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Introduction to Compendex and Inspec

Part of the MIT Libraries video tutorial series. This video shows how to search two engineering and science literature databases: Compendex and Inspec. Compendex covers literature in all aspects of engineering, while Inspec focuses on electronics, computing, control, robotics, and physics literature. Both databases go back to the 1880s! Used in 3.091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry.

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