JICST's
collection is one of the world's most comprehensive in the field of science and
technology,especially for literature published in Japan.
The annual collection of JICST includes 7,051 domestic serials titles and
5,172 serials titles from over 60 nations, with difficult-to-obtain literature
such as technical reports and proceedings in and out of Japan. They are
deposited in the JICST libraries for reading and photocopying services.
Our main product, the JICST File on
Science and Technology, is one of the world's largest with about 11.7 million
citations (as of the end of March 1998).
The large staff of JICST information specialists -- with backgrounds in every field of science and technology -- are responsible for selecting articles, producing abstracts and assigning indexes. Informa-tion specialists work in cooperation with thousands of cooperating scientists and engineers around the country's universities.
The JICST-E English database contains citations published in Japan and
extracted from the JICST file.