Compendex and EI Backfiles

Benefits

• Five year agreement with options for 1 year, 3 year, or 5 year licences plus 1 or 2 year extensions. 
• All 3 year licences end 7 December 2021.
• All 5 year licences end 7 December 2023. 
• Pro-rata charging (monthly) for sites licensed partway through year.

Key dates

• Agreement start: 8 December 2018
• Agreement end: 7 December 2023

VAT

Standard rate applies to Compendex and EI Backfiles

Institution Commitment Period

This Agreement is of 5 years duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They can choose to licence on an annual basis or a fixed 3 year or 5 year term.

Licence dates: Licences run to 7 December.

Institutions can choose:

• An annual renewal,
• A fixed three year licence commencing on 8 December 2018 and expiring on 7 December 2021 with the option to extend thereafter
• A fixed five year term commencing on 8 December 2018 and expiring on 7 December 2023

Licence Type

Site licence.

Trial

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Eligible Institutions

Universities, colleges and other learning, educational and research bodies in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Other organisations aligned with JISC’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. JISC will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.

Background Information

This agreement continues the longstanding licence arrangements in place with Elsevier for content on the Ei Village platform. 

Supplier Details

Owner: Elsevier BV, of Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Product Description

Ei Compendex is the broadest and most complete engineering literature database available in the world. It provides a truly holistic and global view of peer reviewed and indexed publications with over 20 million records from 77 countries across 190 engineering disciplines. Every record is carefully selected and indexed using the Engineering Index Thesaurus to ensure discovery and retrieval of engineering-specific literature that engineering students and professionals can rely on. By using Ei Compendex, engineers can be confident information is relevant, complete, accurate and of high quality.

Download Compendex source list.

Content sources (and counting*)

• 190 engineering disciplines
• 77 countries
• 2,200 publishers
• 3,615 journals
• 330 Open Access titles
• 116 trade magazines
• 95,790 conference proceedings
• 78 book series
• articles in press from 1,369 journals
• 119,273 dissertations
• all technical standards from IEEE with more standards from other organisations on the way.

Content size (and counting*)

• 20+ million records >1970
• 11.6 million journal articles
• 6.9 million conference papers
• 27,000 records added weekly
• 1.78 million records from 1884-1969 (Ei Backfile)

Ei Compendex cross-disciplinary areas

Ei Compendex related areas

• Applied Physics, including Optics
• Bioengineering and Biotechnology
• Food Science and Technology
• Materials Science
• Instrumentation, including Medical Devices
• Nanotechnology

Backfile
Founded in 1884, Engineering Index has recorded virtually every major engineering innovation from around the world. The Engineering Index Backfile provides a comprehensive, historical view of engineering innovations from 1884-1969 with over 1.7 million records digitized from the original print indexes. Combined with Ei Compendex, it provides the most comprehensive overview of the last 130 years of engineering literature and it is available on Engineering Village only.

Why Ei Compendex on Engineering Village
Ei Compendex is indexed specifically for engineers using the Engineering Index Thesaurus, making search results consistently accurate and relevant to engineering research. Engineering Village's powerful search tools leverage Ei Compendex's controlled vocabulary, making it quick and easy for users to refine their searches and gain insight from results.
Other unique features available only on Engineering Village are:

• Citation counts, citation details and author profiles from Scopus
• Publisher search, limit to or exclude feature
• Ei Backfiles for publications between 1884 - 1969
• Articles in press from 1,260 journals

Access and Identity Management Solution

Technical Function Specification

The supplier confirms that throughout the term of the agreement the products will comply with the standards indicated.

Updates

New content is added weekly.

Alterations/Additions

All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge. 

Trials

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Login information

Supplier: Elsevier and Engineering Village

Technical Support

Support will be provided by Elsevier to any user of the data at the Institution. Elsevier support can be contacted 8:00am to 6:00pm U.S. eastern time at:

• Harry Malty
• email: h.maltby@elsevier.com or
• phone Elsevier Service Desk: +1 800-221-1044
• fax Elsevier Service Desk: +1 212 633 3680

Product Documentation

User guides are available from Engineering Information.

Copying of hardcopy and electronic documentation is permitted.

Training and Training Materials

Training is included in the price given and is available either on site or via the web.

All queries should be directed to the EI Customer Support Helpdesk.