Record Structure of the IEEE Xplore Database

The IEEE Xplore database merges a subset of the INSPEC bibliographic database of Abstracts, compiled from technical journals published worldwide, with full-page images of all publications and HTML versions of some publications. To locate articles, you can use IEEE Xplore to search complete Abstract records using the following functions:

The IEEE Xplore database contains complete original page images, including all charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and illustrative material, from an integrated-circuit schematic to a topographic map to a photograph of a new crystalline structure. All articles, papers, and standards are in PDF format so you see them as published.

In addition, the IEEE Xplore database contains HTML-formatted versions of Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Spectrum starting from 2002.

Each document -- article, paper, and standard -- in IEEE Xplore is tagged with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for persistent, convenient digital access.

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