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World TextilesThe World Textiles Abstracts Database

Imprint: ELSEVIER/GEO ABSTRACTS

Description
World Textiles

Keeping the Textile Industry Covered

World Textiles covers more than 30 years of information relating to developments and innovations in the textile industry. Distinguished by its international coverage of scientific, trade, technical, and economic publications, World Textiles provides data from 1970 to the present. Papers are selected, read and classified using a unique classification scheme that is versatile and updated annually to adapt coverage to current research trends. All author-provided abstracts are included and where an abstract has not been provided, one has been written by a subject specialist editor.

World Textiles covers a broad range of topics including plant development, computer control, manufacturing and finishing processes, commercial development, performance of textile products and environmental concerns. It is also a source of American, British and European patents and international standards information. In fact World Textiles delivers a uniquely comprehensive source of information for anyone involved in textiles.

Features
  • Summaries of the international scientific, technical and trade literature
  • Current coverage of over 200 international journals, including scientific, trade, technical and economical publications, and provides archival coverage of several hundred additional journal titles, books and reports
  • Close to 290,000 records from 1970 onwards
  • More than 12,500 new citations and abstracts added annually
  • International coverage
  • 99% of records from 1996 onwards contain a concise, informative author abstract in English
  • Full bibliographical details for each entry
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Controlled indexing vocabulary
  • Enhanced subject classification ensures precision retrieval
  • Rapid data processing ensures currency
  • Monthly updates (quarterly for CD-ROM)
  • Easy access to the original article
  • Available through Science Direct, traditional online or on CD-ROM


Subject Coverage

* Fibres: Manufacture and Properties
* Yarns: Manufacture and Properties
* Fabrics: Manufacture and Properties
* Chemical and Finishing Processes
* Medical Textiles (both surgical and hygiene products)
* Automotive and Industrial textiles
* Garment Construction; making-up and new fabrics
* Composites
* Recycling and Environmental Concerns
* Plant Services and Control Systems
* Analysis, Testing, Quality Control
* Polymer Science
* Management

Journal Coverage:
Click here to view the World Textiles journal list.

Availability: World Textiles is currently available worldwide via DIALOG, STN, ChemWeb, EINS and FIZ Technik.
Access instructions and password available via the host services.

Publications:
Elsevier Geo Abstracts publish the associated monthly journal

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Last update: 12 Jun 2009
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