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Elsevier Biobase
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
Number of records Over 4 million
Update frequency Weekly
Print edition
ISSN 0733-4443
Links

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]

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Access points

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

Former titles

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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  4. Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences. p. 15. Libraries Unlimited. November 2003
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