Elsevier BIOBASE

Not to be confused with BIOBASE (company), a German publisher of molecular biology databases.

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	World wide coverage
Number of records	Over 4 million
Update frequency	Weekly
Print edition
ISSN	0733-4443
Links
Database Homepage

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]

• Applied microbiology & biotechnology
• Cancer research
• Cell & developmental biology
• Clinical chemistry
• Ecological & environmental sciences
• Endocrinology & metabolism
• Genetics & molecular biology
• Immunology & infectious diseases
• Neuroscience
• Plant science
• Protein biochemistry
• Toxicology

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

1. ^ Sugato, Basu; and Ian Davidson, Kiri Lou Wagstaff (2009). Constrained Clustering: Advances in Algorithms, Theory, and Applications. Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis, Inc.). pp. 235, 236. ISBN 9781584889960. http://books.google.com/books?id=GMAkzEWlJzsC&pg=PA235&dq=Elsevier+BIOBASE&cd=8#v=onepage&q=Elsevier%20BIOBASE&f=false. 
2. ^ "Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences". Elsevier. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bibliographicdatabasedescription.cws_home/600715/description#description. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 
3. ^ Contains some updated information: "Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences". Dialog Bluesheet. December 22, 2008. http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0071.html. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 
   • Contains more recently updated information: "ELBI - Elsevier BIOBASE". DataStar Datasheets. http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0071.html. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 
4. ^ Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences. p. 15. Libraries Unlimited. November 2003
5. ^ ^{a b} Library catalog record. Must use "Current awareness in biological sciences" as a search term.
   • "Current awareness in biological sciences : CABS." (Online catalog entry). Fairfield University. http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/8584740?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Flibcat.fairfield.edu%2Fsearch%2F%3Fsearchscope%3D1%26searchtype%3Do%26searcharg%3D8584740%26checksum%3D994befe90acc1049ca7165661f837619&title=Fairfield+University&linktype=opac&detail=FAU%3AFairfield+University%3AAcademic+Library. Retrieved June 13, 2011.  Abbreviation: Curr. Aware. Biol. Sci.

External links

• Official website