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International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
INIS
The leading information system on peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.
INIS was established in 1970 in line with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) mandate
"to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information on peaceful uses of atomic energy".
INIS Secretariat at IAEA Vienna – Austria
Objectives of INIS
To collect, preserve and disseminate:
 Bibliographic data of the world’s nuclear literature
 Full texts of Non-Conventional Literature (NCL)
 To become a unique and valuable information resource, offering global coverage of nuclear literature.
INIS Products and Services
INIS Database / INIS Collection from 1970 covering Over 3.3 million indexed references, English abstract
The INIS Repository contains bibliographic references and full-text documents of conventional and non-
conventional literature, including scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents and
theses.
INIS maintains a multilingual thesaurus in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and
Spanish, providing translations of thousands of technical terms that help with navigating and searching the
collection.
INIS Products and Services
INIS assists its Member States in building their nuclear information capacities through its eLearning
courses and training events.
The courses provide comprehensive instructions about input preparation and use of the INIS repository.
INIS seminars are generally held every other year in Vienna, covering all aspects of INIS operations, including
selection criteria, abstracting, descriptive cataloguing, indexing, retrieval, marketing and promotion.
Through the IAEA’s Technical Cooperation Programme, INIS helps countries build and expand their nuclear
information capacities, such as providing technical assistance in organizing their institutional digital
repositories etc.
International Cooperation of INIS
132 Member States and 24 International Organizations
Every INIS Member is represented by a Liaison Officer

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  • 2. INIS The leading information system on peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. INIS was established in 1970 in line with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) mandate "to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information on peaceful uses of atomic energy". INIS Secretariat at IAEA Vienna – Austria
  • 3. Objectives of INIS To collect, preserve and disseminate:  Bibliographic data of the world’s nuclear literature  Full texts of Non-Conventional Literature (NCL)  To become a unique and valuable information resource, offering global coverage of nuclear literature.
  • 4. INIS Products and Services INIS Database / INIS Collection from 1970 covering Over 3.3 million indexed references, English abstract The INIS Repository contains bibliographic references and full-text documents of conventional and non- conventional literature, including scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents and theses. INIS maintains a multilingual thesaurus in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish, providing translations of thousands of technical terms that help with navigating and searching the collection.
  • 5. INIS Products and Services INIS assists its Member States in building their nuclear information capacities through its eLearning courses and training events. The courses provide comprehensive instructions about input preparation and use of the INIS repository. INIS seminars are generally held every other year in Vienna, covering all aspects of INIS operations, including selection criteria, abstracting, descriptive cataloguing, indexing, retrieval, marketing and promotion. Through the IAEA’s Technical Cooperation Programme, INIS helps countries build and expand their nuclear information capacities, such as providing technical assistance in organizing their institutional digital repositories etc.
  • 6. International Cooperation of INIS 132 Member States and 24 International Organizations Every INIS Member is represented by a Liaison Officer