Database Name:	Applied Science & Technology Index
Acronym:	ASTA; ASTI
Producer:	H. W. Wilson Company
Type of Information:	Bibliographic and Full-text
Group(s):	GEOLOGY, METALLURGY, MINING, PROCESSES
Database Description:	Contains citations to articles, book reviews, interviews, new product reviews, selected editorials, and letters to the editor in worldwide English language publications in the applied sciences and technology (abstracts to all articles cited in the "Applied Science and Technology Index" are included from March 1993 to date; full text coverage begins in 1997). It also includes an index of non-English language periodicals if English abstracts are provided. Covers such areas as: aeronautics and space science; chemistry; computer science and technology; construction; data processing; energy resources and research; engineering (chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, mechanical, mining, nuclear, and telecommunications); the environment; fire prevention; food industry; geology; machinery; marine technology and oceanography; mathematics; metallurgy; meteorology; mineralogy; optics; petroleum and gas; physics; plastics; robotics; solid state technology; telecommunications; textiles; transportation; water and waste.
Information Sources:	More than 410 scientific and technical publications indexed for the printed version of "Applied Science and Technology Index" .
Time Span:	Since 1913 (Retrospective Index) and since 1997 (Full Texts)
Numer of Records:	More than 1,3 million
Language:	English
Updating Frequency:	Weekly (online) and Monthly (on CD)
Distributors:	H.W. Wilson (online and on CD) : Index (since 1983); Retrospective Index (from 1913 to 1983) ; Full Texts (since 1997) Ovid Technologies (online and on CD) : Abstracts ; Full Texts (since 1997)