Biological Abstracts Explained

Biological Abstracts
Producer:	Clarivate Analytics
Country:	United States
History:	1926–present
Disciplines:	Science
Depth:	Index & abstract
Issn:	0006-3169

Biological Abstracts is a database produced by Clarivate Analytics. It includes abstracts from peer-reviewed academic journal articles in the fields of biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, pre-clinical and experimental medicine, pharmacology, zoology, agriculture, and veterinary medicine, and has been published since 1926.^{[1] [2]}

It can be accessed through a number of services, including EBSCO, Ovid^[3] and Web of Science.^[1]

History

The service began as a print publication in 1926, when it was formed by the union of Abstracts of Bacteriology (1917–1925), and Botanical Abstracts (1919–1926), both published in Baltimore by Williams and Wilkins.^[4] It was published in paperback subject sections, with abstracts usually written by scientists in the US, as a great many articles from that period were in other languages. At the time of founding, it was in competition with the classified indexing service of the Concilium Bibliographicum in Zurich.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

The first online version was published on magnetic tape; it contained only the bibliographic information, not the text of the abstracts, and was intended as a rapid alerting service.

See also

• List of academic databases and search engines
• Lists of academic journals
• List of open-access journals
• List of scientific journals
• Google Scholar

Other references

• Schramm. J. R.. Biological Abstracts. Science. 62. 1615. 533–536. American Association for the Advancement of Science. December 11, 1925. 1650169. 10.1126/science.62.1615.533. 17801564. 1925Sci....62..533S. 5386580 .
• Scientific committee. Biological Abstracts. Science. 86. 2242. 561–563. American Association for the Advancement of Science. December 17, 1937. 1663788. 10.1126/science.86.2242.561-b. 17733423. 1937Sci....86..561..
• Brooks. Stanley Truman. Biological Abstracts. The Scientific Monthly. 63. 1. 37–41. American Association for the Advancement of Science. July 1946. 18935. 1946SciMo..63...37T. 0096-3771. 1765233.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biological Abstracts on the Web of Science. Web of Science. 22 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200922082159/https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/webofscience-biological-abstracts/. 2020-09-22.
2. Web site: Biological Abstracts. Ovid Technologies. 2011-07-26. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929145946/http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/DataBase/24.jsp. 2011-09-29.
3. Web site: Wolters Kluwer | Ovid - Home. 2013-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219142010/http://www.ovid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=13051&catalogId=13151&langId=-1&partNumber=Prod-24. 2013-12-19. dead.
4. Book: Sheehy, Eugene Paul. American Library Association. Guide to Reference Books. 1986. 10th. 0838903908.
5. Book: Burke. Colin B.. Information and Intrigue: From Index Cards to Dewey Decimals to Alger Hiss. 2014. MIT Press. Cambridge, MA. 978-0-262-02702-1. 166–168, 235–237.
6. Curtis. W. C.. The Washington Conference of March 7, 1931. Science. 73. 189. 509–512. American Association for the Advancement of Science. May 15, 1931. 1655530. 10.1126/science.73.1898.509. 17778395. 1931Sci....73..509C.
7. Schramm. J. R.. Biological Abstracts. Science. 73. 1898. 512–516. American Association for the Advancement of Science. May 15, 1931. 1655531. 10.1126/science.73.1898.512. 17778396. 1931Sci....73..512S.
8. Mcclung. C. E.. The Union and Biological Abstracts. Science. 73. 1898. 517–518. American Association for the Advancement of Science. May 15, 1931. 1655532. 10.1126/science.73.1898.517. 17778397. 1931Sci....73..517M.