APOLLIT, the Polymer Database on the Web now on a Flat Rate Basis

Approx. 192,000 citations on polymer technology/ free of charge trial version/ conference previews available by e-mail

Karlsruhe, March 2003 - From February 2003, FIZ Karlsruhe offers the polymer database APOLLIT on the Web (http://apollit.fiz.karlsruhe.de) at an annual flat rate of 1600 (for medium-sized and small organizations), 2000 (for large scale industrial organizations), or 1200 (for universities and colleges). You are also offered free trial access with limited search results to get acquainted with the database structure and contents.
This database was formerly produced by Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut, Darmstadt, under the name of DKLit. FIZ Karlsruhe took over as producer in January 2002. In November 2002, the database was renamed to better reflect its contents: APOLLIT Applied Polymers Literature.
The focus of the database is on polymer technology and on the applications of plastics, fibers, and caoutchouc. APOLLIT covers all aspects, from industrial production and processing of polymers to production technologies, technical and physical properties of polymers, and most important from the practical point of view applications of polymers. Among its potential users are, e.g. the motor car industry, the construction industry, producers of sports equipment and, of course, producers of polymers. The database currently comprises about 192,000 citations, with an annual increase of about 14,000 documents.
There are two different search modes, i.e. a beginners mode and an expert search mode which enables highly differentiated searching. The search produces a list of titles of relevant documents. Upon selecting a title, abstracts and bibliographic data of that document will be displayed.
Full-text publications on the searched subjects can be ordered online, either through the direct ordering service FIZ Autodoc at http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/autodoc or through Getinfo, (http://www.getinfo-doc.de) a web service for full-text supply of sci-tech literature. Getinfo is a joint-venture of FIZ Karlsruhe and Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover.
In order to access the flat-rate offer, an own user identification is required. Applications can be made on the APOLLIT homepage.
Parallel to the flat rate offer on the web, APOLLIT is also available via STN International, the worlds premier online service for sci-tech information.
FIZ Karlsruhes Conference Information Service (CIS) offers a 2-year preview, updated monthly, to all those who are interested in receiving information on conferences in the field of polymers. Information will be delivered monthly via e-mail-attachment at an annual rate between 95 and 300 , depending on the number of users. Examples can be viewed under ,http://www.fiz-informationsdienste.de/de/DB/conf/indexcis.html
,For further information please contact:
Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe,Marketing/Sales, Mr. Kurt Süss,P.O. Box 2465,D-76012 Karlsruhe,Germany
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Press Contact:,Rüdiger Mack,Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone],E-mail: [e-mail],A non-profit scientific service institution, FIZ Karlsruhe produces and markets scientific and technical information services in print and electronic form worldwide. In cooperation with national and international institutions, FIZ Karlsruhe produces databases in the fields of energy, nuclear research and technology, crystallography, plastics, mathematics, computer science and physics. FIZ Karlsruhe also provides a search service for R&D in corporations and institutions.,FIZ Karlsruhe also operates STN International in Europe. STN International (The Scientific & Technical Information Network) is one of the worlds leading online services for sci-tech databases. At present, STNs comprehensive product range encompasses more than 220 databases with approx. 400 million documents from all fields of science and technology, among them the worlds largest and most important patent files.,STN International is jointly operated by FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany; Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Columbus, OH, USA; and the Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Tokyo.,