Ei Compendex

Ei Compendex
ProducerElsevier
History1884-present
Coverage
DisciplinesEngineering
No. of records10,000,000 Edit this on Wikidata
Print edition
Print titleEngineering Index
ISSN0742-1974
Links
Websitewww.elsevier.com/solutions/engineering-village/content/compendex
Title list(s)www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/excel_doc/0006/251196/Compendex-source-list_02272015.xlsx

Ei Compendex is an engineering bibliographic database published by Elsevier. The name "Compendex" stands for COMPuterized ENgineering inDEX.[1] It covers scientific literature pertaining to engineering materials. It started in 1884 under the name Engineering Index (Ei) and its first electronic bulletin was issued in 1967.[2] Elsevier purchased the parent company Engineering Information in 1998.[2]

  1. ^ EI History. Elsevier Engineering Information. Accessed May 6, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Hane, Paula J. Elsevier Science Acquires Engineering Information. Information Today, Inc. 06 February 1998