SNIPER, produced by the Library at IP Australia, is a bibliographic database of journal articles, conference papers, and other documents about issues in intellectual property. It provides a knowledge base to support policy, awareness and research in intellectual property matters.
Source documents: Content is gathered from journals in IP Australia Library's collections, with further reference to other journals, conference papers, book chapters and electronic documents, as appropriate. URL links are supplied to freely available material. Approximately 100-150 new items are added to SNIPER each month. Coverage 2000 - .
Subject coverage: SNIPER provides information relating to IP Australia's core business areas, namely patents, trade marks and designs. SNIPER also includes other topics that impact on IP Australia's business, especially related intellectual property matters such as copyright, plant breeder's rights and domain names. These related matters are included if they relate to significant Australian or international trends and developments, or if they are significant to the field of intellectual property as a whole.
Search Aids: SNIPER Thesaurus (inhouse thesaurus): The thesaurus has two parts: subject thesaurus and names. The subject thesaurus comprises approximately 800 terms and is structured on the model of the APAIS thesaurus. The names thesaurus controls approximately 300 names of corporate bodies, treaties, etc.
The SNIPER thesaurus can be accessed in two parts at the URL links:
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pdfs/sniper/sniper-subjects.pdf
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pdfs/sniper/sniper-names.pdf