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Inspec: Trusted online academic database and precision analytics

Power your team’s engineering and technology research with Inspec and Inspec Analytics. 

Inspec is an online academic database of scientific and technical content with precise, expert indexing for subject-specific and interdisciplinary research in the fields of engineering, physics and computer science. 

It contains over 28 million records of research literature from hundreds of trusted global publishers, and for more than 50 years it’s been an essential academic paper search tool for numerous prestigious institutions and organisations around the world.  

Paired with Inspec Analytics, our dynamic research intelligence tool, research professionals can explore beyond the literature to uncover trends and patterns that were previously locked away, across a wide range of physics and engineering disciplines at both local and global levels.

Because when your mission is to engineer a better world, you need tools built with purpose. We don’t just support research. We support researchers. Wherever your journey leads next, our academic database is here to help you lead with impact. Start exploring with Inspec. 

Because your research matters.

What's in Inspec?

Inspec is one of the most definitive online technical academic databases for subject-specific and interdisciplinary research in the fields of physics, electronics, computing and engineering. Containing over 27 million records of scientific research literature, with Inspec your researchers can: 

  • Pinpoint relevant literature easily with precise, subject-specific indexing. 

  • Discover the latest research from global publications selected for quality and relevance. 

  • Save time with DOI links to full-text articles – over 12% open access content. 

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Precision Analytics

Included with the Inspec abstracting and indexing academic database, Inspec Analytics is a powerful research intelligence tool. Researchers, librarians and management teams can use Inspec Analytics to monitor trends and patterns across a wide range of physics and engineering disciplines at both local and global levels to identify hot topics, find interdisciplinary collaborators and benchmark your organisation against competitors. With these insights, your teams can set the direction for your research outputs and monitor their impact.

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Because your research matters

When your mission is to engineer a better world, you need tools built with purpose. 
 
We don’t just support research. We support researchers. Wherever your journey leads next, our academic database is here to help you lead with impact. Start exploring with Inspec. 
 
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Subscription options

Subscribe to the Inspec online technical database directly from Inspec, or through our vendor platforms. Choose from a range of pricing options, depending on your needs.  

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Inspec Archive

Empower your researchers to become pioneers of tomorrow. Our academic paper search tools provide unique insights from 140 years of engineering and technology history. 

Unlock the past.

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Existing customers

User guides

Explore our user guides to help you get started on the platform.

Go to https://www.theiet.org/publishing/inspec/guides-and-support/

Inspec roadmap

Inspec and Inspec Analytics are continuously updated and improved to ensure the best support for your research journey.

Go to https://www.theiet.org/publishing/inspec/inspec-highlights-and-roadmap/