Elsevier Biobase

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Elsevier Biobase
Producer Elsevier
History1954–present
LanguagesEnglish
Access
ProvidersDataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, STN
CostSubscription
Coverage
Disciplines Biology
Record depthindexing, abstracting, bibliographic citations, and separate species dictionary
Format coveragetitles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses
Temporal coverage1994–present
Geospatial coverageWorldwide coverage
No. of recordsOver 4 million
Update frequencyWeekly
Print edition
ISSN 0733-4443
Links
Website www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bibliographicdatabasedescription.cws_home/600715/description#description

Elsevier BIOBASE is a bibliographic database covering all topics pertaining to biological research throughout the world. It was established in the 1950s in print format as Current Awareness in Biological Sciences. Temporal coverage is from 1994 to the present. The database has over 4.1 million records as of December 2008. More than 300,000 records are added annually and 84% contain an abstract. It is updated weekly.

Contents

Coverage

Coverage of the biological sciences is derived from 1,900 journals. Subjects are indexed by titles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses. This database covers the following disciplines: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Access points

Access points on the internet are DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, and STN.

Former titles

This database continues: [5]

International Abstracts of Biological Sciences ( ISSN   0020-5818)

It also continues in part: [5]

Current Advances in Neuroscience ( ISSN   0741-1677)
Current Advances in Cell & Developmental Biology ( ISSN   0741-1626)

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References

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  2. "Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences". Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  3. Contains some updated information: "Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences". Dialog Bluesheet. December 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  4. Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences. p. 15. Libraries Unlimited. November 2003
  5. 1 2 Library catalog record. Must use "Current awareness in biological sciences" as a search term.