PASCAL (database)

PASCAL
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
No. of records > 17,000,000
Update frequency Weekly
Links

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][2]

As of 2012, PASCAL maintains a database of more than 17 million records, 90% of these are author abstracts. Its coverage is from 1973 to present. Its source documents are composed of journal articles at 88% (3,085 international titles), proceedings at 9%, and dissertations, books, patents, and reports account combined for 3%.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "PASC - Pascal datasheet". Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  2. ↑ Jagodzinski-Sigogneau, M.; Bauin, S.; Courtial, J. P.; Feillet, H. (1991). "Scientific innovation in bibliographical databases: A comparative study of the science citation index and the pascal database". Scientometrics. 22: 65. doi:10.1007/BF02019275.
  3. ↑ "PASCAL - Inist-Cnrs". Inist.fr. Retrieved 2012-05-31.


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