A comprehensive index to literature in physics, electrical/electronic technology, computing, control engineering and information technology. Produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Updated weekly, Inspec ® provides data from journals, books, reports, and conference proceedings.

Free Inspec Education & Training

Whether you want to get the basics and get started fast — or fine tune your skills, Thomson Reuters can help with a variety of targeted training opportunities. Classes are conducted over the internet — some live with open question-and-answer sessions — and others prerecorded so you can take advantage of them at your convenience, around the clock.

No live training sessions are available at this time.

Recorded Training

Introduction to Inspec

A brief introduction to the content and specialized indexing available in the Inspec database.

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Search Tips for Inspec

Learn techniques for searching Inspec on the Web of Knowledge platform.

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Power Searching in the Web of Knowledge

Learn strategies for constructing complex searches in the Web of Knowledge.

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Recorded Training from our partners at the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Subject Search Examples

Learn how to use Inspec's subject indexing to produce search results that closely match your subject criteria.

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Author, Affiliation and Other Special Searches

Learn how to how to carry out effective searches for authors, author affiliations, conference and source information, publication types, language, treatment codes and keywords in publication titles.

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