The Institut de l'information scientifique et technique, or INIST () is the
CNRS centre of documentation located in
France
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. It has as mission to collect, treat and diffuse results of scientific and technical research. The INIST produces three
bibliographic multilingual and
multidisciplinary
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database
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s:
PASCAL,
FRANCIS, and
DOGE. It is based at
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
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, in a building designed by
Jean Nouvel. In addition, INIST publishes a number of
electronic journals.
Directors
*
Goéry Delacôte
References
External links
*
I-Revues, E-Journal portal of INIST
French National Centre for Scientific Research
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