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Elsevier Biobase
ProducerElsevier
History1954–present
LanguagesEnglish
Access
ProvidersDataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, STN
CostSubscription
Coverage
DisciplinesBiology
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
ISSN0733-4443
Links
Websitewww.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.

Coverage

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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]

  • Cancer research
  • Cell & developmental biology
  • Clinical chemistry
  • Ecological & environmental sciences
  • Endocrinology & metabolism
  • Genetics & molecular biology
  • Immunology & infectious diseases
  • Neuroscience
  • Plant science
  • Protein biochemistry
  • Toxicology
  • Access points

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

    Former titles

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    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)

    References

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    1. ^ 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.
  • ^ 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.
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    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elsevier_Biobase&oldid=1211970011"

    Categories: 
    Biological databases
    Microbiology literature
    Biotechnology databases
    Ecological data
    Environmental science databases
    Internet properties established in 1994
    1954 establishments
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
     



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