Inspec Inspec is the world's largest bibliographic database focusing on physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computer and control engineering and information technology. International in scope, it includes books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, etc., from 1898 - present. The Web of Science interface provides citation and related records linking for many references. For the most powerful searching, incorporate the INSPEC Thesaurus and Classification Controlled Index search options.