Database Name:Science Citation Index
Acronym:SCIN; SCISEARCH
Producer:ISI (now part of Thomson Reuters)
Type of Information:Bibliographic
Group(s):EQUIPMENT, GEOLOGY, METALLURGY, METALS/ALLOYS/COMPOUNDS, MINING, PROCESSES
Database Description:Provides complete bibliographic data plus citations and abstracts (only since 1991) to worldwide journal literature across a wide range of disciplines, including: natural, physical, earth, environmental, biomedical, and the life sciences; chemistry and biochemistry; agriculture and food technology; clinical medicine; computer and information science, nuclear science and technology; all branches of engineering, and other applied sciences.
Information Sources:More than 6,500 journals indexed for the printed version of "Science Citation Index". Also includes additional journal coverage from ISI's "Current Contents" series of publications.
Time Span:Variable, according to the distributor
Numer of Records:More than 30 million
Language:English
Updating Frequency:Weekly (online) and Quarterly (on DVD)
Distributors:DataStar (online, since 1980)
DIALOG (online, since 1974)
DIMDI (online, since 1974)
STN (online, since 1974)
Thomson Reuters : on DVD (with data from 2004 to date) and also online, through the databanks "ISI Web of Knowledge" or "Web of Science"