Compendex

Compendex is a database of Elsevier Engineering Information with Engineering Village interface. This database provides bibliographic information in subject areas of engineering and applied science such as nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering. It has millions of bibliographic citations and abstract from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceeding since 1970.

How to begin
Go to http://www.car.chula.ac.th/curef-db/slist.html#science and click Compendex. The screen is shown as the following picture. 

Information search
1. Quick Search 

  1.1 Type words or phrases in the boxes
  1.2 Browse Indexes to select author, author affiliation, controlled term, source title, and publisher to fill in the search box
  1.3 Select field of the words or phrases
  1.4 Select operator (AND, OR, NOT)
  1.5 Limit search by select document type, treatment type, language, year of publication
  1.6 Sort results by select relevance or publication year
  1.7 Click Search
2. Expert Search 

Enter search terms in the search box and follow with wn (which is “with in”) and search codes. For example, users would like to search word computing in abstract field and word computation in title field, then users need to type computing wn AB AND computation wn TI in search box and click Search.
3. Thesaurus Search 

  3.1 Type words or phrases in the box and then click Submit
  3.2 Select words or phrases and those terms are shown in SEARCH BOX
  3.3 Limit search by select document type, treatment type, language, year of publication
  3.4 Select operator (AND, OR)
  3.5 Sort results by select relevance or publication year
  3.6 Click Search 

Search result and result management
The search result screen of word computing with Quick Search selection is shown as the following picture. 

1. Users can sort results by select relevance, date, author, source, or publisher.
2. Users can refine results by type words or phrases in Add a term box to search within results and select author, author affiliation, controlled vocabulary, classification code, country, document type, language, year, source title, publisher, and then click Limit to.
3. Users can view abstract by click Abstract. The screen is shown as the following picture. 

  >> Click Full text to go to source that has full text document
  >> Click Download to export the bibliographic information to EndNote, select record output, select RIS, EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager, and then click Download 

Log out from the system
When finish the work, click End Session on top-right side of the screen to log out from the system. 