PASCAL is a scientific
bibliographic database
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, ...
, which is maintained by
INIST (
CNRS). PASCAL covers the core scientific literature in science, technology and medicine with a special emphasis on European literature.
, PASCAL maintains a database of more than 17 million records, 90% of which are author abstracts. Its coverage is from 1973 to present. Its source documents are composed of journal articles at 88% (3,085 international titles), proceedings at 9%, and dissertations, books, patents, and reports account combined for 3%.
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Bibliographic databases and indexes
French National Centre for Scientific Research
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