Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings

The Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP) is a scholarly literature database, established in 1978. It has indexed material pertaining to international conference proceedings titles, locations, and dates. In addition, indexing terms, references, and abstracts contained within the database are searchable items. It appears^{[clarification needed]} that ISTP is combined with an index entitled Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP).^[1]

Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings

Producer	Thomson Reuters
History	1978 – present
Languages	English
Access
Providers	DMDI
Cost	Subscription
Coverage
Disciplines	Natural Sciences/Biosciences, Technology
Record depth	Index & Abstract
Format coverage	journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, books
Temporal coverage	1978–2010
Geospatial coverage	Global
Links
Website	www.dimdi.de/static/en/db/dbinfo/ii78.htm
Title list(s)	ISTPB + ISTP/ISSHP

Content

The subject coverage is life sciences, natural sciences, and applied sciences in the ISTP, ISSHP, and ISTPB databases. Social sciences, beginning in 1998, are found only in the ISTP and ISSHP databases. The sources are listed as conference proceedings, published in: journals, books, and book series. The above databases are listed within superbases known as: XBIOTECH, XMEDALL, XMEDPROD, XPHARMALL, XPSYCH, XTOXLITALL, XVET.^[1]

As of December 2008, there are 7,558,203 database records in the combined databases of ISTPB, ISTP, and ISSHP. These are updated weekly.^[1][2]

Searchable data fields are abstracts, book titles (only as far back as 1998), conferences, document type, index terms, section headings, series, title, and uncontrolled^{[clarification needed]} term.^[1]