Database Description

PASCAL

Content
PASCAL is produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) of the French National Research Council (CNRS). It provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature and includes about 450,000 new citations per year. Available in machine-readable form since 1973, PASCAL corresponds to the print publication Bibliographie internationale (previously Bulletin signaletique).

Each citation includes the article's original title, and, in most cases, a French translated title; for material since 1973, an English translated title is also provided. Most abstracts are in French. Analyzed documents come from all over the world, in 100 different languages. French journals are particularly well represented. Breakdown by language is as follows: English 63%, French 12%, Russian 10%, German 8%, and other languages 7%.

Sources
Literature of all types is abstracted in PASCAL: journal articles (about 93% of the file), theses (mainly French, 5,000 per year), conference proceedings, technical reports, books, patents (until 1980, and in biotechnology since 1983). The number of journals scanned regularly is over 8,500; 4,500 of these are abstracted completely.

Coverage

Dates Covered: 1973 to present
File Size: Over 11,830,000 records as of March 1998
Update Frequency: Monthly except August (approximately 40,000 records per update)

Provider
CNRS/INIST
2, allee du Parc de Brabois
Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy CEDEX 54514
France
Telephone: (33) 3-83.50.46.00
Fax: (33) 3-83.50.47.48
E-Mail: guichard@inist.fr

Terms & Conditions
Database copyrighted by INIST.

Content	PASCAL is produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) of the French National Research Council (CNRS). It provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature and includes about 450,000 new citations per year. Available in machine-readable form since 1973, PASCAL corresponds to the print publication Bibliographie internationale (previously Bulletin signaletique). Each citation includes the article's original title, and, in most cases, a French translated title; for material since 1973, an English translated title is also provided. Most abstracts are in French. Analyzed documents come from all over the world, in 100 different languages. French journals are particularly well represented. Breakdown by language is as follows: English 63%, French 12%, Russian 10%, German 8%, and other languages 7%.
Sources	Literature of all types is abstracted in PASCAL: journal articles (about 93% of the file), theses (mainly French, 5,000 per year), conference proceedings, technical reports, books, patents (until 1980, and in biotechnology since 1983). The number of journals scanned regularly is over 8,500; 4,500 of these are abstracted completely.
Coverage	Dates Covered: 1973 to present File Size: Over 11,830,000 records as of March 1998 Update Frequency: Monthly except August (approximately 40,000 records per update)
Provider	CNRS/INIST 2, allee du Parc de Brabois Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy CEDEX 54514 France Telephone: (33) 3-83.50.46.00 Fax: (33) 3-83.50.47.48 E-Mail: guichard@inist.fr
Terms & Conditions	Database copyrighted by INIST.