Elsevier BIOBASE is a
bibliographic database
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, p ...
covering all topics pertaining to
biological research
Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary in ...
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
Coverage of the
biological sciences
Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary ...
is derived from 1,900 journals. Subjects are indexed by titles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses. This database covers the following disciplines:
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Contains some updated information:
*Contains more recently updated information: ]Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences
p. 15. Libraries Unlimited. November 2003
Access points
Access points on the internet are DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, and STN.
Former titles
This database continues: [Library catalog record. Must use "Current awareness in biological sciences" as a search term.
* Abbreviation: ''Curr. Aware. Biol. Sci.'']
:''International Abstracts of Biological Sciences'' ()
It also continues in part:[
:''Current Advances in Neuroscience'' ()
:''Current Advances in Cell & Developmental Biology'' ()
]
References
External links
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Biological databases
Microbiology literature
Biotechnology databases
Ecological data
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Internet properties established in 1994
1954 establishments