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Applied Science and Technology Index
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funded by |
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Subject Content |
Applied
science areas such as acoustics, atmospheric science, energy resources,
food industry, and oceanography.
Engineering disciplines such as biomedical, chemical, civil, computer,
electrical, industrial, materials and mechanical. |
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Date Coverage |
1983-current.
Print version is available back to 1958 at TA 1 .I15.
The earlier title, Industrial Arts Index, is available in print back to
1913 with some missing issues. |
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Type of Material Covered |
Articles from
English-language journals and trade magazines. |
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Full-text |
No. |
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Refereed Journal Filter |
Yes,
check the box between “Limit to” and “Peer Reviewed”. |
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Remote Access |
Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after
entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
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Help Pages |
Within ASTI, click Help,
located on the left below the search & output buttons. |
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Boolean |
In advanced search, use
drop-down boxes for “and”, “or”, “not” selections between text boxes.
Terms can also be used within the text boxes. |
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Truncation Symbol
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* replaces
multiple characters
? replaces one alphanumeric character
Truncation symbols are not necessary when doing an “All-Smart Search”.
They also do not work within a phrase search using quotation marks.
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Other Search Options |
Thesaurus. |
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Alerts |
Email
alerts of saved searches. |
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Special Notes |
Limits to Document Type such
as “review article” or Physical Description such as “graph” are helpful
for specialized needs. |
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List of Journals |
Within ASTI, click Journal
Directory, located on the left below the Help link. |
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Related Indexes |
Look under Engineering on
the Article Indexes by Subject (link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/) |
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Reference Assistance |
Phone, email, chat, and
in-person reference services are available; link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.htm for further information.
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