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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. |
| 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. |
| Type of Material Covered | Articles from English-language journals and trade magazines. |
| Full-text | No. |
| Refereed Journal Filter | Yes, check the box between "Limit to" and "Peer Reviewed". |
| Remote Access | Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
| Help Pages | Within ASTI, click Help, located on the left below the search & output buttons. |
| 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. |
| Truncation Symbol | * 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. |
| Other Search Options | Thesaurus. |
| Alerts | Email alerts of saved searches. |
| Special Notes | Limits to Document Type such as "review article" or Physical Description such as "graph" are helpful for specialized needs. |
| List of Journals | Within ASTI, click Journal Directory, located on the left below the Help link. |
| Related Indexes | Look under Engineering on the Article Indexes by Subject (link to http://library.boisestate.edu/subjpage/main.php?subj=Engineering) |
| Reference Assistance | Phone, email, chat, and in-person reference services are available; link to http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.shtm for further information. BB 10/12/2009 |
