Elsevier Biobase Explained
| Producer: | Elsevier |
| History: | 1954–present |
| Languages: | English |
| Providers: | DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, STN |
| Cost: | Subscription |
| Disciplines: | Biology |
| Depth: | indexing, abstracting, bibliographic citations, and separate species dictionary |
| Formats: | titles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses |
| Temporal: | 1994–present |
| Geospatial: | Worldwide coverage |
| Number: | Over 4 million |
| Updates: | Weekly |
| Issn: | 0733-4443 |
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
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
It also continues in part:[5]
Current Advances in Neuroscience
Current Advances in Cell & Developmental Biology
Notes and References
- Book: Sugato
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. and Ian Davidson . Kiri Lou Wagstaff . Constrained Clustering: Advances in Algorithms, Theory, and Applications . CRC Press (Taylor & Francis, Inc.) . Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series . 2009 . 235, 236 . 978-1-58488-996-0.
- Web site: Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences . Elsevier . 2011-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606231933/http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bibliographicdatabasedescription.cws_home/600715/description#description . 2011-06-06 . dead .
- Contains some updated information: Web site: Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences . Dialog Bluesheet . December 22, 2008 . 2011-06-13 . 2011-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930094010/http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0071.html . dead .
- Contains more recently updated information: Web site: ELBI – Elsevier BIOBASE . DataStar Datasheets . 2011-06-13 . 2011-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930094010/http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0071.html . dead .
- https://books.google.com/books?id=hnVlcs3wHbIC&dq=Elsevier+BIOBASE&pg=PA15 Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences
- Library catalog record. Must use "Current awareness in biological sciences" as a search term.
