TA-Database online updated [24.08.1999]

From August 8, 1999, the TA-Database run by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) is available with the updated data from the last questionnaire surveys conducted at the end of 1997, or the beginning of 1998, in Germany and the other European countries covered so far. The TA database is provided by STN International, a leading online service for scientific and technical databases world wide. At present, the database contains information on 571 institutions working in the TA field and related areas, 3.375 TA projects performed by these institutions, and 6.964 publications (project reports and general literature on TA). The basic language of the database is English, input from German speaking countries is additionally available in German. The database offers the possibility of free text search, but can also be searched according to specified TA subject area classification codes.

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Note: On the basis of the surveys, the list of TA-institutions available on this server could be enlarged substantially.