Karlsruhe, September 2006 – “Today, informatics is to be found in all areas of life. It changes our way of living together, our communication habits, the procurement of information, our daily work and our private and public life.
‘Informatics inside’ keeps modern machines and devices running“, says Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis, Vice President of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) and professor at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), in his preface to the brochure “A Focus on Informatics“
In this special edition, FIZ Karlsruhe, an international provider of sci-tech and patent databases and service partner for information management and knowledge transfer in science and industry, presents its professional information services in informatics and mathematics. It demonstrates the advantages of comprehensive searches in reliable databases like the ones FIZ Karlsruhe offers to customers all over the world via its online service STN International. There is also a detailed article on the new informatics portal io-port.net which offers centralised access to about two million publications in informatics and related disciplines. The English version of the portal went online in July 2006.
Other interesting topics in “A Focus on Informatics“
Leibniz, the last universal genius, has “invented“
Printed copies of “A Focus on Informatics“
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About FIZ Karlsruhe
FIZ Karlsruhe is an experienced service partner for information management and knowledge transfer in science and industry. Its activities focus on the development of E-Science services and the provision of a worldwide unique collection of databases through its online service STN International.
STN International - The Scientific & Technical Information Network - is jointly operated by three partners: FIZ Karlsruhe (Europe), Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Columbus, Ohio (USA), and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) in Tokyo (Japan). STN offers a wide range of indispensable databases as well as excellent tools for search, analysis and post-processing of search results. Decision-makers in enterprises and institutions highly appreciate the valuable information provided by STN.
FIZ Karlsruhe is a member of the Leibniz Association (WGL), an association of non-academic scientific research and service institutions.
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