Which search fields do Engineering Village databases include?
Last updated on April 15, 2026
The available search fields in Engineering Village correspond to the database(s) you are searching.
When combining databases, fewer fields will be available, and they will only feature the fields common to all the databases you are searching.
Note: Refer to the Combined bibliographic databases searches for important information about fields available when searching multiple bibliographic databases.
The following list provides brief information about the fields searchable by each database. You may either click ‘Show all’ to view this entire FAQ, or you may click the individual accordion section corresponding to the database you want to view. Within each database description, you may click the database link to see a detailed explanation of each field.
The CBNB database includes the following fields: All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Availability, CAS registry number, Chemical acronyms, Chemicals, CODEN, Companies, Controlled term/Subject Area, Country of origin, Document type, Industrial sectors, ISBN, ISSN, Language, SIC codes, Source title, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, and Year.
The Chimica database includes the following fields: All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Author, Author Affiliation, CAS registry number, Classification codes, CODEN, Conference code, Controlled term/Subject Area, Country of origin, Document type, DOI, First author, Funding acronym, Funding information, Funding number, Funding sponsor, ISSN, Issue, Language, Publisher, Source title, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Treatment type, Volume, and Year.
The Compendex and Engineering Index Backfile includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession Number, Author, Author affiliation, CAS Registry Number, (Ei) Classification code, CODEN, Conference code, Conference information, Controlled term/Subject Area, Country of origin, DOI, Document type, First author, Funding acronym, Funding information, Funding number, Funding sponsor, ICS classification code, ISBN, ISSN, Issue, Language, (Ei) Main heading, Numerical data codes, Open Access type, Patent application country, Patent application date, Patent issue date, Patent number, Publisher, Source title, Standard ID, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Treatment type, Uncontrolled term, Volume, and Year.
The GEOBASE database includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Author, Author Affiliation, Classification code, CODEN, Conference code, Conference information, Controlled Term/Subject Area, Country of origin, Document type, DOI, First author, Funding acronym, Funding information, Funding number, Funding sponsor, Geographic Terms, ISBN, ISSN, Issue, Language, Publisher, Source title, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Uncontrolled term, Volume, and Year.
The GeoRef database includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Annotation, Author (Author/Inventor), Author Affiliation (Affiliation/Assignee), Availability, Category, CODEN, Collection title, Conference information, Controlled Term/Subject Area, Country of origin, Degree type, Document type, DOI, First author, ISBN, ISSN, Issue, Language, Map Scale, Map Type, Publisher, Report number, Source note, Source title, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Uncontrolled term, Volume, and Year.
The Inspec database includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Astronomical indexing, Author, Author Affiliation, Chemical indexing, (Inspec) Classification code, (Original) Classification code, CODEN, Conference information, Controlled term/Subject Area, Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) code, Country of origin, Discipline, DOI, Document type, First author, Funding acronym, Funding information, Funding number, Funding sponsor, International Patent (IPC) Code, ISBN, ISSN, Issue, Language, Material identity number, Numeric data codes, Numerical indexing, Publisher, Source title, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Treatment type, Uncontrolled term, Volume, and Year.
The Knovel database includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession Number, Author, Controlled term/Subject Area, Document type, ISBN, Publisher, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, and Year.
The NTIS database includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Author, Author Affiliation, Availability, Classification code, Contract number, Controlled term/Subject Area, Country of origin, Document type, Language, Monitoring Agency, Notes, Report Number, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Uncontrolled term, and Year.
The PaperChem database includes All Fields, Abstract, Accession number, Author, Author Affiliation, CODEN, Classification code, Companies, Conference code, Conference information, Controlled Term/Subject Area, Country of origin, Document type, DOI, First author, Funding acronym, Funding information, Funding number, Funding sponsor, ISBN, ISSN, Issue, Language, Patent issue date, Patent number, Publisher, Source title, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Treatment type, Uncontrolled term, Volume, and Year.
The Patents Plus database includes All Fields, Abstract, Application date, Application number, Assignee, Attorney name, Authority code, Citation, (Ei) Classification code, Controlled terms, Cooperative Patent Classification, Country of origin, Examiner, Filing date, International Patent Classification, Inventor, Issue date, Main heading, Patent number, Patent priority information, Publication date, Subject/Title/Abstract, Title, Uncontrolled term, and Year.
Searching both patents and bibliographic information yields results in Author, Author Affiliation, Controlled term, Subject/Title/Abstract, and Title fields.
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