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Inspec indexing on STN

Guides to using controlled indexing when searching Inspec on the STN platform.

STN quick reference guide

STN quick reference guide [PDF, 60KB]

Chemical indexing on STN

A controlled indexing system for inorganic substances and material systems designed to overcome a number of problems which arise when searching for chemical substances using uncontrolled terms.

Chemical indexing on STN [PDF, 240KB]

Numerical indexing on STN

Used to solve problems arising from the variety of ways in which an author may express a particular value. Inspec's numerical data indexing standardises the format in which numerical values are shown.

Numerical indexing on STN [PDF, 237KB]

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