| Producer | INIST (France) |
|---|---|
| Languages | French, English, Spanish |
| Access | |
| Providers | Datastar, Dialog, Ovid Technologies, Questel.Orbit, QWAM System, STN International |
| Cost | Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Science, technology, medicine |
| Record depth | Index & abstract |
| Format coverage | Journal articles (88%); Conference proceedings (9%); Dissertations, books, patents, reports (3%) |
| Temporal coverage | 1973-present |
| Geospatial coverage | Worldwide, with emphasis on France and Europe |
| Number of records | > 17,000,000 |
| Update frequency | Weekly |
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PASCAL is a scientific bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST, CNRS. PASCAL covers the core scientific literature in Science, Technology and Medicine with special emphasis on European literature.[1]
Currently, PASCAL maintains a database (flie size) of more than 17 million records, and 90% of these are author abstracts. Its coverage is from 1973 to the present day. Its source documents are composed of journal articles at 88% (3,085 international titles), proceedings at 9%, and the rest: dissertations, books, patents, reports are combined for 3%.[2]