Database Description

METADEX®: Metals Science

Content
The METADEX (Metals Abstracts/Alloys Index) database, produced by Materials Information of ASM International and the Institute of Metals, provides comprehensive coverage of international metals literature. The database corresponds to the printed publications: Review of Metal Literature (1966-1967), Metals Abstracts (1968 to the present), Alloys Index (1974 to the present), Steels Supplement (1983-1984), and Steels Alert (January - June 1985). The Metals Abstracts portion of the database includes references to about 1,200 primary journal sources. Alloys Index supplements Metals Abstracts by providing access to the records through commercial, numerical, and compositional alloy designations; specific metallic systems; and intermetallic compounds found within these systems. Informative abstracts are included for most records since 1979.

Sources
Each month over 3,000 new documents from a variety of international sources are scanned and abstracted for the ASM database, with intensive coverage of appropriate journals, conference papers, reviews, technical reports, and books. Dissertations, U.S. patents, and government reports have been included since 1979, British (GB) patents since 1982, and European (EP) patents since 1986.

Coverage

Dates Covered: 1966 to the present
File Size: Over 1,125,600 records as of March 1998
Update Frequency: Biweekly

Provider
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Online Services Department
7200 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: 800-843-7751
301-961-6700
Fax: 301-961-6720
E-mail: support@csa.com

Terms & Conditions
Database copyrighted by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA). All rights reserved. Although this database was formulated with a reasonable standard of care, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for use of the database. Except as set forth in The Dialog Corporation's Electronic Redistribution and Archiving Policy, the database may not be reproduced, stored in machine-readable form, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the publisher.

Content	The METADEX (Metals Abstracts/Alloys Index) database, produced by Materials Information of ASM International and the Institute of Metals, provides comprehensive coverage of international metals literature. The database corresponds to the printed publications: Review of Metal Literature (1966-1967), Metals Abstracts (1968 to the present), Alloys Index (1974 to the present), Steels Supplement (1983-1984), and Steels Alert (January - June 1985). The Metals Abstracts portion of the database includes references to about 1,200 primary journal sources. Alloys Index supplements Metals Abstracts by providing access to the records through commercial, numerical, and compositional alloy designations; specific metallic systems; and intermetallic compounds found within these systems. Informative abstracts are included for most records since 1979.
Sources	Each month over 3,000 new documents from a variety of international sources are scanned and abstracted for the ASM database, with intensive coverage of appropriate journals, conference papers, reviews, technical reports, and books. Dissertations, U.S. patents, and government reports have been included since 1979, British (GB) patents since 1982, and European (EP) patents since 1986.
Coverage	Dates Covered: 1966 to the present File Size: Over 1,125,600 records as of March 1998 Update Frequency: Biweekly
Provider	Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Online Services Department 7200 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: 800-843-7751 301-961-6700 Fax: 301-961-6720 E-mail: support@csa.com
Terms & Conditions	Database copyrighted by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA). All rights reserved. Although this database was formulated with a reasonable standard of care, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for use of the database. Except as set forth in The Dialog Corporation's Electronic Redistribution and Archiving Policy, the database may not be reproduced, stored in machine-readable form, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the publisher.