PASCAL offers extensive bibliographic indexing for more than 12 million records dating back to 1984. Produced by Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS), the database provides multidisciplinary and multilingual coverage for science, technology, and medicine with special emphasis on European content. Source documents include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, books, patents, and reports.