IET How To Join and Benefits

Agenda
 The IET
 Benefits of Membership
 IET Publishing
 IET Digital Library
 IET Digital Library Archive
 Inspec
 The Inspec Archive
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IET: A Global Community
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About the IET
 One of the world's leading professional

societies for the engineering and
technology community
 Over 160,000 members in 127 countries
 Offices in the UK, USA, China and India
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IET Activities
 Membership
 Careers and Education
 Events and Training
 Public Affairs
 Communities
 Publishing
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Local and Technical Networks
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Technical Networks
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Technical Networks
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Technical Networks
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Communities and Volunteers
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Mentors and Support
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Advance your career
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Membership Benefits
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Membership Levels
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IET TV
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IET Digital Library
https://digital-library.theiet.org/
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Inspect and DL
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Publishing with the IET
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IET Publishing
 New titles every year in exciting areas of emerging
research
- 39 academic research journals including:
- 22 research journals
- 2 letters journals (Electronics Letters and Micro &
Nano Letters)
 Magazines for IET Members and students
 Books, conference proceedings, seminar digests
 Regulations and standards
 Inspec database
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Publishing Areas
 Communications
 Power & Control
 Computer Image & Vision
 Computer & Security
 Electronics
 Vehicular Technology
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IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
 Electrical power systems in modern transport

applications: Generation, Storage, Distribution and
Utilisation
 Scope extends to all sectors of transportation:
aerospace, marine and land-based
 Central theme is to focus on the system and sub-
system aspects of electrical energy: system
architectures and integration, energy
management, control and protection
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IET Wireless Sensor Systems
 Wireless sensor networks and distributed systems
 Covers the research, engineering, technological developments, innovative

deployment of distributed sensor and actuator systems
 Topics covered include:

 Theoretical developments of: Innovative Architectures for Smart Sensors, Nano
Sensors and Actuators Unstructured Networking, Cooperative and Clustering
Distributed Sensors, Data Fusion for Distributed Sensors, Distributed Intelligence
in Distributed Sensors, Energy Harvesting for and Lifetime of Smart Sensors and
Actuators, Cross-Layer Design and Layer Optimisation in Distributed Sensors,
Security, Trust and Dependability of Distributed Sensors
 Innovative Services and Applications for: Monitoring: Health, Traffic, Weather

and Toxins Surveillance: Target Tracking and Localization, Observation: Global
Resources and Geological Activities (Earth, Forest, Mines, Underwater),
Industrial Applications of Distributed Sensors in Green and Agile Manufacturing,
Sensor and RFID Applications of the Internet-of-Things ("IoT"), Smart Metering,
Machine-to-Machine Communications
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IET Digital Library –
https://digital-library.theiet.org/
 Electronics Letters
 Micro & Nano Lettters
 IET Research Journals – 39 titles
 Engineering & Technology Magazine
 IET Conferences and Seminar Digests
 Over 150,000 technical articles available from 1994
onwards
 Over 70,000 technical articles available from 1872-1993 as
part of the IET Digital Library Archive
 All available online
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Benefits
 Convenient access to content
 Available 24/7
 Multi-user access at the same time
 Saves physical library space
 All IET publications in one place
 Easy to browse, search & find content quickly
 Access on demand with pay-per-view
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Features
 Advanced search and linking capabilities
 Search by Inspec classification and indexing
 Save any search query as a dynamic RSS feed
 Content indexed by leading search engines
 COUNTER-compliant usage statistics
 Advance article publishing – articles available as
soon as they are ready!
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IET Digital Library Archive
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 Complete collection of research journals and magazines
published by the Institution from 1872-1993
 Over 70,000 peer reviewed articles
 Articles from Electronics Letters from 1965-1993 available
 Subjects include electrical and electronic engineering,
telecommunications, computing, power, control, radar,
circuits, materials, and related research in IT
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 Your gateway into the history of science and
technology as published by the Institution
 Archive articles written by leading engineers and
scientists including Edison and Marconi
 Groundbreaking research from scientists such
as Charles K. Kao, the “Father of Fiber Optics”
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 All articles have fully searchable PDFs
 Linked HTML references and citations (where available)
 A range of purchasing and subscription options to suit
your needs
 Now available online
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Subscriptions
 Front file subscriptions
- access to 2020 issues and all issues from
1994-2010
 Archive Subscriptions Available
- access to content from 1872-1993
 Unlimited searching, display & printing at single
local site
 Access method
- institutional access – IP Address
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The Inspec Database
Content and coverage: Inspec
Content
Key resource for global, quality and comprehensive science and
engineering information spanning 110 years for:
7.07 million
• Physics
• Electrical and electronic engineering 4.73 million
• Computing and control engineering 3.47 million
• Information technology 106,454
• Production, manufacturing & mechanical engineering 1.09 million
Plus many interdisciplinary subjects such as nanotechnology, oceanography,

environmental science.....
Inspec Database
•18 million records (November 2020)
•1969 to date
Or 1898 with the Archive
•Over 4500 journals (1600 Cover to Cover), and

3000 other publications
– Includes 140 Open Access Journals
• Full text linking via DOIs

– Up to 60% of current records
Document Types
• Journal articles 70 %
• Conference proceedings 20 % 29 %
• Conference papers in Journals 9 %
• Others 1%
Others include: Journals 70%

• Books/Book Chapters
• Reports
• Patents (1968/9-1976)
• Dissertations
Others 1% Conferences 29%

Diverse Coverage
laser printers computer games
Long-haul lasers [buyer's guide] A principal cognitive precondition of successful
child-computer interactions in the information
society
traffic control
Traffic signal control by Egograms
photography
Color handling in panoramic photography
radar
Fully integrated automotive radar sensor pacemakers
with versatile resolution Paradoxical undersensing at a high
sensitivity in dual chamber pacemakers
radiation effects
Modeling natural space ionizing radiation
effects on external materials
environmental science
nanotechnology Impact of science and technology on
Molecular motors: nature's energy and environmental research and
nanomachines development
manufacturing
Analysis of a decentralized production-inventory
system
Search Fields on Inspec
Subject Fields Bibliographic Fields

Title Author
Abstract Author Affiliation
Subject Terms Publication Year
Uncontrolled Document Type
Controlled Language
Added
Classification Codes Value Publication Country
Treatment Type Fields! Source
Chemical Indexing Conference Details
Numerical Indexing Accession Number
Astronomical Indexing Coden/ISSN
Digital Object Identifier
Controlled Terms
Results
Broad Coverage of subject
areas Covered
Broad Coverage of
subject areas
Covered
Why Use Inspec
• Comprehensive coverage
• Content selected by specialists
• Value add indexing
• Time period
• Easy to use interface
• Full text linking
• Management of searches and records
• Save search and alerting features
Uses
• Review quality research information focused

on your specific area of interest
• Research which companies are working on
what technologies
• Find possible collaborators
Inspec Archive
Inspec Archive
• Electronic access to the printed Science Abstracts
journals
– Covers 1898 to 1968
– Complements Inspec database
• Combined file give access to scientific and technical literature
from 1898 to date
– Contains over 873,700 records
• Equivalent to 176 print volumes
Inspec Archive
• Fully searchable, electronic access to >70 years of
international & technical literature
– easier access to information from 1898->
• Elimination of the need to keep aging print volumes
– 176 print volumes & >140,000 pages
– Saves on:
• storage costs
• your time
• library shelving space
What are Science Abstracts?
Coverage
• Multidisciplinary Database
– Physics and Electrical & Electronic Engineering from
1898 in one Science Abstracts journal
– Physics from 1902
– Electrical & Electronics Engineering from1902
– Computing & Control Engineering from 1966
– Wide range of cross-disciplinary topics
Inspec Archive
• Who should use the Inspec Archive?

– Academics
– Biographers
– Patent examiners
– Social historians
– Scientific researchers & engineers
Inspec Archive
• Locate references to:
– fundamental teaching
– science no longer included in textbooks
– sleeping beauties
• unrecognised
• undeveloped ideas
• Over 873,700 potential novelty destruction weapons
Tables, graphs,
images included
USES
• History of Science Research

• Find references to earlier work that can solve
problems with technologies today
Images included, can be
enlarged after downloading.
Over 3500 images included.
Very broad, only

10 categories 1898
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Agenda

 One of the world's leading professional

 Electrical power systems in modern transport

 Covers the research, engineering, technological developments, innovative

 Topics covered include:

 Innovative Services and Applications for: Monitoring: Health, Traffic, Weather

• Electrical and electronic engineering 4.73 million

• Computing and control engineering 3.47 million

• Information technology 106,454

• Production, manufacturing & mechanical engineering 1.09 million

Plus many interdisciplinary subjects such as nanotechnology, oceanography,

•Over 4500 journals (1600 Cover to Cover), and

• Full text linking via DOIs

Others include: Journals 70%

Others 1% Conferences 29%

Subject Fields Bibliographic Fields

• Review quality research information focused

• Who should use the Inspec Archive?

• History of Science Research

Very broad, only

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