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.
| Producer | Elsevier |
|---|---|
| History | 1954–present |
| Languages | English |
| Access | |
| Providers | DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, STN |
| Cost | Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Biology |
| Record depth | indexing, abstracting, bibliographic citations, and separate species dictionary |
| Format coverage | titles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses |
| Temporal coverage | 1994–present |
| Geospatial coverage | Worldwide coverage |
| No. of records | Over 4 million |
| Update frequency | Weekly |
| Print edition | |
| ISSN | 0733-4443 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Coverage
editCoverage 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
editAccess points on the internet are DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, and STN.
Former titles
editThis database continues: [5]
It also continues in part:[5]
References
edit- ^ Sugato, Basu; and Ian Davidson; Kiri Lou Wagstaff (2009). Constrained Clustering: Advances in Algorithms, Theory, and Applications. Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis, Inc.). pp. 235, 236. ISBN 978-1-58488-996-0.
- ^ "Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences". Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ 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.
- Contains more recently updated information: "ELBI – Elsevier BIOBASE". DataStar Datasheets. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences. p. 15. Libraries Unlimited. November 2003
- ^ a b Library catalog record. Must use "Current awareness in biological sciences" as a search term.
- "Current awareness in biological sciences : CABS" (Online catalog entry). Fairfield University. Retrieved June 13, 2011. Abbreviation: Curr. Aware. Biol. Sci.