The Institution of Engineering
and Technology [ The IET]
Richard Simms
Customer Relationship Manager
1
Agenda






The IET
IET Publishing
IET Digital Library
IET Digital Library Archive
Inspec
The Inspec Archive
2
About the IET
 One of the world's leading professional
societies for the engineering and
technology community
 Over 150,000 members in 127 countries
 Offices in the UK, USA, China and India
3
IET Activities






Membership
Careers and Education
Events and Training
Public Affairs
Communities
Publishing
4
IET Publishing
 New titles every year in exciting areas of emerging
research
- 24 academic research journals including:
- 22 research journals
- 2 letters journals (Electronics Letters and Micro &
Nano Letters)
 Magazines for IET Members and students
 Books, conference proceedings, seminar digests
 Regulations and standards
 Inspec database
5
Publishing Areas






Communications
Power & Control
Computer Image & Vision
Computer & Security
Electronics
Vehicular Technology
6
New for 2011
New research journals launching in March 2011
 IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
 IET Wireless Sensor Systems
7
IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
 Electrical power systems in modern transport
applications: Generation, Storage, Distribution and
Utilisation
 Scope extends to all sectors of transportation:
aerospace, marine and land-based
 Central theme is to focus on the system and subsystem aspects of electrical energy: system
architectures and integration, energy
management, control and protection
8
IET Wireless Sensor Systems

Wireless sensor networks and distributed systems

Covers the research, engineering, technological developments, innovative
deployment of distributed sensor and actuator systems

Topics covered include:
 Theoretical developments of: Innovative Architectures for Smart Sensors, Nano
Sensors and Actuators Unstructured Networking, Cooperative and Clustering
Distributed Sensors, Data Fusion for Distributed Sensors, Distributed Intelligence
in Distributed Sensors, Energy Harvesting for and Lifetime of Smart Sensors and
Actuators, Cross-Layer Design and Layer Optimisation in Distributed Sensors,
Security, Trust and Dependability of Distributed Sensors
 Innovative Services and Applications for: Monitoring: Health, Traffic, Weather and
Toxins Surveillance: Target Tracking and Localization, Observation: Global
Resources and Geological Activities (Earth, Forest, Mines, Underwater),
Industrial Applications of Distributed Sensors in Green and Agile Manufacturing,
Sensor and RFID Applications of the Internet-of-Things ("IoT"), Smart Metering,
Machine-to-Machine Communications
9
IET Digital Library
www.ietdl.org
10
IET Digital Library - www.ietdl.org






Electronics Letters
Micro & Nano Lettters
IET Research Journals – 22 titles
Engineering & Technology Magazine
IET Conferences and Seminar Digests
Over 100,000 technical articles available from 1994
onwards
 Over 70,000 technical articles available from 1872-1993
as part of the IET Digital Library Archive
 All available online - www.ietdl.org
11
Benefits







Convenient access to content
Available 24/7
Multi-user access at the same time
Saves physical library space
All IET publications in one place
Easy to browse, search & find content quickly
Access on demand with pay-per-view
12
Features






Advanced search and linking capabilities
Search by Inspec classification and indexing
Save any search query as a dynamic RSS feed
Content indexed by leading search engines
COUNTER-compliant usage statistics
Advance article publishing – articles available as
soon as they are ready!
13
IET Digital Library Archive
14
IET Digital Library Archive
 Complete collection of research journals and magazines
published by the Institution from 1872-1993
 Over 70,000 peer reviewed articles
 Articles from Electronics Letters from 1965-1993 available
 Subjects include electrical and electronic engineering,
telecommunications, computing, power, control, radar,
circuits, materials, and related research in IT
15
IET Digital Library Archive
 Your gateway into the history of science and
technology as published by the Institution
 Archive articles written by leading engineers and
scientists including Edison and Marconi
 Groundbreaking research from scientists such
as Charles K. Kao, the “Father of Fiber Optics”
16
IET Digital Library Archive
 All articles have fully searchable PDFs
 Linked HTML references and citations (where
available)
 A range of purchasing and subscription options
to suit your needs
 Now available online
www.ietdl.org/archive
17
Subscriptions
 Front file subscriptions
- access to 2011 issues and all issues from
1994-2010
 Archive Subscriptions Available
- access to content from 1872-1993
 Unlimited searching, display & printing at single
local site
 Access method
- institutional access – IP Address
18
Coming soon!
 IET Digital Library platform upgrade to the
Scitation C3 platform during 2011
 IET Books to be added to IET Digital Library
during 2011
19
Publication frequency increases for 2011
 Micro & Nano Letters - 6 issues to 12 issues
 IET Computer Vision - 4 issues to 6 issues
 IET Control Theory & Applications - 12 issues to 18
issues
 IET Image Processing - 6 issues to 8 issues
 IET Microwave, Antennas & Propagation - 12 issues to
15 issues
 IET Power Electronics – 6 issues to 9 issues
 IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation – 6 issues to 9 issues
 IET Signal Processing – 6 issues to 8 issues
20
The Inspec Database
Content and coverage: Inspec
Content
Key resource for global, quality and comprehensive science and
engineering information spanning 110 years for:
• Physics
• Electrical and electronic engineering
• Computing and control engineering
7.07 million
4.73 million
3.47 million
• Information technology
106,454
• Production, manufacturing & mechanical engineering
1.09 million
Plus many interdisciplinary subjects such as nanotechnology,
oceanography, environmental science.....
Inspec Database
•11.59 million records (November 2010)
– 720,000 records to be added in 2010
– Optional Archive adds a further 873 k
• 1969 to date
Or 1898 with the Archive
•Over 4500 journals (1600 Cover to Cover), and
3000 other publications
– Includes 140 Open Access Journals
• Full text linking via DOIs
– Up to 60% of current records
Document Types
• Journal articles 70 %
• Conference proceedings 20 %
• Conference papers in Journals 9 %
• Others 1%
Others include:
• Books/Book Chapters
• Reports
• Patents (1968/9-1976)
• Dissertations
Others 1%
29 %
Journals 70%
Conferences 29%
Diverse Coverage
laser printers
computer games
Long-haul lasers [buyer's guide]
A principal cognitive precondition of successful
child-computer interactions in the information
society
traffic control
Traffic signal control by Egograms
photography
Color handling in panoramic photography
radar
pacemakers
Fully integrated automotive radar sensor with
Paradoxical undersensing at a high
versatile resolution
sensitivity in dual chamber pacemakers
radiation effects
Modeling natural space ionizing radiation
effects on external materials
nanotechnology
Molecular motors: nature's
nanomachines
environmental science
Impact of science and technology on energy
and environmental research and development
manufacturing
Analysis of a decentralized production-inventory system
Search Fields on Inspec
Subject Fields
Bibliographic Fields
Title
Abstract
Author
Author Affiliation
Publication Year
Document Type
Subject Terms
Uncontrolled
Controlled
Classification Codes
Treatment Type
Chemical Indexing
Numerical Indexing
Astronomical Indexing
Added
Value
Fields!
Language
Publication Country
Source
Conference Details
Accession Number
Coden/ISSN
Digital Object Identifier
Controlled Terms
Results
Broad Coverage of subject
areas Covered
Broad Coverage of
subject areas
Covered
Why Use Inspec
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Comprehensive coverage
Content selected by specialists
Value add indexing
Time period
Easy to use interface
Full text linking
Management of searches and records
Save search and alerting features
Uses
• Review quality research information focused
on your specific area of interest
• Research which companies are working on
what technologies
• Find possible collaborators
New For 2011
•
•
•
•
•
Citation searching capability
IPC codes
Video Content
Orcid
Affiliation Indexing
Inspec Archive
Inspec Archive
• Electronic access to the printed Science Abstracts
journals
– Covers 1898 to 1968
– Complements Inspec database
• Combined file give access to scientific and technical literature
from 1898 to date
– Contains over 873,700 records
• Equivalent to 176 print volumes
Inspec Archive
• Fully searchable, electronic access to >70 years
of international & technical literature
– easier access to information from 1898->
• Elimination of the need to keep aging print
volumes
– 176 print volumes & >140,000 pages
– Saves on:
• storage costs
• your time
• library shelving space
What are Science Abstracts?
Coverage
• Multidisciplinary Database
– Physics and Electrical & Electronic Engineering from
1898 in one Science Abstracts journal
– Physics from 1902
– Electrical & Electronics Engineering from1902
– Computing & Control Engineering from 1966
– Wide range of cross-disciplinary topics
Inspec Archive
• Who should use the Inspec Archive?
– Academics
– Biographers
– Patent examiners
– Social historians
– Scientific researchers & engineers
Inspec Archive
• Locate references to:
– fundamental teaching
– science no longer included in textbooks
– sleeping beauties
• unrecognised
• undeveloped ideas
• Over 873,700 potential novelty destruction weapons
Tables, graphs,
images included
USES
• History of Science Research
• Find references to earlier work that can solve
problems with technologies today
Images included, can be
enlarged after downloading.
Over 3500 images included.
Very broad, only
10 categories 1898
Inspec and Inspec Availability
Inspec Direct
Range of other vendor platforms
Thank you!
Richard Simms
rsimms@theiet.org
www.theiet.org