Ei Compendex

<h2 id="coverage">Coverage</h2>
<p>Ei Compendex currently contains over 20 million records as of December 2020 <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> and references over 5,000 international sources including <a href="/facts/Academic_journal/SBI7Ue0q">journals</a>, <a href="/facts/Academic_conference/0YAVfxe3">conferences</a> and <a href="/facts/Trade_publication/sxEkWnxx">trade publications</a>. Approximately 1,000,000 new records<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> are added to the database annually from over 190 disciplines within the engineering field. Coverage is updated every week and covers the years 1970 to the present.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
</p><p>Coverage of engineering subjects include <a href="/facts/Nuclear_engineering/wu26D25C">nuclear technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Bioengineering/N8WPz0P7">bioengineering</a>, <a href="/facts/Transportation/npstdhvc">transportation</a>, <a href="/facts/Chemical_engineering/Fb64amQf">chemical</a> and process engineering, light and optical technology, <a href="/facts/Agricultural_engineering/Utdx1MFy">agricultural engineering</a> and <a href="/facts/Food_technology/ftjeHqDu">food technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer/SQe1aK05">computers</a> and <a href="/facts/Data_processing/74EKCDAq">data processing</a>, <a href="/facts/Applied_physics/47NRAMzF">applied physics</a>, <a href="/facts/Electronics/E4JhgISq">electronics</a> and <a href="/facts/Communications/EGEkchsT">communications</a>, control, <a href="/facts/Civil_engineering/avh5kEq2">civil</a>, <a href="/facts/Mechanical_engineering/cbId4fye">mechanical</a>, <a href="/facts/Materials_engineering/N5HrXRYW">materials</a>, <a href="/facts/Petroleum_engineering/owk07hr2">petroleum</a>, <a href="/facts/Aerospace_engineering/2Ib02w7f">aerospace</a> and <a href="/facts/Automotive_engineering/dspDKGwP">automotive engineering</a> as well as multiple subtopics within all these and other major <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering fields</a>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines/lwtFTh9l">List of academic databases and search engines</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex">Compendex and EI backfile</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.stn-international.com/index.php?id=176">Compendex on STN</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf">STN Compendex file summary.</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191230185530/http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf">Archived</a> 2019-12-30 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a>. PDF download. January 2014</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ei.org/evhistory">Ei and Compendex History</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>EI History. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed May 6, 2009. <a href="http://www.ei.org/evhistory" target="_blank">http://www.ei.org/evhistory</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Hane, Paula J. Elsevier Science Acquires Engineering Information. Information Today, Inc. 06 February 1998 <a href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Elsevier-Science-Acquires-Engineering-Information-18017.asp" target="_blank">http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Elsevier-Science-Acquires-Engineering-Information-18017.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Hane, Paula J. Elsevier Science Acquires Engineering Information. Information Today, Inc. 06 February 1998 <a href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Elsevier-Science-Acquires-Engineering-Information-18017.asp" target="_blank">http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Elsevier-Science-Acquires-Engineering-Information-18017.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>EI Welcome. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed December 19, 2020. <a href="http://www.ei.org" target="_blank">http://www.ei.org</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Compendex & EI Backfile. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed February 20,2013. <a href="http://ei.org/compendex-ei-backfile" target="_blank">http://ei.org/compendex-ei-backfile</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>File summary Archived 2019-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. STN.FIZ Karlsruhe. Accessed June 16 2014. <a href="http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.stn-international.com/uploads/tx_ptgsarelatedfiles/COMPENDEX_01.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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