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The service began as a print publication in 1926, when it was formed by the union of '''Abstracts of Bacteriology''' (1917-25) , and '''Botanical Abstracts (1919-26), both published in Baltimore by Williams and Wilkins. <ref name=Sheehy10>Sheehy, ''Guide to Reference Books'', 10th ed. </ref> It was published in paperback subject sections, with abstracts usually written by scientist in the US, as a great many of articles in that period were in other languages. |
The service began as a print publication in 1926, when it was formed by the union of '''''Abstracts of Bacteriology''''' (1917-25) , and '''''Botanical Abstracts '''''(1919-26), both published in Baltimore by Williams and Wilkins. <ref name=Sheehy10>Sheehy, ''Guide to Reference Books'', 10th ed. </ref> It was published in paperback subject sections, with abstracts usually written by scientist in the US, as a great many of articles in that period were in other languages. |
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The first online version was published |
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. |
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Biological Abstracts is a database produced by Thomson Reuters through its subsidiary BIOSIS. 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 published since 1926.[1][2]
It can be accessed through number of services, including Ebsco [3], Ovid [4] and the Web of Knowledge.[1] Biological Abstracts/RRM is similar, except that it covers meetings and conferences, literature reviews, U.S. patents, books, software and other media instead of journal articles.[5] The combination of the two is marketed as BIOSIS Previews .[6]
History
The service began as a print publication in 1926, when it was formed by the union of Abstracts of Bacteriology (1917-25) , and Botanical Abstracts (1919-26), both published in Baltimore by Williams and Wilkins. [7] It was published in paperback subject sections, with abstracts usually written by scientist in the US, as a great many of articles in that period were in other languages.
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.
References
- ^ a b "Biological Abstracts" (Online). Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ About "Biological Abstracts" (Online). Ovid Technologies, Inc. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Biological Abstracts/RRM". Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ "BIOSIS Previews" (online). Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ Sheehy, Guide to Reference Books, 10th ed.
External links
- Biological Abstracts QRC. Accessed 2011-07-26
- EBSCO Biological Abstracts. Accessed 2011-07-26. This database is produced by Thomson Reuters.
