The Institut de l'information scientifique et technique, or INIST ( en, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information) is the CNRS centre of documentation located in

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. It has as mission to collect, treat and diffuse results of scientific and technical research. The INIST produces three

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multilingual and

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s: PASCAL, FRANCIS, and

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. It is based at Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, in a building designed by

Jean Nouvel Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and '' Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has o ...

. In addition, INIST publishes a number of

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Directors

Goéry Delacôte Goéry Delacôte, ''Légion d'honneur'', is a French theoretical physicist and science educator. He has been involved with the direction of science centres in Europe and the United States. He was instrumental in establishing the Cité des Science ...

References

External links

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I-Revues, E-Journal portal of INIST
French National Centre for Scientific Research {{France-org-stub