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Weldasearch® Now on Dialog

Look around you! Without welding and joining, much of what you see would fall apart — quite literally! From microchips to supertankers, from motorway bridges to mobile phones to motor vehicles to power stations, the modern world depends on joining things together, making sure they stay joined, and fixing things if they don't.

Weldasearch® (File 25), the database designed specifically to help you search in detail for articles published over the last 30 years on welding and allied technologies, became available on Dialog in December 2001.

Content and coverage. Backed by the resources of TWI Ltd (Cambridge, England), world center for materials joining technology, Weldasearch is a comprehensive database containing more than 170,000 abstracts in the areas of joining metals, plastics and ceramics, metal and ceramic spraying, thermal cutting, brazing, soldering, and related topics.

Every aspect of welding and allied processes is covered including design, metallurgy, fatigue and fracture mechanics, equipment for joining and cutting processes, corrosion, surfacing, microjoining, quality control, nondestructive testing, safety, commercial applications, market statistics, and industry news.

Articles are selected from journals, conference proceedings, research reports, books, standards, patents, theses and special publications. Coverage is international, from 1967 to the present day.

Search features. File 25 is designed to be compatible with other Dialog files. Use /DE to search Descriptors, /ID to search for Identifiers, and /SH or SH= for Section Headings, e.g., S REFRACTORY METALS/DE; S SOLDER BALLS/ID; S SURFACING/SH. Use PN= to search for a Patent Number, TC= to search for a Treatment Code, e.g., S PN=EP 167689 or S TC=EXPERIMENTAL. Use CS= to see which companies or universities are conducting work in an area of interest.

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