The database is basically in German. However, original titles in English and French are available since 1983. Since 1990, all citations have the title at least in English and German. German abstracts are offered for a part of the citations for 1985-1989 and for all citations since 1990.
Descriptors are in English and German throughout the database.
The database corresponds to the printed abstract journal Verfahrenstechnische Berichte. There are no fields that allow left truncation in this file. Any combination of display fields and formats may be used to display or print answers. The fields are displayed or printed in the order requested. Hit-term highlighting is available for the TI, AB, CTDE, CT, UT, and RN fields.