International Nuclear Information System — Information Sheet
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INIS, the International Nuclear Information System, is the
world’s leading information system on the peaceful uses of
nuclear science and technology. Operated by the IAEA, INIS
is based on international cooperation with participating Member
States and international organizations.
The INIS Database
Subject Areas
Online and on CD-ROM
 Nuclear engineering
and technology
Leading database for literature on nuclear science and
technology published worldwide, covering 1970 to
the present
 Nuclear safety and
radiation protection
 Safeguards and nonproliferation
Over 3.3 million references and abstracts of journal articles,
scientific and technical reports, conference papers,
books, patents, nuclear laws, regulations, theses and
web documents
 Applications of
nuclear and isotope
techniques
Annual increase of over 100 000 records
 Nuclear and radiation
chemistry
Includes a unique collection of over 600 000
full-text documents of non-conventional literature
(see overleaf).
 Nuclear and high
energy physics
 Nuclear applications
in life sciences
 Legal aspects
 Environmental and
economic aspects of
nuclear and nonnuclear energy
sources
Free online access
Subscriptions:
INIS Database on CD-ROM/DVD
with SPIRS Retrieval Software
One year subscription with 12 cumulative updates
Two archival DVDs 1970-2008
Two archival DVDs plus one year subscription
€ 200*
€ 210*
€ 400*
*) Prices may vary slightly for individual Member States/organizations and
are available from INIS Liaison Officers, distributing agents in Member
States and the INIS Secretariat at the IAEA
 Weekly Updates of
the INIS Online
Database
 Monthly Updates of
CD-ROMs
Access the INIS Database at http://www.iaea.org/inis
International Nuclear Information System — Information Sheet
www.iaea.org/inis
INIS Collection of Non-Conventional Literature (NCL)
On DVD and via the INIS Online Collection
INIS’s unique collection of non-conventional or “grey” literature
currently includes over 600 000 full-text documents on nuclear
science and technology that are not available in the public domain.
Increasing at an annual rate of approximately 25 000 documents,
the NCL collection consists of scientific and technical reports,
conference papers, patents, theses and preprints.
The NCL collection of full-text documents is available:
- from 2011 on DVD
- from 1997-2010 consisting of 519 CD-ROMs
- via the INIS Online Collection in pdf format (over
250 000 documents are currently available)
Individual documents can be ordered from Document
Delivery Services at the IAEA and in INIS Member States.
The INIS Online Collection now allows a full-text search
across electronic NCL documents included in the collection.
Digitization of microfiche is an on-going project.
Price: yearly subscription €1200
For more information contact:
INIS and Nuclear Knowledge Management Section
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 2600 22842/22841, Fax: +43 1 2600 722842
e-mail: [email protected]
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