BasicBIOSIS (BasicBIOSIS)
Basic information about biology and other life sciences
Why select this database?
- Covers the basic core of life science journals found in college and university libraries and written for undergraduate non-biology majors.
- Includes popular and scholarly science journals.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
References from virtually every life science discipline, including:
| agriculture |
ecology |
neuroscience |
| biochemistry |
environment |
nutrition |
| biology |
genetics |
physiology |
| biotechnology |
medicine |
public health |
| botany |
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| Sources |
Over 400
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| Number of records |
Over 424,000 |
| Dates covered |
Current year and most recent four update years |
| Updated |
Monthly |
| Producer information |
THOMSON
3501 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
Phone: 1-800-336-4474 (USA and Canada)
215-386-0100 (Worldwide)
Fax: 215-243-2208
Web:
http://www.biosis.org
E-mail:
info@mail.biosis.org
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| Copyright |
Copyright BIOSIS ©
2008
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after an index label (au=) for
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| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
coffee
[keyword searches Abstract, Source Phrase, Subject, and Title indexes] |
| Abstract |
ab: |
water |
| Accession number |
no: |
basb200300070056 |
| Author |
au: |
o'hara
ohara |
| Author affiliation |
aa: |
london |
| Author phrase |
au= |
anderson margot
[last name first] |
| Chemical information |
cx: |
iodine |
| Conference name |
cn: |
genomics |
| Conference name phrase |
cn= |
international structural genomics 2002 conference |
| Content type |
ct: |
editorial |
| Corporate author phrase |
co= |
italian primatological society |
| Disease information |
di: |
cancer |
| First page |
pg: |
5 |
| Gene information |
gf: |
candida |
| Geographic information |
go: |
zaire |
| Geologic time |
gt: |
paleocene |
| Issue |
is: |
2 |
| Language phrase |
ln= |
ln=french
[browse index for available languages;
can be used alone to locate resources in a specific language] |
| Major concept |
mc: |
instruments |
| Methods & equipment |
me: |
mathematical |
| Organism information |
oi: |
zebrafish |
| Parts & structure information |
px: |
eye |
| Publication date |
pd: |
20030104
[browse index for date formats] |
| Publisher |
pb: |
academy |
| Record type phrase |
rt= |
book chapter
[browse index for available record types] |
| Sequence information |
sq: |
nucleotide |
| Source |
so: |
world |
| Source phrase |
so= |
wildlife conservation |
| Standard number |
sn: |
0172-8083 |
| Subject |
su: |
kenya |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
south america |
| Taxonomic terms |
tt: |
photosynthetic |
| Title |
ti: |
fertilizer+ |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
spiders weave a web of light |
| Volume |
vo: |
4 |
| Year |
yr: |
2003 |
| Year 2 |
yy: |
2001 |
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