type, index terms, section headings, series, title, and uncontrolled term.
External links
- Chemical Information Network description of this index.