PASCAL (database)

PASCAL is a scientific bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST (CNRS). PASCAL covers the core scientific literature in science, technology and medicine with a special emphasis on European literature.^[1][2]

PASCAL

Producer	INIST (France)
Languages	French, English, Spanish
Access
Providers	Datastar, Dialog, Ovid Technologies, Questel.Orbit, QWAM System, STN International
Cost	Subscription
Coverage
Disciplines	Science, technology, medicine
Record depth	Index & abstract
Format coverage	Journal articles (88%); conference proceedings (9%); dissertations, books, patents, reports (3%)
Temporal coverage	1973-present
Geospatial coverage	Worldwide, with emphasis on France and Europe
No. of records	> 17,000,000
Update frequency	Weekly
Links
Website	www.inist.fr?PASCAL-73&lang=en

As of 2012^[update], 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%.^[3]