Biological Abstracts
| Producer | Thomson Reuters (United States) |
|---|---|
| History | 1926 to present |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Science |
| Record depth | Index & abstract |
| Print edition | |
| ISSN | 0006-3169 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://thomsonreuters.com/biological-abstracts/ |
| Title list(s) | http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA |
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.
